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Bad Santa

As we begin the gift-giving season, sometimes it’s hard to find the right gift for that special someone. So much easier is finding the wrong gift for the right person. Here’s a list of some of my favorites. Do yourself a favor, find a stocking and stuff it. Kentucky Fried Idea: Is someone ...

Black Lives Matter is not a scapegoat or a hitching post

I don’t know of a single Democrat in the entire state of New Hampshire who ran on defunding the police. I can count on one hand the number of national candidates who even entertained the idea. After the initial outpouring of support for BLM post-George Floyd, most Democrats locally and ...

A look back at Thanksgiving traditions

Having just added yet another life milestone worthy of all-out celebration – that notable 18-month benchmark – I was still very much a novice in the time-honored tradition of saying a prayer then loading up a rarely seen platter from the “good china” cabinet with steaming slabs of ...

Making the best of the pandemic holidays at UNITED WAY OF GN

Every so often I feel compelled to throw out a few ideas on how you might want to get involved, and this is especially true during the Pandemic Holidays of 2020. This month I am going to highlight a few things you might not know about, which can make a big difference. These include Santa Fund, ...

We can thank a woman for Thanksgiving Day

While researching an old online copy of a November 1964 Telegraph, I came upon an interesting article relative to the origin of the modern celebration of Thanksgiving Day in America. For many of us, the typical Thanksgiving Day female figure in our lives would probably be our Moms, who back ...