They are among society's least sympathetic victims. Convicted of heinous crimes themselves, few people can rouse the energy to care about the welfare of prisoners held in maximum-security settings.   Read More »

Much needed dental care is moving forward for members of impoverished families in Connecticut. Last year, the General Assembly approved a major budget commitment of $20 million annually to boost   Read More »

Is it possible the federal government is finally taking on some responsibility for global climate change?   Read More »

Voter registration in Connecticut always increases during presidential election years. However, this year the number of new voters,   Read More »

Thumbs up to Pam Huebner for creating the Huebner Arts and Humanities Program to benefit troubled youth. Huebner, who was inspired by her mother's death to switch from business to a career in   Read More »

Richard Miron, Stratford's Democratic registrar of voters, must step down from his position immediately for the good of his community and its voters. Miron, who has been engulfed for the past five   Read More »

A recent Connecticut Post editorial titled "Judicial openness demands passage" should have been titled "Journalistic Inaccuracy Demands Correction." The editorial was so filled with out-of-date and   Read More »

After long hours of hard work by all the departments in the town of Oxford and Board of Selectmen, Board of Education and Board of Finance, a budget package was put together that truly meets the   Read More »

This is a response to some of the comments made by readers in letters published April 28 under the headline "Action on oil prices now." Letter writer Dianne Severance is baffled as to why the   Read More »

Thanks to the Connecticut Post for all its coverage of Bridgeport's new budget. However, I think the coverage has been a little one-sided and has not fully expressed the financial difficulties that   Read More »

It would be nice if the town of Fairfield would focus more on improving basic services, like our police department, rather than worrying about luxuries like a new town pool.   Read More »

Over the course of the past few weeks, due in large part to the current economy, people have begun to question whether we should proceed with a "like new" renovation of Trumbull High School at this   Read More »

The baseball establishment personified by the Hall of Fame, for those who don't know, is legendarily conservative. Some years back, pre-Faux, they wanted to honor the great baseball movie "Bull   Read More »