It’s easy to understand why the Democrats can’t hear. They don’t care what we think. Instead, they want to tell us what to believe. Dick Blumenthal and Chris Murphy don’t even pretend to be interested in our ideas and wishes. Don’t believe me?
Read MoreMy apologies for paraphrasing Muhammad Ali’s famous quotation, but he was fighting one at a time. Whether taking on one or more, however, it’s good advice. So, Republicans, keep doing what you have been doing so far: let the Democrats lob all they have without wasting your punches.
Read MoreRichard Blumenthal and Joe Courtney could almost be Brewster’s poster boys. But not quite. At this point in their careers, they are giving $500 worth of law for their party and $5 to their clients, if we’re lucky.
Are there alternatives to Joe and Dick? Glad you asked.
Read MoreRecently, the spokesperson for the International Institute of Inquiring Minds announced its findings that 90% of the Earth’s population believes that factual information is annoying.
Read MoreThis past Saturday, we had the unveiling of the Connecticut Gold Star Families Memorial. As a Gold Star wife, I was touched by the large crowd and the beautiful monument. The ceremony was heartfelt and it’s always comforting to talk with other Gold Star families; you know, the people who vainly hope that no one ever has to join us.
Read MoreAs I mentioned last week, the government reluctantly complied with a freedom of information request (FOIA) and dumped 1,500 pages related to UAPs, popularly known as UFOs. The most accessible document referenced another that has been publicly available for some time. And what do we learn from reading these two documents?
Read MoreCome on, Ned! I have a lot on my plate. Rob Simmons scooped me on Lee Elci’s show (94.9FM) with his discussion Thursday about Syria, so that post has to wait for next week. But Syria probably would have had to wait anyway now that we know that the outer-space aliens are acting up. Didn’t you see the FOIA dump a week or so ago? I’ve only read a couple of hundred pages, but apparently aliens are popping the hood on their saucers
Read MoreNot all that long ago, August of 2021 to be specific, President Biden snapped at George Stephanopoulos for asking about the debacle in Afghanistan - you know, panic at the airport, people falling off . . . . That happened four or five days ago, Biden snapped. (That George is so annoying!) When pressed later in August on the topic by another reporter, Biden confided that he wasn’t allowed to take questions. Nice to know. A few days later, twelve Marines and a Navy corpsman died in Kabul. Eighteen more were wounded.
Read MoreNow, don’t get ahead of me. Considering the rampant corruption in Connecticut, you might assume that I’m going to write about Governor Lamont’s sweet deals. Not today. The FBI is supposed to be writing up those, so let them do their work.
Read MoreOK, I have to be fair here. Senator Blumenthal has smelled gunpowder before a few weeks ago. But I’m not sure that our war vets sitting in wheelchairs, adjusting prosthetic limbs, and walking the floors at night would put gunsmoke from basic training and gunsmoke from a firefight in the same category. Just saying.
Read MoreWhat a creepy feeling I had not too long ago; like passing an old house with ragged curtains fluttering through broken window panes. I would call it a Boo Radley moment, but he was actually a hero. Although Boo stayed in the family house, he kept an sharp eye on everything in his bailiwick and came out to rescue Scott and Jem when Bob Ewell tried to kill them. No, this feeling was more akin to a Bates Motel or Salem’s Lot moment - you’re not really sure what’s about to happen, but you know it’s not good.
Read MoreWe’ve covered a lot of territory, especially for a topic intended to be one post, but questions from family and readers keep enlarging the project. As an historian, I can’t stop myself from reading primary documents - and there are a lot of them.
Read MoreConnecticut Republicans want to play nice in 2022. How do I know? Recently, Bob Stefanowski and others have publicly opined on the Lee Elci radio show that Ned Lamont is a nice guy, but a bad governor. Apparently, someone, maybe their mothers or aunties, have admonished them to play nice; otherwise, people won’t like them.
Read MoreAs an historian, I am not particularly drawn to the topic of the assassination of JFK. For me, it is a matter of family history, and for the past week, I have spent hours talking to and texting with family, reading declassified documents, and researching various persons. A relative sparked this recent bout of activity when he and another relative went on an Uncle Loren-themed tour.
Read MoreOne of our more persistent mutual friends sneaked Ms. Austen into my house, and like the wily Greeks, she did it by holding out a present. As lovely wrapping paper fell away to reveal a copy of Jane Eyre, I suppressed a sigh.
Read MoreWhat do yachts have to do with Loren, Marie, and Oswald? A yacht brought together the couple who would meet Lee Harvey Oswald in Russia, a few short years before Oswald would be arrested for assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
Read MorePoor Ned. I feel like a mean girl, but he provides so much fodder, I can’t help myself. So here we go.
Read MoreWhen my father mentioned in the early 1960s that Great Uncle Loren and Aunt Marie went to Russia it sounded highly suspicious to an Army kid like me. As the family component of the occupation forces in Germany in the early 1950s, we lived primed for a Russian invasion.
Read MoreI belong to a very exclusive club, and we don’t want you. So harsh. So sorry.
Read MoreStory Time With Ned, a very short one-act play.
Setting: Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford, Connecticut. February 9, 2022
Lights up. A well-dressed MC enters stage left to face the crowd. She taps her earbud and whispers: “No, I don’t see anyone who looks like an FBI agent . . .
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