In Connecticut, Republicans got slaughtered in a massacre that would embarrass Attila the Hun.
Joe Bentivegna MD
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Vaccines are crucial to maintaining public health
Vaccines have saved millions upon millions of lives and publicly challenging their efficacy could result in disastrous cases.
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Tong should sue Prospect Medical
Company owners took obscene profits at the expense of CT’s healthcare system. They should not get away with it.
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Congestion pricing on I-95? No thanks.
Jim Cameron’s columns on transportation issues in the CTMirror are lucid and informative, but his recent article advocating tolls on Connecticut’s I-95 as an addition to the recent congestion pricing implemented in Manhattan is off base. Just because New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has added another toll to drive into Manhattan does not mean we should be paying one […]
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Where are the CT State Police?
It appears as if the Connecticut State Police have abandoned enforcing the traffic regulations on the Merritt Parkway.
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Judge William Clark, who ordered a new Bridgeport primary, is an American hero
Judge William Clark made a huge step forward in reassuring voters of the sanctity of our elections by throwing out a fixed Bridgeport Democratic mayoral primary and ordering a new one.
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The session: It could have been worse. Much worse.
The 2023 legislative session should have been a liberal bacchanalia. Instead, it became a surprisingly bipartisan session with large majorities in both houses voting in favor of tax cuts and other compromise legislation.
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President Obama should serve as interim president of Haiti
Anyone who has ever done humanitarian work in a poor country quickly realizes that their efforts are of little benefit unless there are political and economic changes. I lived in Haiti for a year in 1983 as a volunteer physician and was no exception.
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Energy policy is rendering Connecticut a third world country
As a volunteer physician in Haiti, one of the first Creole sentences I learned was “Pa gen currant.” “There is no power.” Haiti’s power supply was unreliable and outages were common, which is why the wealthy had their own generators. Plutocrats, environmentalists and feckless politicians are now replicating Haiti’s problems here in Connecticut.
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Lamont’s new toll proposal is more of the same
Having failed to convince the good people of Connecticut to allow tolls for cars, Gov. Ned Lamont and the Democrats are hoping to sucker us into believing that if we allow toll gantries on 12 bridges just for Class 8 trucks (tractor trailers and large dump trucks); we will no longer be harassed for more money. But their actual goal is simply to get these gantries in place because with just a software change, tolls can be imposed later on smaller trucks, cars, motorcycles or any moving object attached to a taxpayer. Let’s look at some of the details:
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Predictions for 2020: Values both negative and positive
Once again, it is time to look into the crystal ball and predict what will happen in 2020. But unlike most pundits who hope you will forget their previous prognostications, I will review my predictions for 2019.
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Lamont should ban Tom Brady from moving to Connecticut
According to published reports, Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady is considering moving to Greenwich. If Gov. Ned Lamont really wants to see his popularity sky rocket, he should propose legislation to prevent such an outrage.
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Regional cap-and-trade plan will soak Connecticut taxpayers
Many Connecticut taxpayers are upset over the Democratic attempt to place tolls on our highways and bridges; but, are unaware of a back door tax that could increase gasoline prices by 50 cents a gallon or more. This plan is being initiated by an unelected panel populated by bureaucrats making six-figure salaries. They are promising to use this money to promote electric cars, buses, and sustainable activities like bicycles and walking.
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President Trump should not bomb Iran
A drone attack on Saudi Arabia has destroyed 50% of their oil-production capacity. The consensus is that Iran was involved. President Trump has stated that America is “locked and loaded” and ready to respond. This would be a mistake. Thanks to the President’s policies, we are now energy independent. We do not need the Middle East’s oil and there is no reason to become involved in a conflict we cannot win.
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Epstein’s death — a probable suicide
The supposed suicide of Jeffery Epstein has fanned the speculation of a cover-up across the entire ideological spectrum. What follows is my attempt to look at published reports objectively and give my medical opinion. Having done so, I have concluded Epstein’s death was a suicide by hanging.