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Delaying U.S. base closings sensible

 May 19, 2013; Updated: 4:59 pm

The politics behind the reluctance of Congress to authorize another round of base closings is understandable. Under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process, once a base ends up on the final list for closing or reduction in size,...

Vet promising plan for Seaside funding

 May 18, 2013; Updated: 5:12 pm

Both the Town of Waterford and the lawmakers that represent it are taking the right step in proceeding cautiously before pursuing legislation that would create a special tax district. A developer contends the district is needed to generate the...

Approve new Ledyard police station

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 5:25 pm

Few can dispute that Ledyard needs a new police station. The existing headquarters on Lorenz Industrial Parkway in part dates back to the 19th century and had been used at one time as stables; the building is cramped, leaky and run-down. It would...

Don't let scandal grind policy to a halt

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 11:47 pm

The nation cannot afford to have the scandals swirling around the Obama administration stagnate an already sluggish Congress. There is no doubt the controversies will make it more difficult for President Obama to find Republican partners to pass...

Senate seniority sometimes goes too far

 May 15, 2013; Updated: 11:27 am

When the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee met last week to consider the nomination of Gina McCarthy as President Obama's secretary of environmental protection, all eight Republican members were absent but nine of the ten...

What would GOP do?

 May 14, 2013; Updated: 5:38 pm

The Republican leadership in the state legislature lost credibility with its decision not to present an alternative to the budget submitted by the governor and now under debate by the Democratic majority in the General Assembly.

For the...

IRS abuses power

 May 14, 2013; Updated: 12:00 am

Reports that the Internal Revenue Service gave additional scrutiny to conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status is reason for concern. The IRS is among the most powerful and punitive federal agencies. Using that authority to single out any...

Troubling questions

 May 13, 2013; Updated: 11:18 pm

A recent expose by Day news columnist David Collins raises numerous disconcerting questions about the state's relationship with the organization responsible for managing the Amistad. It also raises the larger issue of how well the state monitors...

Caution on Syria

 May 13, 2013; Updated: 6:04 pm

The following editorial appeared last week in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

An agreement with Russia to renew efforts to negotiate peace in Syria bolsters President Obama's argument that now is not the time for a U.S. military role in...

Budget debate continues into next election

 May 12, 2013; Updated: 3:54 pm

Upon taking the oath of office on Jan. 5, 2011, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy confronted the most serious fiscal crisis in Connecticut's history. Projections showed that left unchecked, spending would outpace revenues by 20 percent in the next budget.

Birds of prey

 May 11, 2013; Updated: 8:41 pm

We should be pleasantly surprised, we suppose, that Connecticut has held out this long. But each spring the promoters return to Hartford with the same predictability of migrating birds. These birds of prey appear ready to persist until...

Taxing online sales

 May 11, 2013; Updated: 6:04 pm

The following editorial appeared recently in the Kansas City Star.

Shopping on a computer is seductively simple - and chances are good you won't pay state or local sales taxes on many purchases. That's welcome news for companies...

Many reasons to fix driver's license law

 May 10, 2013; Updated: 5:12 pm

Connecticut should join a handful of other states and change its motor vehicle laws so that undocumented immigrants can obtain driver's licenses, and in so doing gain eligibility to register their vehicles.

Vets' health claim delays unacceptable

 May 9, 2013; Updated: 11:44 pm

It takes an average of 213 days for a veteran living in Connecticut to get a medical claim processed by the Veterans Administration and Connecticut veterans are among the fortunate. It takes 642 days on average for a veteran living in New York...

Protect a fine event

 May 8, 2013; Updated: 11:40 pm

Groton Town Police appear to be taking the right approach in using an ordinance prohibiting the drinking of alcohol in public and at town-sponsored events as way of cracking down on boorish behavior at the popular Esker Point Beach summer...

Still two Grotons

 May 8, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

The latest argument between town and city officials in Groton over dividing taxpayer spoils misses the larger point as to why there is a need for a town and city at all.

Roughly 3-square-miles, the city was created as a subdivision within...

New London change

 May 7, 2013; Updated: 12:12 am

The public should view the recent moves by the Department of Finance in New London - eliminating three full-time positions and replacing them with three part-time positions with different job responsibilities - in the larger context of a...

15 years later, Viagra again gets attention

 May 7, 2013; Updated: 12:09 am

Viagra has been an attention getter since Pfizer won Food and Drug Administration approval in 1998 for the little blue pill that treats erectile dysfunction. It became the punch line for thousands of jokes, a blessing for millions of men, and a...

Hasten job growth

 May 6, 2013; Updated: 10:59 pm

The positive employment report released by the U.S. Department of Labor on Friday suggested an economy that is gaining strength and allayed fears, for now at least, of a summer slow down. Wall Street has been sending positive signals for months.

U.S. and Mexico

 May 6, 2013; Updated: 5:51 pm

The following editorial appeared recently in the Los Angeles Times.

President Obama met in Mexico last week with President Enrique Pena Nieto. Publicly, the two leaders focused on trade. That makes sense given the strong economic...

Don't ignore Afghanistan achievements

 May 5, 2013; Updated: 3:16 pm

The prevalent opinion is that despite all the blood and treasure the United States has invested in Afghanistan it remains unchanged - a backward, impoverished and corrupt country. Yet while it is indeed in many ways all of those things, to say it...

A powerful bill, both clean and affordable

 May 4, 2013; Updated: 3:16 pm

The renewable energy bill approved Wednesday on a 26-6 vote by the state Senate balances the goals of increasing the amount of power coming from renewable energy sources, while bringing down Connecticut's highest in the nation electric...

Lifting a veil

 May 4, 2013; Updated: 3:16 pm

The following editorial appeared recently in the Seattle Times.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering a rule to require public-reporting companies to disclose their political contributions. The American political...

The People governor

 May 3, 2013; Updated: 4:33 pm

It appears that Peoplegate is over. As controversies go, this was more amusing than substantive.

To recap - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy last Saturday attended the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Once an event that provided a rare...

Playground inspires

 May 3, 2013; Updated: 11:46 pm

It is fitting that the playground to be constructed at Riverside Park in New London will be dedicated to the memory of 6-year-old Emilie Parker, one of 20 children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. It was the courageous...

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