Why is there still no free Wi-Fi on Metro-North?
Airplanes have Wifi. Even Connecticut’s CTfastrak commuter bus system from New Britain to Hartford gives its passengers free Wifi. Commuter... (Read more)
5 / 14 / 2022
Opinion archive
Letters to the Editor, Opinion columns, Editorials
Showing 5/14/2022 to 12/12/2021
no imageBe aware on the highway, save lives
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and with the unofficial start of travel season here, and in light of... (Read more)
5 / 9 / 2022
no imageA critical health issue: high school start times
This article was written for the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, known as CABE, in the fall of... (Read more)
5 / 5 / 2022
no imageAbortion right guaranteed by Roe will be replaced by state power if the Supreme Court adopts the leaked Alito opinion
Draft opinions circulated among Supreme Court justices are meant to allow for deliberation and editing before a final version... (Read more)
5 / 4 / 2022
no imageBan foreign money from Connecticut referenda
Could Connecticut become the next front in Vladimir Putin’s war against Western Democracies? Just imagine this headline: “PUTIN’S OLIGARCHS... (Read more)
5 / 3 / 2022
Why they de-electrified the Danbury branch
It was a huge mistake, one that commuters and planners have regretted for over 60 years. For it was... (Read more)
4 / 16 / 2022
no imageUkrainian teens’ voices from the middle of war: ‘You begin to appreciate what was common and boring for you’
A colleague from Kyiv, Ukraine, whom I’ll call N.M., sent me brief essays her students wrote on what they... (Read more)
4 / 10 / 2022
no imageRecognizing Autism Acceptance Month
To bring acceptance to the unique perspectives of people with Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorder, the Norwalk Board of... (Read more)
4 / 2 / 2022
Norwalk Community College will build second campus at SoNo Collection ***
Editor’s note: This story was published on April 1, known to many as April Fools Day… NORWALK, Conn. —... (Read more)
4 / 1 / 2022
no imageSchool safety requires ongoing investment
On Tuesday March 15, Mayor Harry Rilling submitted his FY23 Capital Budget Recommendation in alignment with the City charter.... (Read more)
3 / 27 / 2022
no imageMiddle school sports
The Norwalk Board of Education is proud to celebrate the return of middle school sports programs throughout the district.... (Read more)
3 / 19 / 2022
no imageCan wealthy nations stop buying Russian oil?
One option the U.S. and other nations have for ratcheting up pressure on Russia in response to its invasion... (Read more)
3 / 4 / 2022
no imageBeyond NATO, new alliances could defend democracy and counter Putin
Russian aggression toward Ukraine continues. The nations of the world, and their current alliances, have so far proved ineffective... (Read more)
2 / 27 / 2022
no imageAmericans are returning to the labor force at a quickening rate – do they just really need the work?
The U.S. economy surprised analysts by adding 467,000 jobs in January, overcoming omicron concerns and continuing a long streak... (Read more)
2 / 22 / 2022
no imageEducation budget built on best practices
Every industry focused on excellence is focused on identifying and replicating best practices. The best practices I know most... (Read more)
2 / 17 / 2022
no imageSchools budget represents an investment in the future, not an expense
Last week, nine Norwalk students represented their peers in a conversation with U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona.... (Read more)
2 / 5 / 2022
no imageBlack History Month
The Norwalk Board of Education is proud to recognize Black History Month at Norwalk Public Schools. Throughout the month,... (Read more)
2 / 5 / 2022
no imageMentors supporting Norwalk students
In recognition of National Mentoring Month, the Norwalk Board of Education is proud to recognize Norwalk mentors for their... (Read more)
1 / 23 / 2022
no imageHow the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home
On July 2, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. stood behind President Lyndon Baines Johnson as the Texan signed into... (Read more)
1 / 17 / 2022
Were these highway barriers a sound expense?
Building and maintaining our highways is expensive. But here’s a quiz question: on Interstates 95 and 84, what costs... (Read more)
1 / 13 / 2022
Sound (barrier) arguments? Not so much.
Jim Cameron makes some interesting arguments against sound barriers. It is a shame that most of his assertions are factually... (Read more)
1 / 13 / 2022
A Non-Norwalk photo #1
I’m out of practice with snow! I was at my Mother’s house last week when a freak storm came... (Read more)
1 / 10 / 2022
Opinion: Predictions for 2022
Huh? A year ago I seriously was hoping, even expecting, that the pandemic would be over by now. I... (Read more)
1 / 1 / 2022
no imageAn e-mail exchange to remember
Over the year, we receive many emails and comments from readers, some complimentary, some not-so-complimentary, some downright nasty. As... (Read more)
12 / 30 / 2021
no imageHow effective are vaccines against omicron? An epidemiologist answers 6 questions
The pandemic has brought many tricky terms and ideas from epidemiology into everyone’s lives. Two particularly complicated concepts are... (Read more)
12 / 28 / 2021
no image‘Twas the night before Christmas’ helped make the modern Santa – and led to a literary whodunit
The poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” better known by its opening line “‘Twas the Night before Christmas,” has... (Read more)
12 / 25 / 2021
no imageWhy spending $2 trillion on child care, health care and fighting climate change won’t make inflation any worse than it already is
One of the main concerns raised by critics of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan is that it... (Read more)
12 / 22 / 2021
no imageManchin killed Build Back Better over inflation concerns – an economist explains why the $2 trillion bill would be unlikely to drive up prices
One of Sen. Joe Manchin’s main concerns in deciding to pull his support for President Joe Biden’s Build Back... (Read more)
12 / 21 / 2021
no imageHow Christmas became an American holiday tradition, with a Santa Claus, gifts and a tree
Each season, the celebration of Christmas has religious leaders and conservatives publicly complaining about the commercialization of the holiday... (Read more)
12 / 19 / 2021
no imageWhy is inflation so high? Is it bad? An economist answers 3 questions about soaring consumer prices
Consumer prices jumped 6.8% in November 2021 from a year earlier – the fastest rate of increase since 1982,... (Read more)
12 / 12 / 2021