Published January 21. 2021 6:27PM
Len Miller
We should be outraged about the recent racial incident in New London. We should be saddened by the racist attack against Regina Mosley, the President of the New London Board of Education, and we should be frightened about this horrid display of hatred. What we should not be is surprised.
We are now living in a country where we have seen innocent people unnecessarily killed by police. We are living through a period in time where incidents such as what happened in New London become everyday events. And we are living in a time and in a country where white supremacists are openly involved in an insurrection, including the attack on our Capitol that caused great damage and a loss of lives.
Published January 18. 2021 12:01AM
John Wirzbicki
The ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the presidential election. They won by a comfortable margin in the Electoral College and with a historic numerical margin in the popular vote. This is a fact, and it is a fact of which Republican politicians, both nationally and locally, are perfectly aware.
It is not surprising that President Donald Trump chose to deny this basic truth and attempt to steal the election by dubious legal means if he could, or by illegal means if he must. It is a given that it was Trump’s lies and incitements to violence, amplified by the right-wing media, that whipped up the seditious crowd that stormed the Capitol on January 6, the first time the United States government has been attacked in its capital since the Civil War.
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Published January 12. 2021 5:23PM
The events of the last several days make it quite clear that we take democracy for granted at our peril.
As I watched the violence and insurrection at the U.S. Capitol January 6, I couldn’t help but remember that what happened at the Capitol has been a long time coming.
In 1958, George C. Wallace after losing the nomination for governor of Alabama, said that he would “never be out-niggered again.” In his inaugural address as governor of Alabama on January 14, 1963 he said, “Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!”
How is this relevant to the events of January 6? It was a hallmark event in the beginning of what has become known as the Republican Southern Strategy, the strategy used for over 50 years to wrest political control of the South away from Democrats. Further, by playing on fear, anger and racism, the strategy has worked for the Republican Party not only in the South, but around rural and suburban America.
Published January 12. 2021 5:13PM
Robert Byron
In 1984, I worked for a law firm in Boston. We represented self-insured clients in Workers’ Compensation cases. I settled out one case for $10,000, which was within my authority and, in my opinion, a good deal for the client, Grossman’s Lumber.
I notified my client, but later received a letter from the home office denying the settlement. I wrote back explaining that I had reached a good-faith settlement with opposing counsel and the company should honor it. It was a matter of trust and credibility.
Shortly thereafter, I was fired. My supervising attorney told me that a Grossman’s honcho was affronted by my use of the term “good faith.” He said if I wasn’t fired, Grossman’s would take its business elsewhere. I came to learn, though, that Grossman’s had been bought out by Victor Posner, the reviled corporate raider. He was stripping the company of its assets and keeping the cash. Grossman’s later went into bankrupt