Instead of marching in Hartford, why Ms. Baekey work to improve violence in her own city? March through Roodner Court or Colonial Village demanding gun control, particularly of blatantly illegal guns, and background checks. Take the problem to the real source instead of posturing to politicians. View Comment

Please. Biden obviously needs to up his dose of Abilify. You can't cackle like a hyena in meetings with foreign leaders. View Comment

Domestic violence increases during bad economic times. Solve the root of the problem. Get the economy growing again. More jobs, more growth, more optimism equals less violence. View Comment

I was hoarding the plastic bags for my dog poop just in case. Now I can go back to the reusable bags Choose to Reuse advocated in the first place. View Comment

So then how am I supposed to pick up my dog poop? View Comment

Blumenthal, the guy who not only lied about serving in Vietnam but actually managed to weasel 5 military deferments, is speaking to honor WW2 vets?! The arrogance is mind boggling. View Comment

If taxpayers are going to essentially underwrite the cost of tuition by keeping loan rates low, colleges need to justify their existing cost structures. Why should universities be allowed to endlessly raise rates, supported by government programs that we fund, when they are sitting on billions in tax free endowment money? View Comment

African Americans make up 9% of our citizens and almost half our prison population. We need to talk about more than hoodies. View Comment

We are a nation of laws but according to Mr. Meyerovich, if I decide to stop paying my taxes (which would greatly improve my life) as long as I was not a threat to society, that income could simply be considered 'undocumented' without consequence. The same goes for health insurance. Who needs it; just walk into the emergency room and get everything for free; paid for by those who apparently foolishly do follow the law and pay taxes. Car insurance; who needs that responsibility if I cause an accident. The point is not that we don't want good hard working people coming to this country. The point is do it legally and pay your fair share. View Comment

Well intended but when it comes right down to actually getting someone in trouble - their friends, their boyfriends - for using slurs against gay kids, will they really stand up and tell the truth? This is a nice start but it's easy to put up a website and sign a petition. Much harder to speak out when it's right in front of you. View Comment

Maybe Ms. Miller would like to tell me how I'm going to pick up my dog poop without a plastic bag or will I be forced to go spend yet more money on an 'environmentally' friendly newly manufactured bag simply for this purpose. View Comment

Collectively my family pays about 48% of our income in taxes. So we work from January 1 through June to pay for government programs that we don't use other than schools while too many others pay little for the expensive services they use continually. If we are all in this together, why should anyone's 'fair share' be zero? View Comment

Did your meds stop working? How did you get racism and fascism out of wanting to work hard, achieve something and not have politicians take it away to give to their cronies? Or do you just have no intelligent response so you go back to useless knee jerk platitudes? View Comment

How can he support punishing the wealthy when he has no idea how difficult it is to achieve? OWS does not just advocate higher taxes on the wealthy but wealth redistribution. They assume that the wealthy did nothing to earn their gains. They think nothing of devaluing all the hard work and conscientious life choices that went into financial success. They assume it is all ill gotten and that is arrogant, self-entitled and repugnant. This kid has no business supporting OWS because he is so ridiculously over privileged how could he possibly understand how much real work and sacrifice goes into achieving what he has simply been given. If he did, he would maybe understand why people like me do not want to have any more of our hard work confiscated by a government that simply wants to give it away for political gain to those who exist to live off the labors of others. View Comment

If Stangler and his family want to pay more to the government, the Treasury takes donations. Write the check if you think government is the answer. I'm not rich but pay significant taxes which seem to go to support well-connected cronies of both parties and the poor. That's it. They do nothing but take from the productive to give to takers at all levels. Occupy K Street if you want to support a real cause. View Comment

Apparently Mr Strangler (back from studying abroad!) went to Brunswick and is now at Georgetown. Real 99%er there. How pathetic. Take full advantage of all the comforts of privilege and trash it for the sake of posturing. Someone should take away Daddy's credit card, stop paying his tuition and make him get a job. View Comment

These companies will still have to comply with all the arduous, expensive regulations and mandates the government imposes whether its gradual or immediate. Given Mr. Obama's constant rhetoric on successful companies paying their 'fair share', why would a business owner take on the risks of expanding, the regulatory costs of going public only to be demonized and taxed more for their success? Himes wants to help more companies go public. For what? So the government can take a bigger share of their hard work and success and redistribute it to their cronies? View Comment

One person, one vote. View Comment

Anyone of 61 who is out in the middle of the street, drunk and ranting obviously has some big personal problems and, likely mental issues. Compassion for that is warranted but certainly difficult when Ms. Rague decides that we should all be part of her personal drama with her wild accusations and aggressive righteousness. Instead of focusing on 'saving the world' maybe she should take some time and focus on pulling herself together. View Comment

Ms. Rague 'intends' for the protest to be peaceful. If not, if OWS behaves as they have across the country, if there is garbage, property damage and disruption of our businesses, will she be financially responsible because she organized the event? Freedom of speech and open debate should not be an excuse to break the law, vandalize or take away other people's liberties. View Comment