Mohegan tribe – Chris Powell column

Eastern Connecticut State University tries to revive the ‘noble savage’ myth

By CHRIS POWELL Having realized that it had been overlooking a prerequisite of political correctness in academia, Eastern Connecticut State University this month adopted a formal “land acknowledgment” that will be ceremoniously proclaimed at the start of major university events. Poet explains to Senator Murphy why others don’t side with him New Haven school boardContinue reading “Eastern Connecticut State University tries to revive the ‘noble savage’ myth”

Don’t turn state pension money into a political slush fund

By CHRIS POWELL Despite some recent improvement, Connecticut’s state employee and teacher pension accounts are still underfunded by billions of dollars. Yet Governor Lamont wants to start using them as political slush funds. Connecticut Democrats divert more public money to patronage Yale has become too big for its property tax break Awful Trump is rightContinue reading “Don’t turn state pension money into a political slush fund”