OP-ED
Claim Obama funded attacks shocking even for Trump
Trump opted to use the opportunity to settle old scores and accuse his predecessor of funding what the U.S. government has labeled as terrorism.
What happened to Elizabeth Warren's Big Mo?
There has been a growing list of statements that suggest that suggest Warren is willing to say whatever it takes to get elected.
Trump pulls the plug on "green" subsidies
Wind turbines, electric cars and the like are not economical and have needed crony capitalism, via taxpayer money, to prop them up. That could be ending.
High level of uncertainty makes this a 'scary moment'
The coming year may hold an especially large number of surprises. You may want to open your mind about what happens next.
Questions in the wake of the targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani
"I do not know of a single Iranian who was more indispensable to his government's ambitions in the Middle East."
How about that, Ali Khamenei? Trump did do something.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei failed to reckon with Trump's own capacity for recklessness
Women dominated decade just concluded
The two biggest cultural influences of the last 10 years are clear: women and screens. For me, that adds up to a pretty thrilling decade.
The things I hate about Donald Trump
Like Speaker Nancy Pelosi, I don't hate Donald Trump. But there sure are many things I hate about his conduct as president.Like Speaker Nancy Pelosi, I don’t Donald Trump. But there sure are many things I hate about his conduct as president.
Flight shame is real but not always effective
Air travel is falling in countries with the highest percentage of people who believe climate change is the world's number one problem.
Sexual predator Weinstein living the good life, ankle monitor notwithstanding
A proposed civil settlement with his victims would not cost Harvey Weinstein a dime or require him to admit wrongdoing.
GUEST OPINIONS
Markle and the racial identity discussion
It puzzles me why some white people get upset when Markle or Obama are identified in the media as “black.”
Many teens are still shunning cars
In 1984, 47.8% of 16-year-olds in this country could legally drive. In 2018, only 25.6% could.
Show courage to do what is needed; impose tolls on all vehicles
Watching Governor Ned Lamont bob and weave on tolls has just been one of the more recent and painful spectacles of an executive who apparently thought making tough fiscal decisions would be easy.
A more ‘usable’ nuclear weapon on submarines? Are we insane?
The money is never there for things that could truly help society — clean water, free education, efficient energy — but always there for weapons.
Trump-style cruelty about the dead is especially wounding for their survivors
Maybe some Trump backers have finally begun to perceive that his cruelty is limitless, his sense of decency nonexistent.
Threats abroad to a free press carry a risk for U.S. security
Repression of journalists abroad may seem distant from our everyday life in America. But it is not.
75 years later, reflecting on courage shown in Battle of the Bulge
As Belgian King Phillipe powerfully stated, “The America of 1944 defended freedom and democracy with all its strength… Since then, we have gradually built a new Europe based on reconciliation and a firm desire to put age-old rivalries...
Having 20/20 vision about climate change in 2020
Already coastal roads from Greenwich to Stonington are experiencing “sunny day flooding” at high tides, storm drains are overwhelmed with frequent heavy rains.
Our Republic fails if lying normalized
In my 18 years in the Connecticut General Assembly I always maintained that I could pretty much deal with any colleague as long as I knew he or she was being straight with me.
A Christmas wish that kindness reigns
We can debate which of these opposites -- kindness or meanness -- is more embedded in human nature, but we cannot deny that both exist.
