David Collins

I am sure all my friends in the Connecticut Republican Party join me in hoping that former President Donald Trump will take the stand in his criminal trial underway in New York. After all, we all know...

It’s been close to 84 years since New London cut the ribbon on a magnificent public works project, a remake of the city’s hurricane-devastated shoreline into a remarkable public park. Ocean Beach Park...

As news broke Thursday of the arrest of Gov. Ned Lamont’s former deputy budget chief on a panoply of corruption charges, I couldn’t help but wonder how the governor could have been so clueless about ...

It’s hard for me to forget my first newspaper editor, a gruff old guy presiding over a bustling city newsroom ― often with a lit cigar ― when he made it clear that the use of the first person and than...

You don’t have to stray very far from the facts to understand that Donald Trump is like no other candidate who has ever run for the American  presidency. And I mean that in the worst way. He is, after...

I think it’s pretty clear that Connecticut Republicans have managed to find a topic they can use successfully against Democrats this fall: a staggering increase in electric rates. You can tell they’ve...

Until recently, it seemed to me the most prominent Trumper in Connecticut was Linda McMahon of professional wrestling fame, the twice-failed U.S. senatorial candidate and ex-member of former President...

I should say right up front I already hate early voting. I know. It’s good for democracy, and, yes, I wholly support Connecticut’s new venture into the mainstream of extended American voting. It’s bee...

I have a lot of pride in the many great journalists who had their start in the far recesses of The Day’s newsroom, some going from gathering Groton police logs to occupying lofty perches in American m...

I remember when casino gambling debuted here in the early ’90s, first with Foxwoods Resort Casino. There was a lot of angst about the potential impacts on this rural area, with worries about gambling ...