By CHRIS POWELL Participants at last Saturday’s “No Kings” rally at the state Capitol chanted smugly, “This is what democracy looks like.” Many were dressed in Halloween costumes. Mayor feigns dismay about employee’s reinstatement Church schools might save some city kids — is that bad? Romance of rail travel won’t ever pay the bills in ConnecticutContinue reading “‘This is what democracy looks like’? God help us!”
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Trump aids Larson’s campaign; and Lamont’s disaster at PURA
By CHRIS POWELL Barring some accident, scandal, or health problem, U.S. Rep. John B. Larson probably can count on President Trump to carry him through next year’s Democratic primary in Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District. Let the Sun set elsewhere; we have enough basketball Postal service remains too quaint in Connecticut Build housing without sprawl; andContinue reading “Trump aids Larson’s campaign; and Lamont’s disaster at PURA”
Overimpressed by college, Democrats get arrogant
By CHRIS POWELL Surely state Rep. Eleni Kavros DeGraw, D-Avon, doesn’t represent the entirety of Connecticut’s Democratic Party. But she is evidence of the party’s transition from the party of the working class to the party of the arrogant elites. Senator Winfield and other Democrats want open borders again Charlie Kirk’s murder shows where cancelContinue reading “Overimpressed by college, Democrats get arrogant”
Senator Winfield and other Democrats want open borders again
By CHRIS POWELL In a recent newspaper essay, state Sen. Gary Winfield, D-New Haven, laid out clearly the position of most Democratic officials in Connecticut on illegal immigration. Charlie Kirk’s murder shows where cancel culture leads Remote work in state government isn’t best for the public Don’t turn state pension money into a political slush fundContinue reading “Senator Winfield and other Democrats want open borders again”
Charlie Kirk’s murder shows where cancel culture leads
By CHRIS POWELL Over the last century in the United States what has become known as cancel culture has moved from the political right to the political left. The Red scares of the 1920s and 1950s were a conservative phenomenon that blacklisted, deported, and even imprisoned people for real or suspected leftist political views thatContinue reading “Charlie Kirk’s murder shows where cancel culture leads”
Connecticut Democrats divert more public money to patronage
By CHRIS POWELL Before complaining that state government doesn’t spend enough money on basics like medical care, education, transportation, environmental protection, and such, people should take note of recent reports from the Connecticut Mirror and the Yankee Institute’s Connecticut Inside Investigator. Yale has become too big for its property tax break Awful Trump is rightContinue reading “Connecticut Democrats divert more public money to patronage”
Yale has become too big for its property tax break
By CHRIS POWELL If any news report in Connecticut this year should prompt an urgent response from state government, it’s the one published last week by the Hearst Connecticut newspapers about the burden of Yale University’s property tax exemption in New Haven. Awful Trump is right on crime but Connecticut is indifferent Newington raid shows Democrats want noContinue reading “Yale has become too big for its property tax break”
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”
Let public broadcasting try living without government subsidy
By Chris Powell Why shouldn’t the Corporation for Public Broadcasting be able to survive without the $500 million subsidy it has been getting every year from the federal government, a subsidy President Trump and the narrow Republican majority in Congress have just taken away? Why all the hungry children? And raises devour rehabilitation money WillContinue reading “Let public broadcasting try living without government subsidy”
Why would Democrats dump Larson, Courtney, and DeLauro?
By Chris Powell Why are the three most senior members of Connecticut’s all-Democratic five-member delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives apparently facing primary challenges for renomination next year? Are Connecticut Democrats as far left as Gov. Lamont’s rival? Hartford, Bridgeport schools urgently need state takeover State government’s growth causes record spending on lobbyists InContinue reading “Why would Democrats dump Larson, Courtney, and DeLauro?”
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