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Terry Cowgill

Author Archives: Terry Cowgill

Contributing op-ed columnist Terry Cowgill lives in Lakeville, blogs at PolitiConn and is the retired managing editor of The Berkshire Edge in Great Barrington, Mass. Follow him on Twitter @terrycowgill or email him at tcowgill90@wesleyan.edu.

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Natural burial plot
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Religious Objections Should Not Stall ‘Human Composting Bill’

Terry Cowgill by Terry Cowgill March 29, 2023, 4:45 amMarch 28, 2023, 11:52 pm

Opinion writer Terry Cowgill highlights and endorses a bill to legalize “natural organic reduction” – also less eloquently dubbed “human composting” – as a climate-friendly alternative to traditional burials or cremation, both of which have an enormous negative impact on the environment.

Small house on a flag - Living or migrating to Connecticut
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Rent Control Advocates Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Terry Cowgill by Terry Cowgill February 28, 2023, 4:45 amFebruary 28, 2023, 2:11 am
Voter apathy concept
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | How Bad An Idea is Compulsory Voting? Let Me Count The Ways

Terry Cowgill by Terry Cowgill February 15, 2023, 4:45 amFebruary 15, 2023, 12:28 am
Tyre Nichols
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | State Police Contracts, Taking Out The Trash, And Other Thoughts

Terry Cowgill by Terry Cowgill February 1, 2023, 4:45 amMarch 26, 2023, 4:20 pm
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Connecticut Opens Its Eyes And Its Doors to Legal Weed

Terry Cowgill by Terry Cowgill January 18, 2023, 4:45 amJanuary 18, 2023, 4:06 pm
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Wine In Grocery Stores: In Connecticut, Perish The Thought

Terry Cowgill by Terry Cowgill January 11, 2023, 4:45 amJanuary 11, 2023, 12:12 am
Ralph Nader in Waterbury in October 2008
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Will Winsted Embrace ‘Citizen’ Ralph’s Newspaper Venture?

Terry Cowgill by Terry Cowgill January 4, 2023, 4:45 amJanuary 4, 2023, 1:47 am
The permanent Sandy Hook Memorial
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Ten Years After Sandy Hook, Too Much Work Remains

Terry Cowgill by Terry Cowgill December 14, 2022, 4:45 amDecember 16, 2022, 11:55 pm
Trump Constitution
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | McKinney, Fasano Tell ‘Spoiled Child’ Trump To Get Lost

Terry Cowgill by Terry Cowgill December 7, 2022, 4:45 amMarch 26, 2023, 4:26 pm
Pro-Trump banner in Washington, Connecticut, in November 2022
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Confusion In ‘Washington’ – Free Speech Or Law Breaking?

Terry Cowgill by Terry Cowgill November 30, 2022, 4:45 amDecember 16, 2022, 11:55 pm

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