We cannot continue down the path of allowing health care costs to increase out of proportion to household income.
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Automated traffic safety in CT school zones is a no-brainer
We all have an interest in stopping reckless driving, and automated traffic cameras are a no-brainer for school zones across Connecticut.
Lamont — a rare leader in a time of ambition and excess
In Lamont, the Constitution State can become the seed for a new model of governance for mayors and governors to run the extra mile presidents unworthy of the office can not and will not.
Attacking diversity, equity and inclusion hurts all Americans
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down affirmative action tore down a pillar of legal, moral and ethical hope and decency established to help rectify years of inequity, discrimination and bias.
Ranked choice voting can end the ‘spoiler’ problem in elections
Our current single-choice system of voting which allows a candidate to win without getting a majority vote.
Murphy was right. Alito was ‘stunningly wrong’
The curtain that had given the U.S. Supreme Court the charade of transcending politics has been torn away.
Disgusted and disillusioned over CT politics
It is disheartening and disillusioning that anyone who has the courage to do what’s right for marginalized people in CT will be castigated.
Replace loan forgiveness with free community college
It’s time for the federal government to exit the student loan business. Instead, let’s fund free community college for all.
Televise the USA v. Trump trial
America needs to see the trial of USA v. Trump first-hand, unfiltered by media bias and partisan spin.
Apology and acknowledgement: The midwives were always right
Without apology or acknowledgement, the U.S. is slowly returning to the model of care eradicated by obstetricians of the early 1900s.
The times they are a’changin
Our children and grandchildren deserve a better future than the one we are currently bequeathing them.
As COVID relief funds wane, Connecticut must invest in fixing child care
Federal cash tided child care facilities over the pandemic, but Connecticut still has a shortfall in places, leaving families in crisis.
CT legislators must provide more housing resources for queer folks
Connecticut’s failure to address the specific needs of the queer community in the housing sector is disheartening, but not surprising.
Blue skies — another climate casualty
Every morning I look out my bedroom window, like some daily spiritual ablution, hoping to see blue skies. As the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.” Composer Irving Berlin expressed this natural affinity in his lyric, “Blue skies, smiling at me.” Perhaps that’s why I’ve find it […]
Crystal Mall is nobody’s Little Pink House
Waterford’s deteriorating Crystal Mall could provide an ideal site for robust redevelopment, given the right vision.