The U.S. House of Representatives voted 422 to 2 this month to pass a bill that overhauls our approach to mental illness. It was encouraging to see both parties come together for the good of the country. The bill could empower family members, who are on the front lines of the efforts to deal ...
A decision last week by the New Hampshire attorney general's office to bring simple assault charges against two police officers in connection with the high-speed chase that ended in Nashua on May 11 sends a strong message. The message, which should be heard by both the public and the ...
A legislative chamber with 400 representatives is statistically bound to have more than a few loose cannons. But, unfortunately for New Hampshire, one of the loosest of all the cannons cemented in Concord is Al Baldasaro, of Londonderry, one of Donald Trump's most vocal advisers in the ...
It wasn't that long ago that Democrats were the party of mayhem, far more likely than Republicans to be practitioners of disorganized infighting and public disputes that made for entertaining political theater but did little to engender public confidence in their ability to run the ...
These are frightening times for our country. Police officers Montrell Jackson, Matthew Gerald and Brad Garafola were killed in an ambush Sunday in Baton Rouge, La. That happened barely a week after five officers were shot and killed and seven others wounded by a sniper in Dallas. Those ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that Americans should be eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables and low in refined grains and added sugars. However, through the billions of dollars in subsidies the USDA doles out each year, it is saying something quite different. Overwhelmingly, ...