HAPPY THANKSGIVING week! I am curling up with the latest book in the Louise Penney Three Pines series, “The Grey Wolf.” I am confident that once again Armand Gamache will solve at least one murder.
"All the right people are angry."
I KNEW George Will before I got to know him. Throughout the 1970s, while a student at Hampshire College, and then in the ’80s as I became a filmmaker, I was always aware of George, someone I thought was the polar opposite of me politically, but to whom I found myself returning time and again…
AMONG ELITES across the ideological spectrum, there’s one point of unifying agreement: Americans are bitterly divided. What if that’s wrong? What if elites are the ones who are bitterly divided while most Americans are fairly unified?
Friday, November 29, 2024
AS WE gather this Thanksgiving, it’s easy to take abundance for granted. Leftovers are practically guaranteed.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
MY MOTHER, Grace, and her sister Elsie were lifelong best friends, two adjacent younger girls in a family of 13, and our two families had Thanksgiving together every year, usually at Elsie’s house because she was the better cook, a perfectionist, whereas Mother had six kids, four of us boys,…
Philadelphia, Sept. 28th 1863.
Washington, D.C.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
IN MY most-recent column, I explored some of the major takeaways from this year’s general election, and how Granite State voters’ choices could change the political landscape. Today, I want to take a closer look at how one critical industry, the energy industry, could be affected by the rece…
IN 1994, Republicans won a sweeping victory that cost Democrats control of the House and Senate for the first time in 40 years. Republicans took an eye-popping 54 seats, leading many to conclude that this was a permanent political realignment.
Friday, November 22, 2024
PEOPLE EAGERLY give money to rich environmental groups. The Natural Resources Defense Council has $463 million in assets.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
A LOT of you people sound nuts.
MAN HAS almost unlimited power to do damage and cause suffering, as we have been learning lately, and some slight power to do good, but as we grow up and pay attention to our surroundings, we see that we are beneficiaries of great gifts for which we can claim no credit, and so we have a day …
Saturday, November 16, 2024
I AM NOT going to try to figure out why Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump.
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Londonderry should be shining brighter this Christmastime, thanks to citizens who stepped up to save their fellow residents from having to unnecessarily spend public dollars. Read moreCitizens united: Londonderry’s lights
The Salvation Army in Manchester could not have found a better recipient of its Others Award than Bob Champagne. He has worked tirelessly and devotedly for the Army, including as longtime director of its Kids’ Cafe. Read moreChampagne toast: Kids’ Cafe, Santa Fund
It was 77 years after his death in 1869 that New Hampshire finally honored its only U.S. President with a simple monument at his Concord gravesite in the Old North Cemetery. Read moreA prayer for Pierce: New Hampshire’s President
Saturday, November 23, 2024
It may be hard for some of us to believe, but Thursday is Thanksgiving. Luckily, the airwaves have been filled with advanced notice of Black Friday sales and deals. Read moreThanksgiving 2024: Over the river we go
We read somewhere on the web that Donald Trump isn’t so much filling a cabinet as he is a junk drawer. Read morePublic service: Advise and consent
Much social and media air time was spent last week on the matter of which restroom a certain new member of the U.S. Congress will be permitted to use. Liberals and their press pool pals seem not to have learned much from the recent presidential election. Read moreBathroom breaks: Sic transit gloria mundi
Saturday, November 23, 2024
It may be hard for some of us to believe, but Thursday is Thanksgiving. Luckily, the airwaves have been filled with advanced notice of Black Friday sales and deals.
We read somewhere on the web that Donald Trump isn’t so much filling a cabinet as he is a junk drawer.
Much social and media air time was spent last week on the matter of which restroom a certain new member of the U.S. Congress will be permitted to use. Liberals and their press pool pals seem not to have learned much from the recent presidential election.
Saturday, November 16, 2024
State Sen. Sharon Carson of Londonderry will lead that important body in the new legislature. That is good news for the taxpayers in particular and Granite Staters in general.
What happened to all the buses? We expected fleets of them pouring over our border from Massachusetts on Election Day in order to keep Donald Trump from victory. Trump in fact didn’t carry New Hampshire, but it was close.
- Letter: This Trump promise is a lose-lose proposition
- Letter: Trump has no mandate
- Letter: Public input on ED 306 was entirely dismissed
- Letter: Carpal tunnel hit parade
- Letter: The eye of the storm
- Letter: Dust off 'domino theory'
- Letter: We can't break our laws to back Israel
- Letter: Shaheen sided with terrorists over an ally
- Letter: More competitive gender
- Letter: There is more than one way to be pro-life
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Friday, November 29, 2024
Saturday, November 23, 2024
It may be hard for some of us to believe, but Thursday is Thanksgiving. Luckily, the airwaves have been filled with advanced notice of Black Friday sales and deals.
We read somewhere on the web that Donald Trump isn’t so much filling a cabinet as he is a junk drawer.
Much social and media air time was spent last week on the matter of which restroom a certain new member of the U.S. Congress will be permitted to use. Liberals and their press pool pals seem not to have learned much from the recent presidential election.
Saturday, November 16, 2024
State Sen. Sharon Carson of Londonderry will lead that important body in the new legislature. That is good news for the taxpayers in particular and Granite Staters in general.
What happened to all the buses? We expected fleets of them pouring over our border from Massachusetts on Election Day in order to keep Donald Trump from victory. Trump in fact didn’t carry New Hampshire, but it was close.