THE CAPITOL CONNECTION: Why the Queen mattered to us
BUT WAIT a minute! The Queen of Great Britain has died. CNN and the networks were there 24/7 as the people of America tuned in to […]
Category: Opinions
THE CAPITOL CONNECTION: Crime? Yes, and punishment too?
THERE IS JUST TOO MUCH VIOLENCE in our cities and towns. How do we put a stop to the shootings, robberies and rapes that we read […]
THE CAPITOL CONNECTION: Here’s what The Times did
MANY, MANY YEARS AGO while teaching at the State University of New York at New Paltz I tried to capitalize on what I considered the insane […]
THE CAPITOL CONNECTION: Not his kind of mayor
SO WHAT’S UP with Rudy Giuliani? There is very little good that you can say about the guy. He was once viewed as the no-nonsense mayor […]
THE CAPITOL CONNECTION: How safe is our democracy?
THE CHANGE OF SEASONS is upon us. There is that moment when we realize that the long days of summer are almost over. The heat wave […]
THE CAPITOL CONNECTION: Are police corrupt?
WE KNOW THAT POWER CORRUPTS and, as Lord Acton famously put it, “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” We certainly know that power resides in certain places. We’ve […]
THE CAPITOL CONNECTION: We need more ‘fixes’ to our laws
IF THERE IS ONE THING I AM WORRIED ABOUT, it’s the possibility that Donald Trump will once again be “elected” president of the United States. The […]
