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”

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”

Overpaid higher educators say they can’t save a cent

By Chris Powell Public higher education in Connecticut is doomed — doomed! — if the University of Connecticut and the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system don’t get at least $110 million more than Governor Lamont has proposed in his budget. That’s what college administrators and students told a hearing of the General Assembly’s AppropriationsContinue reading “Overpaid higher educators say they can’t save a cent”