By Chris Powell Identifying the weakest feature of one’s product and then promoting the heck out of it is said to be the first principle of cynical advertising. Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, running for re-election, seemed to grab for it last week as he urged fellow Democrats to stop cowering amid illegal immigration. RespondingContinue reading “Murphy’s silly tip to Democrats: Claim success on illegal immigration”
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Block housing development and your taxes may go up
By Chris Powell Blame for rising property taxes in Connecticut may be shared more broadly than most people think. It’s not just the fault of elected officials who yield to the demands of special interests, particularly the demands of government employee unions for higher wages and benefits. Property taxes are determined in large part byContinue reading “Block housing development and your taxes may go up”
Extending medical insurance rewards illegal immigration
By Chris Powell Connecticut’s nullification of federal immigration law proceeded this month as state government extended its welfare system’s medical insurance to illegal immigrant children by three years, from 12 and under to 15 and under. The children being added will be able to keep their state coverage until they turn 19 — and maybe,Continue reading “Extending medical insurance rewards illegal immigration”
Chris Murphy exceeds Trump with demagoguery on guns
By Chris Powell Suppose Donald Trump, campaigning for president, cited Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy’s support for federalizing a right to late-term abortion and said the senator’s pandering to the abortion industry was meant “to kill more kids in order to make more profits for Planned Parenthood.” There would be outrage from the political left,Continue reading “Chris Murphy exceeds Trump with demagoguery on guns”
Murphy challenges Trump for biggest demagogue
By Chris Powell Anyone who thinks that Donald Trump is the country’s biggest demagogue should examine the remarks made by Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy last Saturday as the Democratic State Convention nominated him for a third term. Trump, Murphy said, “wants to turn us against each other,” as if Murphy’s party isn’t preaching asContinue reading “Murphy challenges Trump for biggest demagogue”
Must Connecticut subsidize more illegal immigration?
By Chris Powell Connecticut’s state government seems to think that illegal immigration isn’t a problem here, just — maybe — in other states. The other day state officials gathered with advocates of illegal immigration at the state Capitol to congratulate themselves on what a Connecticut Mirror report called the “explosive” demand for state insurance coverageContinue reading “Must Connecticut subsidize more illegal immigration?”
Press lets Lamont forget he runs a ‘sanctuary state’
By Chris Powell Not since President Richard Nixon went to China to cozy up to the communists there in 1972 has an American politician gotten away with reversing his position as easily as Governor Lamont did this month. In two national television interviews Feb. 2 the governor, a Democrat, said his party had been slowContinue reading “Press lets Lamont forget he runs a ‘sanctuary state’”
Democrats abruptly reverse their pose on illegal immigration
By Chris Powell With Governor Lamont playing a big part, Democrats across the country have abruptly reversed their posture on illegal immigration, moving from support or indifference to indignant opposition and blaming Republicans for the problem. In national television interviews the governor said immigration policy should be much stricter, Democrats had been slow to faceContinue reading “Democrats abruptly reverse their pose on illegal immigration”
Cops in paralysis case start to get their jobs back
By Chris Powell Among the principles of liberalism in Connecticut is that minorities are always right. Another one is that government employee unions are always right too. So maybe that’s why there has been no complaint from liberals about the Jan. 19 decision of the state Board of Mediation and Arbitration to overturn the NewContinue reading “Cops in paralysis case start to get their jobs back”
‘See something, say something’? Better not try it in New Haven
By Chris Powell For 22 years, ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Americans have been urged by various government agencies: “If you see something, say something.” Having done just that may cost New Haven’s registrar of vital statistics her job. The registrar, Patricia Clark, had been alerting federal immigration authorities to dozensContinue reading “‘See something, say something’? Better not try it in New Haven”
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