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Perry & Texas, less than meets the eye

 June 19, 2013; Updated: 11:58 pm

Texas Gov. Rick Perry appeared to be a strong contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Conservatives pointed to his low-regulation, pro-business agenda for helping Texas weather the recession and quickly recover.

Steering a better course for the Amistad

 June 18, 2013; Updated: 11:10 pm

Fog has too long shrouded the mission of and money connected to the schooner Amistad, built at Mystic Seaport with state funds and designed to tell the story of Connecticut's role in freeing Africans once held captive aboard.

Lembo law needed

 June 17, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

The state Senate found ample time in the recent legislative session to figure out how to spend taxpayer money, but it ran out of time when it came to passing a law that would provide better accountability about how that money is spent. How...

Altering history, and other silliness

 June 16, 2013; Updated: 1:22 am

Shortly before adjourning June 5, the General Assembly found the time to pass legislation that marked the 14th anniversary of the sister state relationship between Connecticut and Taiwan, honored various ethnic groups with months (or a...

Scouts half-measure satisfies few

 June 14, 2013; Updated: 6:56 pm

The fallout continues from the Boy Scouts of America's decision on May 23 to allow gay youths to join the century-old organization, with camps divided on whether the change in policy goes too far or not far enough.

By reversing its...

New RCDA officers signal big change

 June 13, 2013; Updated: 11:39 pm

The change in leadership in the city's development association is more than a break with a troubling past; it is a necessary part of the evolution of New London's still new mayor-led form of government.

On Friday the Renaissance City...

Campaign finance reform takes a hit

 June 12, 2013; Updated: 7:17 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision continues to undermine efforts to reduce the power of money in politics, this time providing Connecticut's Democratic controlled legislature and its governor an excuse for weakening the...

Congrats and condolences

 June 11, 2013; Updated: 12:10 am

This month typically ushers in one of the most jubilant seasons of the year - the start of summer, a time for vacations, weddings, proms and commencement ceremonies.
But as new graduates don caps and...

Shalom, Rabbi Astor

 June 11, 2013; Updated: 12:10 am

Rabbi Carl Astor, who retires at the end of the month after 32 years at New London's Congregation Beth El, has been a leader in the region's Jewish community, offering generations of congregants comfort and guidance during all of life's major...

Veto state MMA bill

 June 10, 2013; Updated: 5:25 pm

On Friday Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office announced he had so far signed 129 bills approved during the recent General Assembly session. A bill that would legalize mixed martial arts fighting (a.k.a. cage fighting) in Connecticut was not among...

Independent Party attack un-Democratic

 June 9, 2013; Updated: 11:03 pm

A heavy-handed Democratic proposal that would have forced the decades-old Independent Party to change its name lasted all of a day in the General Assembly as the session neared its end.

A threat by the Republican minority to tie up the...

Surveillance program out of control

 June 8, 2013; Updated: 3:41 pm

'The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and...

Child mental health

 June 7, 2013; Updated: 11:48 pm

Receiving little attention in the hectic closing days of the General Assembly session was approval of a bipartisan bill aimed at improving the recognition of emotional and mental health issues in children and assuring appropriate individuals and...

The China moment

 June 7, 2013; Updated: 5:12 pm

The following editorial appeared in Thursday's Washington Post.

For years, the United States complained privately to China about corporate espionage and intellectual property theft aimed at U.S. companies and institutions. Nothing...

Secrecy wins, but discussion continues

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 5:12 pm

Any erosion of the public's right to know, any prohibition on access to evidence that can independently assess the fairness and thoroughness of criminal investigations, is reason for concern. We therefore object to the legislature's decision to...

Norwich cuts go dangerously deep

 June 5, 2013; Updated: 11:48 pm

The Norwich City Council is confronting a dilemma familiar to many urban communities as it struggles to pay for city services and education, while trying not to overburden home owners, many already struggling to pay property taxes on fixed...

Will recovery mask budget gimmicks?

 June 4, 2013; Updated: 12:02 am

With the budget largely set for the next two years, the fate of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's first term rests largely with the economy.

On the positive side, Gov. Malloy, working with large majorities of fellow Democrats in the state House and...

Facing new reality

 June 3, 2013; Updated: 11:30 pm

Mothers are now the primary breadwinner in 40 percent of American households with children, up from 11 percent in 1960 when stay-at-home June Cleaver of the TV series "Leave it to Beaver" was the motherly model for the typical home.

We...

Answers needed

 June 3, 2013; Updated: 5:25 pm

The following editorial appeared recently in The Washington Post.

Last week, a team of FBI agents and Massachusetts police officers questioned Ibragim Todashev, an associate of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a suspect in the Boston Marathon...

Find compromise on student loan policy

 June 2, 2013; Updated: 4:33 pm

With college costs continuing to soar, student loan debt at about $1 trillion and the average member of the Class of 2013 owing $26,000 on graduation day, Congress has until July 1 to set a new interest rate for student loans or see the rate...

Keno? Just say 'no'

 June 1, 2013; Updated: 4:59 pm

The governor and some of the legislators have changed since the last time there was a serious push to legalize keno gambling in the state, but the motivation is the same - desperation to find revenues to balance the state budget.

We don't...

Open the report

 June 1, 2013; Updated: 4:59 pm

The public has been waiting patiently for nearly six months for the State Police to issue a report of the findings of their investigation into the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012. The police stated months ago that...

Reasonable path to GMO food labels

 May 31, 2013; Updated: 12:03 am

Second to gun control, the debate over whether to require labeling of foods containing genetically engineered crops is the most controversial and polarizing policy issue to confront the legislature this session.

On one side of the issue...

Alice Fitzpatrick, Citizen of the Year

 May 30, 2013; Updated: 11:59 pm

Day editorial board meetings are typically interesting but weighty affairs, focused on matters of public policy and its intersection with politics. However, on the occasions when the board has had the good fortune of hosting Alice...

Malloy gets much of what he wanted

 May 29, 2013; Updated: 12:02 am

News of a tentative state budget deal began leaking out in news report Friday, just as most Connecticut residents were getting ready for the three-day holiday weekend. If the timing meant fewer people heard of the deal, and it surely did, that...

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