LARRY ROIBAL

Ball point pen on todays newsprint

Richard Blumenthal’s resume would be the envy of anyone running for public office, graduating from Harvard College magna cum laude, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, editorial chairman of The Harvard Crimson, selected for a Fiske Fellowship to study at Cambridge University, earned his Juris Doctorate from Yale Law School, editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal, and serving as Connecticut’s Attorney General. Why would a guy with that resume stretch the truth by saying he served in Vietnam when he did not?

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Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

Well, it’s that time of year when newspapers insist on depicting college basketball by showing countless photos of people with their mouths open. The Mens NCAA basketball tournament has had little surprises so far, with all of the number one seeds, Louisville, Connecticut, Pittsburgh and North Carolina having advanced to the sweet sixteen. In fact, every #2 and #3 seed also advanced, with the Missouri getting the biggest scare, needing a comeback to best Marquette.

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