If you are like me, you get tired of hearing that Connecticut seems to have fallen behind, or perhaps lost some measure of status among the 50 states. Conventional wisdom seems to have concluded that Connecticut is no longer a leader, that it has lost a step or two, whether in population growth, job creation, tax burden, indebtedness, outmigration — you name it. It’s disheartening to read national news stories ranking the states and see Connecticut near the bottom in so many categories.