Equal pay for equal work has been one justification cited by those who believe the U.S. Soccer Federation’s World Cup-winning women’s team should be paid as much as those on the men’s team. But that is misleading: In an important way, the women are doing more valuable work. U.S. Sen. ...
We are heartened by statistics released last week by American Medical Response that show a positive trend in Nashua’s ongoing battle with fentanyl, heroin and other opioids. The number of overdoses in the city attributed to opioids through the first half of 2019 was 146. While that is 146 ...
Nashua city officials should not take their 3-2 New Hampshire Supreme Court victory in the spending cap case as a mandate to go on a freewheeling shopping spree on the taxpayers’ dime. After all, Board of Aldermen members are still accountable to the voters. Last week, three of the five ...
Substance abuse is both a personal crisis and a public health challenge. Resources to battle it need to be viewed in that light. If a new study of how people purporting to be heroin users are treated by some health care providers is any guide, relatively minor federal policy changes could ...
New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 11, which is only about seven months from now. We would suggest these seven months are going to be like nothing before seen in the Granite State’s long and illustrious history of presidential ...
Reparations to African-Americans. Cancellation of $1.6 trillion in student loan debt. Total elimination of all fossil fuels from the U.S. energy portfolio. Removing the existing barriers at the border with Mexico. Direct monthly cash payments of $1,000 to every American. Free abortions for ...