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'Scootie' Will Take Us Where We Need To Go

Colin McEnroe — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:21:00 GMT

We need to talk about Scootie.

Malloy's $27 Million Is Revolutionary Therapy

Colin McEnroe — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:13:00 GMT

I am prepared to concede that this week, I started getting my step back.

Balanced State Budgets Are Widely Overrated

Colin McEnroe — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:36:00 GMT

On the last day of the legislative session, I found myself talking to a former legislator — now a lobbyist — whose mind I enjoy, and we were formulating kind of a Grand Unified Theory of Why Nothing Can Ever Be Entirely Right.

Legislators Get Busy On Mattress Problem

Colin McEnroe — Fri, 04 May 2012 21:08:00 GMT

On Wednesday afternoon last week, the word went forth on Twitter that a 747 would be flying low over Hartford as part of a Pratt & Whitney test. Be not afraid, we were told.

Rowland Dances Again On Edge Of Darkness

Colin McEnroe — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:10:00 GMT

When I write about John Rowland, I know I'm out on a creaky limb and that some people will say: "You just hate the guy because he has your old radio time slot."

'None Of The Above' Would Win In A Walk

Colin McEnroe — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:19:10 GMT

Maybe the Pulitzer board is on to something.

GOP Long Shots May Save Senate Debate

Colin McEnroe — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:13:18 GMT

On Thursday, 2012's first Republican U.S. Senate debate is being held in a Norwich middle school. It will be just like other debates except A) it will not be televised; and B) it will be in Norwich.

Waiting A Lifetime To End Death Penalty

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Whenever the General Assembly takes up a grim matter, my eye is drawn to the Genius of Connecticut, the terrifying monster who looms in the Capitol rotunda. You think Britney Griner is trouble. The Genius is 17 feet tall, wielding two wreaths like Tambourines of Doom. She does not smile. She is not friendly. She has large wings and prehensile dome-grasping feet, with the so-called "Morton's toe," a second toe far longer than the first.

This Stuff Is True — No Fooling

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

The state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection has a "Today's weather" link on its website. I clicked it early Wednesday morning and got the weather for the previous Monday night. You have to like that. Most emergency agencies have so little capacity for nostalgia.

Calhoun Should Go Out As A Good — No, Great — Guy

Colin McEnroe — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:30:00 GMT

Let us begin with a signal moment of genius. It is March 29, 1999. Jim Calhoun has led his men's team into the championship basketball game for the first time in UConn history.

A Connecticut Story You Just Couldn't Make Up

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Connecticut is currently embarking on a very exciting project to change the "branding" of our state, and the first step is a contest in which people submit stories of wonderful and poignant things that happened to them here.

Support Ron Paul — But Leave Old Ladies Alone

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT

A Connecticut person calling himself 3kgt spoke for many of us when he wrote on a Ron Paul online forum: "I would beat an old lady with a stick to shake this man's hand. Do you think he'll ever be around here? I'd rather not drive to NY to see him but I will if I have to."

Malloy Uses Extra Day To Collect Two Scalps

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Maybe we need to rethink this whole business of keeping liquor stores open an extra day.

Governor's Guys Are Awfully Touchy

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The Dannel P. Malloy administration still strikes me as mostly competent and committed to good government. The only problem is that, if the Malloy administration struck me in some other way, the Malloy administration would strike me.

Off To The Semi-Civilized Wilds Of Manchester

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

I'll be traveling to Manchester, Conn., soon, and recent events have made me even more excited about what promises to be an adventure vacation and maybe even a new career.

Malloy Toasts Himself — We Can Drink To That

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy delivered his second State of the State address on Wednesday and violated the Pig-Man Rule.

Let The Elbowing Begin In 5th District Race

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

I'm not sure whether it proves that fame is a fleeting bauble or that senescence has its cold, withered claw on my marbles, but the other day I could not remember any details of the 2006 "macaca" controversy.

Mayor's Gaffe Pales Next To Police Conduct

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

I like a big stinky media mess as much as the next person. OK, probably more. But halfway through Wednesday I worried that the hilarity over East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. would obscure the dark, ugly allegations against the city's cops.

Dodd's Disgrace: Shilling For SOPA

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

We plain people of Connecticut would be well advised to limit the activities of U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, simply because we cannot afford to have another current or former senator join the ranks of the intensely disliked.

Man Vs. Bear: Let The Games Begin

Colin McEnroe — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:52:00 GMT

It's the logical combination of bear hunting and gambling

Although our state is no longer as broke as it was in 2010, we still need new revenue sources, which is why the Malloy administration has turned its attention to two very progressive ideas: online gambling and killing bears. The reasons:

Lieberman Will Retire, But Will He Go Away?

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

As 2012 begins, we have to accept that we will only have Joe Lieberman as our U.S. senator for a little while longer.

Malloy Consolidates, It's Reorganize All Over Again

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

My earliest memory of an attempt to make Connecticut government more efficient is the summer after fifth grade when we were sitting on the steps of Crawford Brash's house. Tommy Tribuzio came running down the street with the news.

Making A List: The Praised And The Dissed

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

It is Christmas Day now, an occasion for song.

'Grubbons' Easier To Spot Than 'God Particle'

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Last week, two scientific teams at the Large Hadron Collider said they had found "tantalizing hints" pointing to the existence of the Higgs boson, the so-called "God particle," which would explain why it is harder to push Chris Christie through space than to push Joyce Carol Oates.

Occupy Hartford: Police Deliver Shock And Awe

Colin McEnroe — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

It has become clear what we must do to get the Hartford Police Department to marshal its resources and move swiftly and effectively against drug dealers, robbers and homicidal punks.