By CHRIS POWELL While there was plenty of negligence in the case of Randy Cox, the man who was paralyzed after his arrest by New Haven police in 2022, the court decision concluding the case’s criminal aspects suggests that the negligence really wasn’t that of the officers it was blamed on. Is there any policyContinue reading “Fault in paralyzed man’s case is more fairly settled at last”
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‘Gender-affirming care’ euphemizes sex changes
By CHRIS POWELL Propaganda is often a matter of names and terminology. For as the Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan observed, if you label something well enough, you don’t have to argue with it or about it. The label itself may settle the matter politically. Illegal immigrant’s supporters celebrate lack of due process Connecticut should pushContinue reading “‘Gender-affirming care’ euphemizes sex changes”
Connecticut should push people to pull their own weight
By CHRIS POWELL Theodore Roosevelt, who in his time was considered good liberal authority, noted that the first duty of a citizen is to pull his own weight. Only then, Roosevelt said, can a citizen’s surplus strength be of use to society. Waterbury’s water disaster is a political lesson for all It’s a wonderful lifeContinue reading “Connecticut should push people to pull their own weight”
New Haven school board is frank with public: Get lost!
By CHRIS POWELL New Haven’s Board of Education, of which Mayor Justin Elicker is a member, says city residents should not be told how well School Superintendent Madeline Negron is doing her job. Lamont and Tong applaud defeat of their party’s own water scheme Hospital rescues promise far higher medical costs Wesleyan’s vegetarian plaque mayContinue reading “New Haven school board is frank with public: Get lost!”
Mayor feigns dismay about city employee’s reinstatement
By CHRIS POWELL In 2023 computer hackers stole $6 million from the New Haven school system and city government fired the system’s information technology director over it. Eventually a little more than $5 million was recovered, and the other day an arbiter ruled that the theft wasn’t the fault of the information technology director andContinue reading “Mayor feigns dismay about city employee’s reinstatement”
Church schools might save some city kids — is that bad?
By CHRIS POWELL Correlation is not necessarily causation, but it can give some hints, and the decline of education in Connecticut and particularly in its cities has correlated with the decline in Catholic schools and the decline in Catholicism and religion generally. Of course the church has had grave faults but it has excelled withContinue reading “Church schools might save some city kids — is that bad?”
Utility regulator, caught lying, blames her adversaries
By CHRIS POWELL Just hours after she was caught lying to state legislators, the chairwoman of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Marissa P. Gillett, resigned last week, blaming her vindicated critics for making her life harder than she could bear. Overimpressed by college, Democrats get arrogant Senator Winfield and other Democrats want open borders againContinue reading “Utility regulator, caught lying, blames her adversaries”
Awful Trump is right on crime but Connecticut is indifferent
By CHRIS POWELL For the sake of argument, stipulate that President Trump, a Republican, never has good intentions, only demagogic ones, and has a political interest in exaggerating the problem of crime in the cities, most of which long have been mismanaged by Democrats. Newington raid shows Democrats want no immigration enforcement Democrats keep pretendingContinue reading “Awful Trump is right on crime but Connecticut is indifferent”
New Haven understands ‘sanctuary’ while Tong and Lamont pretend not to
By CHRIS POWELL What are “sanctuary states” and “sanctuary cities”? Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Governor Lamont last week claimed not to know and to have no idea why the Trump administration has labeled Connecticut a “sanctuary state.” Will Governor Lamont allow escape from unpublic education? Poverty racket and kickbacks disgrace state government WhyContinue reading “New Haven understands ‘sanctuary’ while Tong and Lamont pretend not to”
Why can’t journalism pose key immigration questions?
Connecticut’s television stations seem to prohibit their reporters from asking critical questions even amid brazen provocations. Connecticut Democrats get hysterical as Trump proclaims the obvious Euphemism can’t erase doubts about sex changes for minors Who will notice prison audit? And Bronin has a health issue too Nothing else well explains how a TV news reporterContinue reading “Why can’t journalism pose key immigration questions?”
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