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New Hampshire must protect voting for our armed forces

If there is one thing all Americans can agree on it’s that members of our military deserve our respect. Unfortunately, a bill being considered in the New Hampshire legislature would make it more difficult for New Hampshire citizens serving in the military to make their voices heard and vote, ...

A thread in common: Fast Day and baseball and Henry David Thoreau

On a breezy, mild day some 166 years ago this month, in an unpopulated wilderness just a brief jaunt south of a New Hampshire city incorporated just three years earlier as the City of Nashua, a man of about 38 years set out on foot in the direction of some mostly level fields that, for him and ...

Education’s sacred trust: Educators have a position of influence

Educators and the public education system are custodians of a sacred trust. When children come to school, they arrive reflecting the value systems of the families responsible for raising them. Those value systems are as different as the children themselves. Recent revelations from educators ...

Skewing the political process to tip the scales in N.H.

Lawmakers this week will decide a number of bills that will determine the state’s direction for the next 10 years. If you are a Democrat, you can only lament the party’s dismal down-ticket showing in the last election. But if you are a Republican, you can rejoice in an almost guaranteed ...

Looking back at some idols and fads of the 50s and 60s

Hearing recently of the unfortunate death of former teen idol Bobby Rydell, (whose hits included Volare and Wild One and whose last name inspired the naming of the high school in the movie Grease) just out of curiosity, did you ever see or hear of entertainers of the past and wonder, “I ...

Way too many options? As the Wordle turns

I had no intention of jumping on the trendy train known as Wordle. Avoided it. I steer clear of overly trendy things. That is, until a recent vacation with my brother, Dave, and his wife, Natalie. I was a guest in their Florida home and I chose to be polite and agreed to have my brother show me ...