In the post-Rowland era, Connecticut is moving left.

Half of all new housing built in the past 25 years has been under the rule of community associations, which are a cross between local government and the assistant principal for discipline at a very strict high school. These associations have two functions: to provide services and enforce rules of behavior. It's the second function that tends to cause trouble, the Baltimore Sun reported recently.

We have a weakness for anointing eager young sons with modest credentials, solely on the strength of their connection to fathers we wouldn't take back if they begged us.

Should the building of vital infrastructure be left to big business or big government?

After years of neglect and false starts, low-income housing is finally finding an online home.