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Lessons in sustainability – the University of New Hampshire

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker Sustainability needs us all, birds and frogs. What physicist Freeman Dyson wrote in his Einstein lecture about mathematics applies to life – we tend to be either birds or frogs. Dyson: “Birds fly in the air and ...

You can lend helping hand

A few months ago, I had an interesting realization. My wife and I were pondering what life might look like when we retire. Of course, this is wishful thinking, since I’m a good decade away from that, but nevertheless sometimes it’s an interesting thought. We started looking at different ...

The untamed winds of change

“As yet, the wind is an untamed, and unharnessed force; and quite possibly one of the greatest discoveries hereafter to be made, will be the taming, and harnessing of it.” – Abraham Lincoln Is wind power now cheaper than coal? The economic weather vane is now pointing to wind and solar ...

Group wanted to spread hatred

Last night, I had one of the most unfortunate experiences of my time in Nashua. A group of vocal naysayers showed up to our library trustee meeting to share their concern for the Drag Queen Teen Time coming up Saturday. As a newly elected official, I appreciate even our most passionate ...

Do right by all Medicaid care providers and their vulnerable clients

If New Hampshire’s nursing homes are to continue to be a vital safety net, the 17-cents-a-day Medicaid funding increase they received January 1, for the over-4,000 residents whose care is state-funded, is not going to sustain them. New Hampshire’s unemployment rate is at its lowest level ...