Opinion

America has always had those who are more and less fortunate. But we have not always had homelessness. We don’t have to.

If we don’t act now to prepare young people for these jobs, and provide more competitive skills for our older workers, we can expect critical impacts to tax revenue structure, service delivery, productivity and overall quality of life.

Water freezes at 32 degrees F. A physical law. Anyone wishing to ice skate has no choice but to wait until that physical law is satisfied. However, if we wish to play a game, all the “laws” or rules are man-made. We do as we like. “Baseball” exists nowhere else but in the collective mind. […]

We are losing seniors who cannot afford to live here, and young people who also cannot afford to live here.

I think the most important issue facing Connecticut is taxes. It seems the taxes are continuing to rise, and services are continuing to deteriorate. If the state government is serious about protecting the middle class, then the taxes have to be cut, and government programs — like the free money given away to corporations being […]

Majoritarian extremism is, once again, aiming its proverbial guns at the Electoral College in Hartford, this time through House Bill 5126, which seeks to incorporate a national popular vote to elect the president.

The failure of job creation to keep pace with those willing and able to work is a major threat to American progress.

I would like our elected officials to be more honest, tell us the facts, however unappealing, and then motivate us all to get behind real solutions.