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Discrimination in New London

Monday, January 17, 2011

Should anyone doubt that Martin Luther King’s work is far from over… The New London Day reported yesterday that the City of New London has not hired a black firefighter since 1978. At the current time it has one black firefighter (who must be a rather elderly gentleman by this time), and two Hispanics. The […]

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Sustinet lauded by Firedoglake

Monday, January 17, 2011

The folks, or at least one contributor to, Firedoglake think very highly of the recently announced Sustinet Board’s Draft Report: Both the new health care bill and other federal laws like ERISA make it very hard to for states to adopt my preferred solution of single-payer health care, or even my secondary choices, like a […]

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Drinking Liberally survives

Saturday, January 8, 2011

We may have taken a shellacking (nationally) in November, but our spirits remain high here in New London County, as this picture from our last Drinking Liberally meeting demonstrates. This was our first meeting at Hanafin’s, since the Bulkeley House may or may not be permanently closed, though it was certainly closed this past Thursday. […]

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Forgotten again

Monday, November 22, 2010

I don’t know whether the NAACP’s complaints about Malloy’s transition team are valid, but as a Southeastern Connecticut transplant, I feel I must point out that, as near as I can see, Nancy Wyman hails from about as far to the east as anyone on the team, and Malloy really couldn’t not put her on […]

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Well, at least that’s over

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

We knew it would be brutal, but now that it’s over we can simply begin to reconcile ourselves to the fact that our country has collectively committed itself to continued economic decline, corporate rule, global climate degradation, and denial of science and reason. So it goes. We here in Connecticut can take cold comfort from […]

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Final Days

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Last month, when I stated my objections to the Stewart event (objections to which I adhere), I somewhat sanctimoniously stated that I would be here actually trying to restore sanity. At the time, I felt I was being a tad dishonest. Truth to tell, I don’t take to most of the nuts and bolts work […]

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Enthusiasm gap, CT style

Friday, October 29, 2010

Republicans to the left, Dems to the right. It’s been like this every night in Groton.

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Martha Dean, courtroom wizard

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Earlier today I was searching (in vain) at the Courant’s website for news of Martha Dean’s lawsuit against Jepsen, when I came upon this column by Rick Green, who has some unkind words to say about Martha. (So far as I can see, the case is still undecided, and is not even mentioned on the […]

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Ethical and moral values

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

The full text of an article from this morning’s Day: The Republican challenger for the 39th District House seat has received several endorsements, including one from Newt Gingrich. “I am very pleased you share my commitment to transforming government at every level to save America,” the former U.S. Speaker of the House wrote in an […]

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The last of a dying breed

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Yesterday’s Mystic River Press contains a front page article about the State Senate race in the 18th District between Andrew Maynard (D) and Stuart Norman (R, sort of). Andy and Stu have decided to eschew name calling and campaign through a series of joint appearances. (The Mystic River Press is not on line, so no […]

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