Gina Barreca, Author at Valley News

FILE - In this March 2, 2017 file photo, Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio, in New York. Carlson, who on Monday's show addressed the story of his former top writer, Blake Neff, who resigned after CNN found he had written a series of controversial tweets under a pseudonym, has left for vacation. It fits a pattern at Fox, whose personalities tend to go away to cool off when the heat is on. Carlson's vacation is the sixth example in a little more than three years. A Fox representative confirmed Carlson's vacation was planned before the Neff story broke. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Column: Dartmouth’s ‘Righty Thing’ rears its ugly head again

by Gina Barreca For the Valley NewsJuly 15, 2020

Those people who believe elite eastern liberal colleges are hotbeds of, well, elite eastern liberal thinking? They’re wrong.At Dartmouth College, for example, a “Righty Thing” has flourished for 40 years, birthing Dinesh D’Souza, Laura Ingraham and,…

Gina Barreca, of The Hartford Courant, is a TNS op-ed columnist. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant/TNS)

Column: These are a few of my favorite things

by Gina Barreca For The Hartford CourantJune 21, 2019

Gina Barreca, of The Hartford Courant, is a TNS op-ed columnist. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant/TNS)

Column: A letter to Dad for Father’s Day

by Gina Barreca For The Hartford CourantJune 14, 2019

Gina Barreca, of The Hartford Courant, is a TNS op-ed columnist. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant/TNS)

Column: Is youth really wasted on the young?

by Gina Barreca For The Hartford CourantJune 3, 2019

Gina Barreca, of The Hartford Courant, is a TNS op-ed columnist. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant/TNS)

Column: No, you cannot make me go out there

by Gina Barreca For The Hartford CourantMay 27, 2019

Gina Barreca, of The Hartford Courant, is a TNS op-ed columnist. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant/TNS)

Column: Confronting the loneliness within, and without

by Gina Barreca For The Hartford CourantMay 12, 2019

Gina Barreca, of The Hartford Courant, is a TNS op-ed columnist. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant/TNS)

Column: Ode to the unsung professionals we depend on

by Gina Barreca For The Hartford CourantApril 28, 2019

during commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Column: Hugs are free, but they’re not for everybody

by Gina Barreca For The Hartford CourantApril 14, 2019

Gina Barreca, of The Hartford Courant, is a TNS op-ed columnist. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant/TNS)

Column: Trying to let go of the elegant shawl

by Gina Barreca For The Hartford CourantMarch 31, 2019

Gina Barreca, of The Hartford Courant, is a TNS op-ed columnist. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant/TNS)

Column: The world needs more funny (and disruptive) women

by Gina Barreca For The Hartford CourantMarch 24, 2019