Our four American sports leagues covered themselves in socially-tinged glory yesterday, as the NBA suspended their playoff games, the NHL did the same with their post-season schedule, and many NFL pre-season practices were cancelled along with a number of regular-season baseball games. And in ...
The Republican convention has shown how Trump’s supporters see him -- as keeping promises (replacing Obamacare? building the Wall? rebuilding infrastructure?), as a strong “law and order” leader (“dominating” the streets -- except in Charlottesville). They say cops have gunned down ...
The first thing you should know about Andru Volinsky, one of our current Executive Councilors, is that he is a decent, honorable man. He has been a thoughtful, forceful voice on the Council to help hold Gov. Chris Sununu’s administration accountable for his appointments and for the state ...
Mr. Timothy Tiches, in his latest letter to the editor, tells us readers that systematic racism is an imaginary thing created by the Democratic Party to hurt President Trump’s political chances for re-election. Mr. Tiches offers nothing in his letter to support his statements. On the other ...
Really, Donald Trump shows his true self often, which is not the rosied-up self from Republican Convention time with its hype, through to November 3 voting. True Trump self I just came across in an Oct. 19, 2017, news article, found while cleaning around my computer. True Trump shows in ...
On April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first, and only unanimously elected, President of the post-Revolutionary-War government. There was no precedent for the new government and its leader but it became clear it would be an entirely new role and not a monarchy. Washington ...