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Where will the Republican Party go in the post-Trump era after the illegal storming of the nation’s Capitol on Jan. 6? Who will the Connecticut GOP select as its next chair after its dutiful and long-serving Chair J.R. Romano resigned less than one week later on January 12, citing difficulty raising money? According to a report in the CTMirror, the Connecticut GOP had $28,183 in the till as of Dec. 31, 2020. Connecticut only has about 3.5 million citizens. The United States has about 330 million citizens. When Republican Kim Klacik ran for Maryland’s 7th Congressional District against Dem...

I wrote here recently that there was not enough evidence to impeach President Trump. That the effort to do so was driven by vindictiveness and hatred of everything about him. Since I wrote that, those that disagreed with me based their arguments exclusively on the last four years, what a jerk he has been, and all the bad things he has said and done, etc. Alan Calandro None of the arguments were about what I wrote: that the video and transcripts did not contain any calls for violence or breaking into the Capitol, etc. Since impeachment is political and not objectively based justice, the articl...

GameStop fiasco shows the ruling class grifters are back Inside a GameStop store. Well that didn’t take long. Just one week into the Biden presidency, America’s ruling class has put the hoi polloi in its place by bailing out a flailing hedge fund because a bunch of COVID-bored bloggers and small investors were about to push it into insolvency. Joseph Bentivegna MD First, some background.  In May of 2020, the car rental company Hertz filed for bankruptcy sending its share price to 56 cents.  Day traders decided to start bidding up the price, increasing it ten-fold.  It was not because t...

A Latino community in need of better educational opportunity Latinos for Educational Advocacy in Danbury Throughout the history of the United States, new immigrant communities have had to struggle to achieve equality and proper representation in our society. Today, as the Latino community has become the largest minority group in the country, this struggle continues. State Sen. Dennis Bradley. In Danbury, where a majority of the student population is increasingly of Latino descent, their struggle for equality is gaining momentum. This community continues to be underserved, and its struggle for...

Why turn down a $25 million school donation when Danbury students need so much help? The home page image of the Danbury Prospect charter school website. I have lived in Danbury for two years and am excited to raise my kids here. My family moved here from the Bronx in New York City because we needed a better life where the schools are in touch with students and we don’t have to pay as much in taxes. My family has loved living in Danbury and my children have loved their teachers. As more families like mine have moved to Danbury, our schools have gotten more crowded and teachers haven’t been...