Before Mel Morgan was a soldier, he lived across from the pickle factory, a short bike ride across the railroad tracks from my house. His tiny but neat front yard hosted one of those trees that   Read More »

I have fished streams without thinking of eternity. But fishing at the lake with its blue depths, mile-wide expanse, and gently rolling waves you can feel the tug of generations.   Read More »

It looks like it's time for everyone to dig their heels in again on gay marriage. The Connecticut legislature could make U.S.   Read More »

The imposing red brick house where Ann Smith grew up is now a bed and breakfast. We stayed there last week. The side yard sits alongside the Erie Canal. A steep bank leads down to its muddy waters. A line of cherry trees once marked   Read More »

Writing is hard work. Good writing is really hard work. The other day, Tyler Davis of Bethel, age 6, oldest grandson to this scribbler, understood clearly the concept of hard work at a keyboard.   Read More »

Today we introduce our ethics code patterned on the national journalistic ethics codes. Many newspapers have their own set of ethical principles for their reporters, photographers and editors.   Read More »

Hello. I thought I'd introduce myself. Who is this new editor of the Connecticut Post? He's a happy husband, father of four grown daughters, and grandfather to two little boys. I've been getting paid to put one word after another in print since 1969, the year Barbara Ann, my first daughter, was born.   Read More »

As we all know Connecticut was the first state to legalize gay unions by legislative vote   Read More »

There is no question our world is shrinking, the information age is expanding, what were far off lands are now only hours away or instantly seen on   Read More »

So many grownups today think they are being ever so responsible by making sure kids are supervised at all times. Speaker of the House James Amann is   Read More »

There is no question our world is shrinking, the information age is expanding, what were far off lands are now only hours away or instantly seen on   Read More »

Staring at a blank computer screen can be intimidating. It reminds me of a blank sheet of paper, pen in hand. Remember handwritten letters? Just a   Read More »

Bridgeport Schools Supt. John J. Ramos needs to tell the public that he has suspended two school principals, Andrew Cimmino at Hooker School and   Read More »

With the approach of the solstice bringing us winter's long nights so that, as everyone knows, Santa has time to make all his rounds; with this year   Read More »

Ahhh. Let out a deep breath. 2006 is here and let's hope for a better year, maybe even a year of peace on earth. We can hope. We can try to do something about it. We can write about it. We can have a dialogue on hope and peace right here on these pages.   Read More »

When I met Clarence Tolbert a few months ago he told me he was a young teacher in segregated Birmingham, Alabama when they threw Martin Luther King   Read More »

We are fast becoming a nation of scaredy-cats. In our schools we are witnessing headlong panic by perhaps well meaning but sadly frightened educrats. They worry that somehow a sexual pervert, or a kidnapper, or a classmate may hurt a student.   Read More »

As I turn the pages of this newspaper, from the burst of red roses on the front page to the profile of Bridgeport doctor James Sirleaf who   Read More »

Letters to the editor often become letters to other letter writers and a great dialogue ensues with all sorts of opinions flying around.   Read More »