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Deer, children and a bizarre lawmaking process

 June 16, 2013; Updated: 12:34 am

One of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's top priorities in the recently completed legislative session was creation of an Office of Early Childhood Education. This did not seem too heavy of a political lift. Malloy's Democratic Party has strong majorities...

Pay-or-die: The ugly side of U.S. health care

 June 9, 2013; Updated: 11:03 pm

Wayne Magro considers himself a lucky guy. In 2001 doctors diagnosed him with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. A few times since then the cancer has begun to spread rapidly, leading to a prognosis that he had months to live. But each time...

A Connecticut legislature without a prayer

 June 2, 2013; Updated: 4:33 pm

The General Assembly adjourns with the presiding officer asking that "God save the state of Connecticut," a prayer that comes far too late in some sessions when you consider what's already been done by lawmakers.

But that little prayer may...

You may say he's a dreamer

 May 26, 2013; Updated: 11:43 am

In a cynical town Donald Steinberg is an unapologetic optimist.
Steinberg, 60, is the deputy administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the human development arm of the...

The scandal no one seems to talk about

 May 19, 2013; Updated: 12:08 am

State regulators and the Office of Consumer Counsel recently issued a "good news" press release. Connecticut electric ratepayers, or at least most of them, will see their monthly bills collectively reduced by $75 million, or about $10 a...

Foreign aid, diplomacy well worth investment

 May 5, 2013; Updated: 3:15 pm

Among Secretary of State John Kerry's greatest fears, it appears, is that U.S. foreign policy will suffer not from a lack of international cooperation but from insufficient domestic support for the Foreign Service and appreciation for the role it...

Behold the governor who came to dinner

 May 4, 2013; Updated: 3:16 pm

Having attended a number of White House Correspondents Dinners back in the last century without ever hearing a serious word spoken over drinks, dinner and lavish post dinner parties, I'm truly impressed that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was able...

Will TVC debacle end Democrats' dominance?

 April 28, 2013; Updated: 11:16 pm

Mayor Marian Galbraith and her fellow Democrats who control the Groton City Council face a difficult task in trying to convince voters they deserve re-election for the way she, and they, handled the Thames Valley Communications...

Open government under attack in Hartford

 April 21, 2013; Updated: 4:59 pm

If you prefer that your government functions in secret, think it is great to have the governor control the watchdog agencies intended to keep his administration and all aspects of government honest and open, and you don't care to know any details...

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