Doctor Bentivegna is an ophthalmologist living in Connecticut. He has written numerous op-ed pieces for The Hartford Courant and The New York Times regarding health care, tort reform, and the political situation in Haiti.

Joseph Bentivegna, M.D.October 2, 2018

The Kavanaugh Battle is not about Sexual Harassment

October 2, 2018 Many people on both sides of the aisle are amazed by the virulent passions being stirred by the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. They shouldn’t be. In fact, given the stakes, it is surprising civil. This battle is not about sexual harassment, binge drinking, judicial qualifications or the #MeToo movement. It is about raw power. It is about who makes policy: elected representatives or power-hungry judges and bureaucrats. The establishments of both political parties had reached a harmonious consensus: the Democrats would satisfy their contributors by using the judiciary and bureaucracy to promote abortion, gay rights, secularism, pornography and anti-global warming initiatives while the Republicans would satisfy their contributors by allowing corporate America, health insurance companies and the Wall Street Welfare State to pillage the middle class. Everyone would live happily ever after in their Manhattan condos, Georgetown townhouses and California palaces. Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio or John Kasich – it didn’t matter which … [Read more...]

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Richard says

October 2, 2018 at 1:51 pm

Anyone with a brain cell can see how the democrats just power. They don’t give a rat ass about women. Just look at the Kennedy’s and the. Clinton’s.!!!!!!!

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Connecticut Republicans Throw Down the Gauntlet

August 16, 2018 The results are in from the most fascinating Republican primary in recent memory and the take home message is that Connecticut Republicans were willing to roll the dice. They voted for non-traditional candidates who have little interest in reaching across the aisle, but plan engage the Democrats in a no holds barred battle to determine whether the state remains habitable for the private sector middle class. Here are the most salient points. 1. Conservative candidates won. Bob Stefanowski said he would repeal the state income tax and did not back down from this position. His lawn signs said one thing: “CUT TAXES.” With this message, he won 30% of the vote in a five-way primary and the majority of the towns. Most of Stefanowski’s supporters know that repealing the state income tax is mathematically impossible, but they voted for him anyway because his heart was in the right place. His even more conservative partner is the winner of the Lieutenant Governor’s race, Joe Markley, who received almost 50% of the vote against the more moderate Republicans, Jayme Stevenson and Erin Stewart. … [Read more...]

Joe Markley for Lieutenant Governor

August 9, 2018 The gubernatorial Republican nominee will need a strong partner if he is to win the Governor’s mansion and turn the state around. That candidate is Joe Markley. Many voters are unaware of the importance of this position and few can name our present Lieutenant Governor (LG), Democrat Nancy Wyman. But if the State Senate is deadlocked, the LG casts the tie-breaker. Thus, Nancy Wyman cast the crucial vote to kick the can down the road in pension reform early in 2017 and seven months later, the tie-breaking vote that extended public union contracts until 2027 while rendering it illegal to lay off state workers for four years – thus setting up Connecticut residents for huge tax increases and confiscatory tolls in the future. Furthermore, it was Lowell Weicker’s LG, Eunice Groark, who cast the tie-breaker that imposed the odious state income tax. Markley, a conservative stalwart, has the rare ability to disagree without being disagreeable. With his wire-framed glasses and goatee, one could easily mistake him for a liberal college … [Read more...]