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OP-ED | Parliamentary Power to the People

Guest opinion writer Christine Palm says abuse of power is a favorite subject with writers of hate mail. The specter of elected officials governing by fiat, disregarding parliamentary procedure and acting capriciously seems to loom so large as to be a national obsession. The obvious target of the tirade is the party with the majority of members in its caucus. 

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Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition.

ProPublica reports that in 2008, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas decided to send his teenage grandnephew to Hidden Lake Academy, a private boarding school in the foothills of northern Georgia. The boy, Mark Martin, was far from home. For the previous decade, he had lived with the justice and his wife in the suburbs of Washington. Thomas had taken legal custody of Martin when he…

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OP-ED | The Man Who Made Food Shopping Fun

Opinion writer Peter Funt tells us that when Stew Leonard opened what he dubbed a “dairy store” in Norwalk in 1969, it was a wonder of marketing, with a petting zoo, animated Disney-style characters and an on-site bottling plant. The concepts he pioneered in that supermarket are seen today at Trader Joe’s, Costco, and Whole Foods. You’d think such an innovator would resent those who…

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Ode To Spring & Caesar’s Wife

Editorial cartoons by Pat Bagley and John Darkow. The forecast for Saturday is 70 degrees and partly sunny and pleasant. Enjoy it! Meanwhile, in Washington, the Guardian reports that Democrats have condemned US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ refusal to testify over ethics allegations raised about Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas. In addition, Insider reported that Jane Roberts, the wife of the Chief…

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A Message from Tribal Chairman Rodney Butler

It is time to put an end to the inequitable taxation of tribal lands and treat tribal nations appropriately as sovereign governments. We urge you to support HB 5467 and correct the injustices of the past, honor the present, and allow tribes to invest in the future. Kutuputush (thank you). Click below to find out more.

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Senator Tackles Loneliness ​’Epidemic’

Can we talk? About how lonely and disconnected so many of us feel? Chris Murphy hopes so. Otherwise, he worries, we won’t be able to come together as a nation to tackle challenges ranging from mass shootings to opioid addiction to teen suicide and social-media bullying to political polarization.

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