On Friday night, this Connecticut Post columnist put in a call to Bridgeport's finest, asking the patrol officer on the night shift for a ride to Testo's Restaurant, powerbroker Mario Testa's   Read More »

The slide of health care perennially downhill has to stop, but those picking sides as if there is one perfect way to stop it are morons. Ask yourself this: When has the government, either party,   Read More »

The hands on the clock on the Park City Supply billboard that overlooks the Pequonnock River in downtown Bridgeport are stuck at twenty to three. A.M.?   Read More »

Each time another report surfaces about the decline of newspapers, I feel like a death row inmate counting the warden's footsteps. The latest echo of doom arrived not long ago: U.   Read More »

The Tea Party wing of the Republican Party had the perfect strategy for upstate New York's 23rd congressional district: 1. Support a candidate who doesn't live in the district -- in this case,   Read More »

By Christina Ciocca There are very few experiences like Halloween weekend to drive home the pervasiveness of that age-old mantra, "work hard, play hard.   Read More »

If some bloviating politician tries to pump up their chest like a concussed, steroid-popping linebacker, WWE wrestler or hedge fund zillionaire and barks about "mandates from the people" this past   Read More »

One reason why the Titanic was unable to avoid crashing into an iceberg and sinking was that the ship was difficult to turn in another direction.   Read More »

Amid the election night revelry that marks a candidate's victory bash, there's often an element of live theater. That's because most politicians, the adroit ones at least, are performers.   Read More »

Over the past six weeks, numerous issues regarding Bridgeport public schools and this administration have been addressed in an inaccurate manner reflecting poorly upon our district.   Read More »