Neglected, in the tunnel-vision search for the biological cause and nature of “mental illness” (and its misleading promotion as established fact) is human experience.
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Op-ed: One easy step to double solar access in CT
Connecticut is considering a visionary bill that will greatly expand access to solar energy throughout the state.
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Op-ed: Correcting misconceptions about sexual violence
Public outrage and attention to misconceptions about sexual assault create an opportunity to have important public policy conversations.
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Op-ed: Time to face the facts and fix the problems
The Malloy administration tells us all is well, but Connecticut has lost its way.
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Op-ed: Revamp CT’s property tax system to overcome inequity, inefficiency
This should be the year policymakers start to revamp the state’s property tax structure. We know the system is unfair, and there is a clear path forward to fix it.
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Op-ed: Connecticut — Speak up! We’re listening.
At the end of 2013, we asked readers to submit suggestions about the issues lawmakers and policymakers should take up this year — the perfect time to give them an earful.
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Op-ed: Too many Connecticut families need affordable housing
The private market simply does not meet the need for housing for about one in every four families.
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Op-ed: Legislature must reform misguided drug-free zone laws
The current drug-free zone laws are based on faulty logic and poor design, and they are detrimentally impacting Connecticut in several ways.
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Op-ed: Common sense (and education reform)
Right now the voices of our “aristocracy” are drowning out the voices of experienced educators.
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Unjust prosecution shows why we need death-with-dignity laws
A dying family member, and those who love him or her, should be able to deal with this end-of-life tragedy in their own way, without heavy-handed government intrusion into their moment of profound sorrow.
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Op-ed: Connecticut: Restore the rights of adult adoptees
It’s time for Connecticut to join the growing ranks of states that are restoring the right of adult adoptees to access their original birth certificates. Connecticut should re-establish every adoptee’s right to their heritage, their ancestry, their current medical history and their very identity, a right that the state has been depriving us of since […]
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Op-ed: Connecticut’s place in the knowledge economy is linked to higher education
The caliber, vision and ingenuity of higher education places Connecticut in an enviable position, squarely on the lead edge of the accelerating pace of change.
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Op-ed: Innovate with clinical care teams, not APRN independent practice
Certain aspects of straightforward mild illness and preventive care can be delivered just as well from an APRN as from a seasoned doctor. But does that warrant completely independent practice for APRNs in primary care without limitations?
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Community colleges: Time to be revolutionary
The community colleges of the state of Connecticut ought to declare their independence from the Board of Regents for Higher Education
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Op-ed: Portrait of a physician as an older man
I disagree with Dr. Marr’s conclusions. Physicians have not fallen from Grace: We are being pushed. But we will have a soft landing, if only we can survive the next few years.
