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Center for Strategic and International Studies fellow, Edward Luttwak has a particularly interesting op-ed in today's NY Times titled "President Apostate" which has garnered a good deal of blogosphere buzz and the thesis of which is best summed up here:As the son of [...]
Here are base salaries for the West Hartford [...]
Washington (AP) – If Hillary Clinton drops out of the presidential race, what happens to some $20 million in campaign debt?
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To Café Readers, I write as a Woodstock citizen, and do not speak in this message for the Woodstock Board of Education.Following is a letter sent to Woodstock Academy which concerns the Academy’s plans for expansion of the Bentley Field. I submit this to the Café in an effort to [...]
By Gary Leupp
May 9. I read tonight a brief article by Philip Giraldi posted on the American Conservative website: “War with Iran Might Be Closer than You Think.”
“There is considerable speculation,” writes the former CIA officer, “and buzz in Washington today suggesting that the National Security Council has agreed [...]
This is congressional district convention week. The Republicans had theirs over the weekend, and Democrats had theirs last night. Now, at last, we know the candidates for each congressional district.
That means it’s time to break it down, and see where each race stands and is likely to go. I’ve [...]
I saw this on This Modern World, and I just couldn’t resist passing it on. Who do you suppose wins this election:
That’s it for me today. I just returned from a Charter Revision Commission meeting and I’m bushed.
[...]The year of 2006 was a fateful one for GOP State Representative Diana Urban, of the 43rd State House District. At first, she was widely rumored as a potential candidate to run for the open 18th State Senate seat, before ultimately yielding to State Rep. Lenny Winkler. Undeterred, she waged an ill-fated bid [...]
An important message by Kim Hynes of Common Cause about running for office. If you’ve ever thought about running for office–and if you’re reading this site you probably have–now is a great time to get in on the action! This is especially true if you live in a district where [...]
If there's a place to get unfiltered news in the Connecticut political blogosphere, I think we all know it's the glorious Corner Report.Hartford (AP) _ Gov. M. Jodi Rell is directing the state’s Department of Administrative Services to restrict the use of state purchasing cards, which are similar to credit cards.
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[...]The upcoming Sunday Iraq panel at the World Economic Forum definitely has a which-one-of-these-doesn't-quite-fit feel to it. It's a panel on the sustainability of Iraq's political situation at the end of the recent U.S. military concentration on controlling Baghdad.
You've got the prime minister of Iraq, Nouri [...]
Hartford (WTNH) _ It’s hard to believe a nut can put a life in danger, but it’s a very real fear some parents and their children live with every day. And it’s an issue close to the heart of Connecticut’s senior senator.
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Former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr has announced he's leaping headlong into the fray against candidates Sen. John McCain and ((ENTER DEMOCRAT HERE)) as a candidate representing the perennial third-place Libertarian Party.
You'll see other blogs talking about whether the conservative will tear votes from the fists of [...]
No upsets yet from the state's congressional nomination conventions, with the parties pretty much choosing the candidates everybody knew they would choose, but the campaigns have been busily sending out "news" releases on their proud moments -- mostly from what are perceived as the toughest raises.
Republican [...]
Flopping is a standard -- if not always admired -- practice in the NBA. To flop is to fall down, dramatically, after soft contact. It's even better if you can get your opponent a little off balance, so your flop looks like the result of a catastropihc collision. Or grab [...]
The Shrikes win again, damn it! As a Raven Luna-Ticks fan, I question whether we should even continue to play Lagerhead. Pull them off the schedule. The recruiting violations, the juicing with Red-Bull-Adderall-human-placenta cocktails, the Nikon sugar daddy corporate money, the fact that Lanny Davis is listed [...]
The Connecticut Business and Industry Association is not bullish on the General Assembly.
In the group's end-of-session review, it expressed exasperation at a failed attempt to mandate paid sick leaves in a bad economy, as well as a health-care insurance pooling bill that Gov. M. Jodi Rell is expected [...]
Hartford (AP) _ Democrats are gearing up to nominate candidates for Connecticut’s five congressional districts.
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[...]So, Clinton is apparently $20 million in debt. She’s worth quite a bit, so I don’t think this is a huge problem for her, but over at Balloon Juice, someone raised an interesting point. She’s continuing to raise money for a bid that can’t win at this point without [...]
According to The Asahi Shimbum:Japan to sign parental-abduction treaty
05/10/2008
BY MIAKO ICHIKAWA
Japan will sign a treaty obliging the government to return to the rightful parent children of broken international marriages who are wrongfully taken and kept in Japan, [...]
On Saturday, May 10, Republicans from all over Connecticut gathered in their respective Congressional Districts to nominate Republican candidates for U.S. Congress. With Sen. John McCain at the top of the ticket and Congressional approval ratings at a strong 21%, fielding a full slate of candidates will hold Congressional Democrats accountable [...]
Any day now the Connecticut Supreme Court could be issuing a ruling imposing same-sex “marriage” by judicial fiat…despite the fact that it has been repeatedly defeated at the state legislature. FIC supports a constitutional convention and right of initiative law to stop the Left’s constant efforts to usurp democracy. The [...]
