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Retiree plan shows health act benefits

 September 2, 2010

Thousands of early retirees who would either have to pay exorbitantly for individual health insurance policies or live without insurance and the fear that they might get sick before becoming old enough for Medicare will now be able to receive...

No campaign bucks for unopposed pols

 September 2, 2010

This newspaper has long advocated public financing of campaigns as a way of reducing the influence of special-interest money on elections and the legislative process. That is why we endorsed the Connecticut Citizens' Election Program, which went...

Positive change for New London

 September 1, 2010

Rob Pero's political instincts are correct when he warns that the failure to include some type of recall provision in the charter could dissuade some New London voters from approving a new mayor-led form of government. But the reality is that no...

Album dominance goes way of vinyl

 September 1, 2010

In a way, the pop music industry is back where it began.

In the 1950s and early 1960s the crooners, and later the rockers, saw the hit single, in the form of a 45 rpm record, as the symbol of success. Albums were an afterthought, with a...

Ironic backdrop

 August 31, 2010

Conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck can certainly attract a crowd. On Saturday, those attending the "Restoring Honor" rally he organized packed nearly a mile stretch of the National Mall. NBC News reported 300,000 people.

The turnout...

Base-saving lesson

 August 31, 2010

Last week Tom Foley, Republican candidate for governor, seized upon new concerns that the Naval Submarine Base in Groton could show up on some future base-closure list to show he is a man of action. Calling a news conference, he named fellow...

Media invite skepticism with donations

 August 30, 2010

How can readers or viewers trust the objectivity of a news organization when its parent company is bankrolling one political group over another? The answer is, they can't, which is why media corporations should not be doing it.

Narrow charter questions for NL voters

 August 29, 2010

The New London City Council should narrow the myriad changes recommended by the Charter Revision Commission to three questions. First, should the administration of the city be placed in the hands of a mayor elected by the voters?

World shouldn't ignore Pakistan's plight

 August 28, 2010

As United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's plane flew over flood-ravaged Pakistan recently, he commented that he had never seen anything quite so terrible. The "unprecedented floods will require an unprecedented response," said the U.N.'s top...

Probe overdue

 August 27, 2010

The Ledyard Town Council did this week what it should have done a year ago. Councilors authorized a probe of Republican Mayor Fred Allyn Jr.'s disregard of the town charter and overspending of legal fees.

Prepare now

 August 27, 2010

The nation still has work to do in preparing to handle major disasters. That's the message retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad W. Allen delivered in a recent interview with The Day. It comes from a man well familiar with handling big calamities.

Conn. really sold on Race to the Top?

 August 26, 2010

Just maybe, Connecticut didn't do enough.

Even before Tuesday's announcement by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan naming 10 new recipients of multimillion-dollar Race to the Top grants, the Nutmeg State knew it was out of the running.

Better not 'shred' that public e-mail

 August 26, 2010

Reporters for the Hartford Courant found troubling inconsistencies when they branched out to 20 towns to see how government officials handled e-mails concerning public business.

Many towns had no formal policies, leaving it to the...

Prepared to defend base

 August 25, 2010

There is good reason to remain diligent, but no reason for panic.

Five years ago the region sidestepped an economic catastrophe when a federal commission overturned a Pentagon decision and voted to keep the Naval Submarine Base in Groton...

School stimulus a temporary fix

 August 25, 2010

The latest federal windfall for public education - $10 billion of a $26-billion jobs bill approved by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama earlier this month - is already trickling in to local schools.

But rather than glee, school...

Imprudent Iraq war heads to inconclusive end

 August 24, 2010

It is somehow appropriate and not surprising that the 7-year-old military intervention in Iraq is petering out to a muddled, inconclusive ending.

The last U.S. combat forces withdrew last week from Iraq. Americans, once so alarmed by the...

Nonstop music may be taking a toll

 August 23, 2010

'Turn down that music!" For generations parents have shouted that admonition as teens blared Elvis on their transistor radios, the Beatles on their stereos and now, Lady GaGa on their iPods - and typically the order seemed to fall on deaf ears.

Bring back the big boats

 August 22, 2010

We get it. We understand why people all across southeastern Connecticut are giddy that OpSail 2012 wants to make a port call to New London. What an opportunity. A dozen years after the successful OpSail 2000 visit to the Thames River Harbor, the...

Helping feathered friends in the city

 August 22, 2010

Broadway won't be dimming its lights, but some of New York City's tallest buildings will be going dark this fall - for the sake of birds. Lofty towers including the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building and Rockefeller Center have all agreed...

Slow progress for minority students in state

 August 21, 2010

We can take scant pride in the news that a higher percentage of black males in Connecticut graduate high school than the national average, because the rate here continues to lag compared to whites.

Bold leader needed

 August 20, 2010

Connecticut's next governor is going to have be ruthless about reining in state spending and proactive about private-sector job creation, tasks already on the candidates' to-do lists but more pressing now than ever.

Montville legalities

 August 20, 2010

Why has Montville, which has always taken pride in its frugal approach to town government, continuously been at odds with one of its largest taxpayers? That's a question citizens should be asking as they ponder the latest legal dispute involving...

Don't rush back into the Gulf

 August 19, 2010

Now that crude oil no longer oozes over vast stretches of the Gulf of Mexico or coats beaches in four states, pressure is building - not from BP's Deepwater Horizon blown-out well, where a cap installed last month seems to be holding, but from...

Let cooler heads prevail in beer spat

 August 19, 2010

At a time of so much contentiousness over such issues as continued joblessness and the lingering recession, immigration woes, the devastating flooding in Pakistan and other serious topics, it seems a little silly to be preoccupied by a beer...

New chance for park

 August 18, 2010

For decades people have complained that Riverside is the stepchild of New London's public parks.

And indeed, the park has been neglected. Not just by caretakers, but by the public as well. The 18-acre parcel in the north end of the city was...

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