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March 19, 2010

Editorials

Tough Norwich choice

 March 19, 2010

It appears Norwich may face no other choice but to close one of its nine elementary schools. Despite adopting a budget that includes staffing and program cuts, the Board of Education's budget proposal would boost spending by $3.67...

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The next New Jersey?

 March 19, 2010

Connecticut lawmakers and the lame-duck governor only need look at what is happening in New Jersey to see what might soon happen here.

Rather than making the tough choices last year to truly balance the budget, the Democratic majority in...

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No trickery, just vote

 March 18, 2010

Both the House and Senate have approved bills that would vastly expand the number of Americans with access to health insurance coverage. Democrats in the two chambers were responsible for this historic step, having to act without a...

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Let the sun shine on West Pleasant

 March 18, 2010

The latest controversy over felling trees in New London makes it sound like the city's Public Works Department is hatchet happy.
Well, it's not.
The plan to cut down two...

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Dodd bill sets framework for market reform

 March 17, 2010

In the title of one of his books, author Gore Vidal drolly referred to the USA as the "United States of Amnesia." In seeming affirmation of that observation, the Los Angeles Times began its story Tuesday about a proposed financial reform bill...

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    Op-Ed

    Strange stories from former Congressman Eric Massa

    In the fast-moving wildfire of New York politics, the immolation of Rep. Eric Massa got much less attention than one would have expected.
    In less than a week, the Democrat's account of his reasons for...

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    Time for us to call for no-phone zones

    Vancouver, British Columbia -- Upon arriving here, I was relieved to have a break from the barrage of cell-phone and landline calls, e-mails, instant messages, tweets, texts and the like in my daily life. However, I...

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    Jihad Jane: Terror by reason of insanity

    Consider the case of "Jihad Jane." Divorced twice (first marriage at 16), Colleen LaRose was arrested for drunkenness in Texas. She ended up living with a boyfriend in a Philadelphia suburb and taking care of his elderly father. Let's say that...

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    Now it's about Iraq for the Iraqis

    Iraq is the country that refuses to die: Saddam Hussein tried to break his people by torture and poison gas, but he failed. America arrogantly mismanaged the first years of its occupation and nearly triggered a civil war, but the Iraqis held on.

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    This tea party activist isn't afraid to boil the kettle

    Bob MacGuffie, one of the authors of the "Declaration of Tea Party Independence," is not new to taking controversial stands.
    Last summer MacGuffie gained national attention with his "Rock...

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    Making of A Movement

    A member of the Connecticut 2nd District Tea Party Patriots recently e-mailed the publisher of The Day concerned "that everyone is trying to define what the tea party movement is," but often not correctly. In this Perspective, you'll find a link to the "Declaration of Tea Party Independence," as well as an interview with the man who helped write it.

    Letters

    It's only right to take toxins out of toys

    Kudos to The Day and Ted Mann for the article titled

    Honor system for blood donation falls short

    Like guest writer Gregory Bliven, I have frequently donated blood to the Rhode Island Blood Center.

    No more taxes on the already overtaxed

    In drug parlance, to "jones" is to have an addiction so overpowering that one will resort to any...

    Courtney helps all with reform stand

    I write in appreciation of Congressman Joe Courtney's support for health care reform.

    Health care reform will...

    Will voters act like fools next time?

    My college professor told our class that if you want to get away with anything, be completely obvious about it. Waltz...

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    The return of the Peeps contest

    Once again this year, The Day is running its Peeps competition, in which we invite you to take Easter's favorite candy – Peeps – and turn them into art.

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    Health rule causes 'bad blood'

    I just returned from a Rhode Island Blood Center mobile unit, in Westerly, where I tried to do the right thing by donating blood as I...

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    Bipartisanship, the burden of proof, and the dissenters

    People are again complaining about partisanship in Washington D.C., believing it to be self-serving and to cause undesirable legislative...

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    What's in a name? A couple of modest suggestions

    New London has a waterfront park. It's called the Waterfront Park. While accurate, no one burned the midnight oil coming up with that one. It's a...

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