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Premium Content Crisis management

 May 21, 2013; Updated: 12:01 am

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy excels when it comes to handling a calamity and, unfortunately, he has had far too much practice at it.

While Friday's Metro North commuter train derailment in Fairfield and subsequent service disruption...

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Premium Content The Syrian dilemma

 May 21, 2013; Updated: 4:59 pm

When it comes to Syria, time is running out on the wait-and-see option. President Obama's reluctance in getting the United States embroiled in another complex conflict with no clear outcome is understandable, and we share it. But the prospects of...

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Premium Content Caution ahead NL

 May 20, 2013; Updated: 1:33 pm

The state, the city and its redevelopment agency need to proceed with caution in deciding whether to transfer property in the Fort Trumbull section of New London for development of the Village on Thames project.

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Burying Tsarnaev

 May 20, 2013; Updated: 10:50 pm

The following editorial appeared recently in The Washington Post.

For almost a week, the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers, remained at a funeral home in Massachusetts because no cemetery or...

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Premium Content Delaying U.S. base closings sensible

 May 19, 2013; Updated: 4:59 pm

The politics behind the reluctance of Congress to authorize another round of base closings is understandable. Under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process, once a base ends up on the final list for closing or reduction in size,...

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Erosion of rights should not surprise

It's hard not to laugh at the indignation over the Justice Department's seizure of telephone records of the Associated Press and its journalists. Sure, the seizure was sweeping rather than surgical, but the government says it is looking...

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Local policing isn't just local anymore

Premium Content The job of local law enforcement officers has never been easy. Each day an officer steps onto the street and into the unknown. Sworn to protect and serve, Connecticut's local police officers have willingly put their lives on the line to...

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Redacted truth, subjunctive outrage

Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don't know. History will judge. Second, overhyping will only diminish the importance of the scandal if it doesn't meet...

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Obama fans should look on the sunny side

Let's try to come up with some positive thoughts about the recent political fortunes of the Obama White House:

• Economy's getting a little better. Deficit's dropping.

• Bill Clinton had a really terrible second term and...

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Obama government's list of careless errors

At a time when Congress can't pass a budget and the president can't win approval of any important legislation, the public is indignant about the threat of an overreaching, all-powerful federal government that uses the IRS and the Justice...

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I write in response to the May 11 letter, "Politicos lag behind public on gun-control issue." The author stated, "We have...

Premium Content Groton registrars only followed the statute

In response to the letter, "She always assumed voting was private!" (May 13): As one of the Groton Registrars of Voters,...

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Premium Content Looking for solutions to terror threats

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