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Martin Luther King’s legacy reverberates across time

“Shot rings out in the Memphis sky Free at last, they took your life. They could not take your pride in the name of love. What more in the name of love?” (Excerpt from “In The Name of Love” by U2) ––– At day’s end on April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ...

All together now: Supporting New Hampshire’s public higher education

Public higher education in New Hampshire and nationwide is facing great challenges. Student enrollment is declining, and current demographic trends suggest the problem will only worsen in the years ahead. Costs are rising, and institutions of all sizes and disciplines are working to control ...

State AFL-CIO head only pretends to back ‘freedom of contract’

In New Hampshire and other states where grass-roots efforts to prohibit forced union dues and fees are gaining momentum, union officials and politicians who aren’t normally known for their libertarian sympathies are suddenly appealing to ‘freedom’ to defend their ability to force workers ...

A Fitbit tour of New Hampshire

Spring in New Hampshire is a month away and I will be a fully-COVID vaccinated man by then. I am over 65 and will admit to having a couple qualifying NO-morbidities. I do have a clinical dependence on New Hampshire made Lindt chocolates and an increasing emotional relationship with my Fitbit ...

Some stuff you can’t make up

OLD SCHOOL: Authorities in England received a tip on Jan. 16 and arrived at the Freemasons’ Saxon Hall expecting to put an end to the illegal “rave” reported to be happening there, but instead of loud music and wild teenagers, officers found old people lining up to get their COVID-19 ...

Looking back at fitness crazes throughout the years

It seems to be that time of year when we all think about getting fit, dreaming of what we could look like on the beach in swim trunks or bikinis. Watching all the fitness and weight loss ads on television nowadays reminds me of how different fitness crazes are today (many border on gimmicks) ...