By CHRIS POWELL Last week Hartford was the scene of three horrible incidents. First a 17-year-old honor student at Hall High School in West Hartford was shot and killed and another young man was shot and critically wounded at around 2 in the morning in the heart of downtown, near the People’s Bank Arena. PoliceContinue reading “Just another week in Hartford as state legislators look away”
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Connecticut Democrats get hysterical as Trump proclaims the obvious
By CHRIS POWELL How easily President Trump can send Connecticut’s Democratic elected officials and its social-service industry into sanctimonious indignation and hysteria just by proclaiming the obvious. Euphemism can’t erase doubts about sex changes for minors Who will notice prison audit? And Bronin has a health issue too ‘Social equity’ is euphemism for patronage andContinue reading “Connecticut Democrats get hysterical as Trump proclaims the obvious”
Homelessness, mental illness invite a ‘town farm’ approach
By Chris Powell Maybe someday housing prices in Connecticut will come way down and housing construction will go way up. Maybe someday the state’s economy will be stronger. Maybe someday inflation will be repealed as federal government policy. Must nearly all Connecticut be on government’s payroll? Undo corrupt deal on PURA; and UConn’s bigger scandalContinue reading “Homelessness, mental illness invite a ‘town farm’ approach”
Problem of mental illness isn’t shortage of treatment
By Chris Powell When confronting a problem most people instinctively look first for its cause and try to eliminate it. But such logic doesn’t apply so much in government, as indicated by government’s response to what is reported to be an explosion of mental illness among young people. Teachers and school administrators throughout Connecticut sayContinue reading “Problem of mental illness isn’t shortage of treatment”
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