Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world’s entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a...

Within 12 days of Australia’s Port Arthur massacre in 1996, where a lunatic with an AR-15 mowed down 35 people, the Australian parliament enacted bipartisan gun regulations. There has not been a mass shooting in Australia since. It is difficult...

Webmaster note: For many years, this column has printed work from persons incarcerated by the Connecticut Department of Corrections (“DOC”). As part of this journalistic exercise, we ran their names and addresses and inmate number and told something of their...

Four star dinners and nights at the theater and Christmas cards and prime time sitcoms and hand tailored suits and political fundraisers with fancy hos d’oeuvres and awards brunches and rallies before God cannot hide the fundamental savagery of humanity....

State Representative-elect Edwin Vargas was not happy with the electoral process in Hartford last week. The long lines, the poor communication, the funneling of all problems to City Hall – detailed in this column and other places – were unacceptable,...

Did the City of Hartford’s Registrar of Voters office handle Election Day the best it could under the circumstances? Yes, according to Working Families Party registrar of voters Urania Petit, who is the only respectable and trustworthy figure in that...

With the first Tuesday in November quickly approaching, we must now turn to the mechanics of our republic: voting. Is a picture of a middle-aged white woman plastered around the poorest parts of the state enough to get people out...

The wags all said Mitt Romney spent a lot of time agreeing with President Barack Obama during the foreign policy debate this past Monday evening, October 22, 2012. That is because there is very little difference between the Democrats and...

On the same day that the New London Day’s editorial board was drafting an endorsement of Melissa Schlag, the Green Party candidate for Connecticut state senate in the 33rd district, the Green Party presidential ticket, Dr. Jill Stein and Cheri...