Like many a Fourth of July gone by, my family celebrated on Saturday with burgers and dogs and a side of democracy, as we remembered the timeless Declaration of our Founding Fathers that “all men are created equal” and governments derive “their just power from the consent of the ...
New Hampshire takes pride in our dedication to the democratic process. Granite Staters have turned out in record numbers for our midterm and primary elections because this is a state that deeply values every individual voice. As we move towards September’s primary elections, we have needed to ...
In 2004, the Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti (now in his 102nd year!) published a series of verses titled Americus. These are a few lines from one of the verses: And journalism as rough draft of history written by billions of scriveners and revised later to suit by victors and owners ...
We all come from different backgrounds and have our own ways of problem solving. But what happens when we are all faced with a Pandemic so massive it turns our world upside down? Reality takes on a different meaning, and that which we thought we could trust becomes something we are not sure ...
I’m always amused when a friend says they’re taking their kids to see “Disney on Ice.” I typically reply, “The one with all the skating mascots? Or the actual deceased guy who invented Mickey Mouse?” Yes, with the latter I’m referring to Cryogenic Walt, who’s been rumored to ...
Every two-year term of the Legislature begins with high aspirations, enthusiasm and significant goals. But 18 months later reality sets in as the meat-grinding legislative process generates compromise, reduced expectations and failures. After a Blue Wave swept New Hampshire in the 2018 ...
