The “MeToo” movement has claimed several Congress members who may have committed acts of sexual harassment or worse – as well as exposing the fact millions of taxpayer dollars have been distributed to alleged victims. Embarrassed by reports of misbehavior…

Here are some of the Media Research Center’s Notable Quotables, chronicling the worst reporting of 2017. Matt Can’t Hold Back the Waterworks “Not sure if you saw this, but there was something special in Washington yesterday. It’s getting a lot…

The last two New Year’s Eves, this column noted 2015 and 2016 were difficult years for Connecticut. These editorials focused on the state’s budget and economic woes, as well as on controversies at the University of Connecticut. Unfortunately, in 2017,…

America entered a zone of optimism with the arrival of 2017 and remains there in the ways that matter. Sure, a majority of Americans are less than pleased with the man voters chose to lead the nation, even though many…

In 2018, Waterbury Mayor Neil M. O’Leary will inaugurate the next phase of his campaign against blight. This is an exciting development. Mayor O’Leary is wise to prioritize blight mitigation. In his first inaugural address, given on Dec. 2, 2011,…

Sunrise Solar energy is a fringe energy source at best, and will remain so … until some glorious day in the future when electricity can be stored in sufficient quantities to sustain a steady flow of power from solar, wind…

It had to happen again, and it did. Dec. 18, an Amtrak passenger train on a newly established high-speed route in Washington state roared into a sharp curve at nearly 80 mph, more than double the 30-mph speed limit. The…

The Dec. 20 Republican-American included an unsettling report about Waterbury’s Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC). The Connecticut legislature’s Auditors of Public Accounts concluded NVCC’s administration “improperly used funds intended for students’ textbook scholarships to buy gift cards for employee recognition…

R. Nelson “Oz” Griebel, recently retired CEO of the MetroHartford Alliance business group, has announced he will run for governor of Connecticut in 2018 as an independent. Mr. Griebel, who made an unsuccessful bid for the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nomination,…

Last week, Connecticut residents and business people received two key pieces of economic news. According to the state Department of Labor, Connecticut lost 3,500 jobs in November. Meanwhile, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy estimated the state’s fiscal year 2017-18 budget deficit…

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of allegations of collusion between Russia and President Trump’s 2016 campaign has serious credibility problems. The poster boy for these problems is FBI agent Peter Strzok. The investigative team Mr. Mueller has built is heavy…

“You can’t deny the fact that we now have a full-blown crisis in jobs.” – Peter M. Gioia, chief economist for the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, on a state Department of Labor report indicating Connecticut lost 3,500 jobs in…

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. And all went to…

During the MetroHartford Alliance’s December breakfast, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy offered a general commentary on the state of affairs in Connecticut. “The reality is, in many ways, we’re our own worst enemies,” said Gov. Malloy, who isn’t seeking re-election next…

So, how has the Internet been treating you lately? That’s at the crux of the question of net neutrality. Ignore all those warnings about Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai destroying the World Wide Web as we know it. Life…

“The (Hillary) Clinton investigation featured highly irregular practices – e.g., the failure to use the grand jury to subpoena important evidence; the Justice Department restricting the FBI’s ability to ask questions and examine evidence; immunity deals for witnesses who should…

Connecticut continues to be dogged by messy finances. The budget legislators and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy adopted in late October for fiscal year 2017-18 is in deficit. Gov. Malloy’s Office of Policy and Management estimated a $202.8 million hole Nov….

For some time, there has been speculation that President Trump will fire Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who now serves as special counsel investigating allegations of collusion between Russia and Mr. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. In a Dec. 13…

It’s been widely reported that President Trump has a degree of paranoia about the United States’ intelligence community. One presumes this is a result of several sitting and former high-ranking intelligence officials coming out against candidate Trump in 2016, a…

For Connecticut taxpayers in the middle- and upper-middle-class categories, the news from Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12 was superficially heartening. House and Senate Republicans, working to iron out differences between the chambers’ tax-reform bills, decided individuals will be able to…