Is Scott Brown trying to carve out a role for himself?

To say New Hampshire citizens are waiting with bated breath to learn if Massachusetts Scott Brown will seek the Republican Party’s U.S. Senate nomination in hopes of taking on incumbent Democrat Jeanne Shaheen would be the overstatement of the year.

Brown has been spending a lot of time in the Granite State of late, ostensibly to raise money for the financially-challenge GOP, but also with a clammy finger in the air to gauge if the political winds are puffing in his favor.

It was reported this week that Brown’s Wrentham, Mass., home is on the real estate market, thus fueling even stronger suspicion that he will make New Hampshire his new political home.

When asked about his civic intentions, Brown has been too coy for his own good. He won’t say if he is running. He won’t says if he’s not. He won’t even say if he’s thinking about it.

It’s at the point now that, the longer he waits to come clean, the less likely New Hampshire Republicans will embrace his candidacy if he ever does choose to run.

Conservatives frown upon orgasm workshop at UNH

Some people in New Hampshire are apparently disquieted by the revelation that University of New Hampshire students are interested in orgasms.

A Thursday lecture entitled “Orchestrating Orgasms” rattled a few cages, according to published reports.

The lecture was presented by a “sexuality educator” and sought to shed light on the biological, psychological and sociological issues surrounding orgasms.

“I don’t see what the educational value is to a lecture or series of lectures like this at all,” said Ashley Pratte, executive director of the New Hampshire conservative group Cornerstone Action. “I’m not too sure the topic is something students at that age should be encouraged to learn about.”

What a shock! College students in their late teens and early 20s are interested in sex? Who knew? Evidently, if orgasms are ignored they just go away. Well, as it is said, ignorance is bliss.

It is important to point out that this lecture was approved and paid for by students. The student panel that voted unanimously in favor of the lecture believed it had strong educational value. Students learning to make these kinds of decisions is integral to the maturation process that is a vital part of a well-rounded college education.

Let’s think about this. An established professional conducts an open and frank discussion on an issue crucial to the well-being of college students – and that’s a bad thing?

Putin nomination for Nobel Peace Prize seems a stretch

The pitiful joke of the week comes from Moscow, where the Academy Of Spiritual Unity And Cooperation Of Peoples Of The World nominated Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Nobel Peace Prize. The group said Putin should win the prize because he forged the agreement with President Bashar Assad to turn over Syria’s chemical weapons cache to international authorities. The group also said he was more deserving than President Barack Obama, who won the award in 2009 for his efforts to “strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

Whether Obama deserved the award is highly debatable, but let’s not forget the true extent of Putin’s peace-loving ways.

He ordered a military assault to crush Chechnyian separatists. He pushed a military attack of Georgia over a border dispute. He whined when a NATO-led air war stopped Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi from killing of thousands of Libyans. Oh, and if not for Putin’s support, Assad would have been ousted long ago and wouldn’t have been albe to order the chemical attack on his citizens that created the very crisis Putin n is now claiming credit for resolving.

Don’t worry though. The Peace Prize will be announced Oct. 11. Deadlines for submissions were Feb. 1.

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