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EIGHTY YEARS ago, the Nazis used “The Big Lie” to justify their brutal conquest of various European countries. Hitler and his lieutenants believed that if a lie was big enough and repeated often enough, then many people would accept the lie as truth. Unfortunately, we are now witnessing the …

I HAD always thought of Jimmy as an exceptionally nice if simple man. Each time I’d seen him at my brother’s for Thanksgiving dinner, he had appeared to me to be an extremely even-tempered, quiet, person — one who measured his words and his movement so as not to waste anything at all on fancy.

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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

ON THE 11th of this month, we celebrated Veterans Day. A day to pay tribute to those who served and are currently serving. A day to “… honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.”

Monday, November 25, 2024

THE RECENT vote of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BoMA) to yet again delay work on the new Beech Street School is downright harmful. The community at large depends on a vigorous school system and this move will stifle progress in our schools and our momentum as a city. But it is what peopl…

Saturday, November 23, 2024

OUR UNION, SEA-SEIU Local 1984, proudly endorsed Kelly Ayotte’s campaign, marking a significant shift from previous years — a return to cooperation and problem solving over partisanship and division. We endorsed candidates from both parties in the primaries, embracing a more inclusive approach.

GROWING UP a Patriots fan in New Hampshire wasn’t just a pastime; it was a special bond with my dad, a United States Marine Corps veteran. Watching the Patriots together became our tradition — a way to connect and share moments of joy and resilience. The mantra “Do Your Job,” popularized by …

Friday, November 22, 2024

ON NOVEMBER 7, the Union Leader printed an op-ed penned by Representative Michael Vose. In the piece, Vose outlined — or as National Medal of Science winner and Hubbard Brook scientist Dr. Gene Likens describes it: “cherry picked” — anecdotes that minimize if not outright dismiss the science…

Thursday, November 21, 2024

WHAT IF I told you that, right now, towns and municipalities in New Hampshire are empowered to put proactive measures in place that would save the lives of unwanted infants? They can, thanks to our state’s newly expanded safe-haven laws that lengthen the surrender age to 61 days and provide …