By Chris Powell Hooray for the 500 lawyers who this month formed the Connecticut Rule of Law Committee, reprimanded President Trump, without quite naming him, for his recklessness about due process and his bullying of the judiciary, and righteously recommitted themselves to the rule of law. Trump often deserves scolding, even if it has yet to doContinue reading “‘Rule of law’ advocates have many blind spots”
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Connecticut Democrats insist on open borders or secession
By Chris Powell Rage and indignation again are sweeping the state Capitol and the People’s Republic of New Haven, this time because the city’s “hometown airline,” Avelo, which has revived Tweed New Haven Airport, has contracted with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to fly illegal immigrants out of the country from Arizona. Rule ofContinue reading “Connecticut Democrats insist on open borders or secession”
Connecticut’s elections can’t be secure without proof of citizenship
By Chris Powell Having fallen in love with executive orders even more than his predecessor did, President Trump is coming down with a bad case of megalomania. He has little authority to command the states to follow any particular election procedures, as he presumed to do with another executive order the other day. Congress canContinue reading “Connecticut’s elections can’t be secure without proof of citizenship”
To regrow Connecticut’s cities, first understand their decline
By Chris Powell Back in the 1950s many Connecticut cities had populations about 50% larger than they are today. In his address to the General Assembly as it reconvened this month, Governor Lamont said he wants them to grow back to their old size. He’s right that the cities are where most of any populationContinue reading “To regrow Connecticut’s cities, first understand their decline”
Connecticut mustn’t worry about illegal immigrants until they kill
By Chris Powell Charged with the horrifying immolation murder of a woman sleeping on a subway car in Brooklyn on Dec. 22 is a man from Guatemala who entered the country illegally and was deported in 2018 but who entered illegally again and found his way to New York, where subsidies for illegal immigrants areContinue reading “Connecticut mustn’t worry about illegal immigrants until they kill”
Connecticut’s congressmen are even nuttier than Trump
By Chris Powell Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s personnel selections for his new administration are worrisome. But then some of Joe Biden’s personnel selections are worrisome too, like the defense secretary who entered a hospital for treatment of a longstanding medical condition without informing the White House of his whereabouts, and the Supreme Court nomineeContinue reading “Connecticut’s congressmen are even nuttier than Trump”
Supporting illegal immigration, Connecticut’s left cuts wages
By Chris Powell On some days Connecticut’s political left argues for raising the minimum wage on the grounds that no one can support a family of four on the salary of a janitor or a fast-food drive-through window attendant. (The left doesn’t think wages should be related to the actual value of the labor provided.Continue reading “Supporting illegal immigration, Connecticut’s left cuts wages”
Attorney General Tong succeeds Trump as foremost insurrectionist
By Chris Powell The more fulminating they do, the more elected officials should be challenged and questioned by journalism. These days Connecticut’s fulminator-in-chief is Attorney General William Tong, a Democrat, yet he gets a free ride from the state’s news organizations and even from the General Assembly’s Republican minority. Two weeks ago Tong was joinedContinue reading “Attorney General Tong succeeds Trump as foremost insurrectionist”
Country decides that Democrats are even worse than Trump
By Chris Powell Dawn Wednesday slammed many Democrats with the question: How could this have happened? How could the country have returned to its highest office a man of such terrible character and demeanor as Donald Trump? Democrats should look in the mirror. For the country’s willingness to risk a second Trump administration is justContinue reading “Country decides that Democrats are even worse than Trump”
Senator Murphy keeps excusing crimes from open borders
By Chris Powell Connecticut’s junior U.S. senator, Democrat Chris Murphy, seems to be running for re-election on the premise that open borders are good policy. First the “compromise” border security legislation he negotiated this year with a Republican senator and a nominally independent senator formally excused thousands more illegal entries indefinitely into the future. The legislation seemedContinue reading “Senator Murphy keeps excusing crimes from open borders”
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