By CHRIS POWELL Governor Lamont’s creation of a $250,000 political patronage job for former U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona as a consultant to the Connecticut Career Pathways Commission, which the governor created by executive order in April, isn’t the silliest thing about the commission. Blumenthal sees no justification for immigration law enforcement ‘Diversity, equity, andContinue reading “Connecticut doesn’t yet realize good careers start with literacy”
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Public schools couldn’t meet new home-school standards
By CHRIS POWELL In principle there’s nothing wrong with the basics of the home-schooling legislation that got a public hearing before the General Assembly this week. The bill would require people to notify local officials in person when they withdraw their children from public school to home-school them, to bring their home-schooled children to someContinue reading “Public schools couldn’t meet new home-school standards”
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”
‘Social equity’ is euphemism for patronage and redundancy
By CHRIS POWELL Start with a false premise, dedicate a tax to it, create a bureaucracy for distribution of political patronage, put a nice name on it, and what have you got? Connecticut’s Social Equity Council. Liberal reform squeezes Yale thanks to Trump and Republicans Let public broadcasting try living without government subsidy Why allContinue reading “‘Social equity’ is euphemism for patronage and redundancy”
Puzzle isn’t Musk but Biden; and state should take over failing city schools
By Chris Powell Democrats in Connecticut and throughout the country are seeking laughs by asserting that the political noise being made by zillionaire Elon Musk shows that he is not just an adviser to President-elect Donald Trump but the de-facto president-elect. Musk is an odd duck in some respects. But he seems to have gotten richContinue reading “Puzzle isn’t Musk but Biden; and state should take over failing city schools”
