In 2018, New Hampshire care providers put up a united front in opposition to managed care insurance companies running the Medicaid program for long-term care payments, and legislators, in bipartisan votes, rescinded a law that would have resulted in this privatization. Going into 2019, ...
Every four years, New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary provides a forum for discussions about public policy, not just for the sake of Granite State voters, but for the nation as a whole. At town halls and in living rooms across the state, candidates are asked their ...
What happened to independent thought in America? The recent Democratic debates brought the expected sparring and little substantive content about how we might address the many serious challenges we face as a nation. It would appear that the only item the candidates can agree on is to condemn ...
Have you ever wondered, “If the economy is going to great, why is everyone feeling so bad all the time?” Well, the answer is simple: the facts and stats that the media and politicians use to evaluate our economy have become completely dislocated from the actual lived experience of the ...
In deference to recent Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan, today’s changing times were no more evident to me than when I was recently forced to upgrade my cell phone. It became futile to attempt to keep it going. I finally admitted my eight-ish year old phone was about ready for the Smithsonian. ...
I believe more is at stake in the next presidential election than in my 24 years of public service. With climate chaos, gun violence and increased polarization threatening our communities, we need a leader who can bring people together and get things done. That is why I will be voting for ...