By CHRIS POWELL In the demagoguery festival that is the Democratic primary for governor, Governor Lamont shouts, “ICE isn’t getting our voter rolls!” Can eastern Connecticut get ready in time for its future? Will state ever reduce poverty or just keep manufacturing it? Governor Lamont ignores more misconduct by state police But the secretary ofContinue reading “Primary campaign shows Lamont frantically pandering to leftists”
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Liberal reform squeezes Yale thanks to Trump and Republicans
By CHRIS POWELL For many years the ravenous far left in Connecticut has advocated taxing Yale University in New Haven. Yale’s endowment long has been managed spectacularly well and now totals more than $40 billion, the second largest university endowment in the country, trailing only Harvard’s. Let public broadcasting try living without government subsidy WhyContinue reading “Liberal reform squeezes Yale thanks to Trump and Republicans”
Trump isn’t what’s wrong with education in Connecticut
By Chris Powell Governor Lamont and state Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker are being cheered for refusing to certify to the U.S. Education Department that state government is in compliance with the Trump administration’s view of civil rights law. The administration’s view is that “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” the slogan of leftist education, is unconstitutional becauseContinue reading “Trump isn’t what’s wrong with education in Connecticut”
Can Murphy and other Democrats discern yet why Trump won?
By Chris Powell Having told the country last year that Joe Biden was as sharp as ever mentally and deserved another four years as president and that a new law with gaping holes in it was needed to control the border, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy now is aspiring to the Democratic Party’s national leadership.Continue reading “Can Murphy and other Democrats discern yet why Trump won?”
Connecticut’s sanctimony cities show we could use Elon Musk
By Chris Powell Hysteria and sanctimony broke out in Connecticut and the country last Monday. Opponents of President Trump had dubbed it “Not My President’s Day” to protest everything his administration is doing or imagined to be doing. In Connecticut the protests were largest in three of the state’s sanctimony cities — about a thousandContinue reading “Connecticut’s sanctimony cities show we could use Elon Musk”
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