The problem with taxes is most people do not know how they work. Taxes by their nature create winners and losers, usually more losers than winners. But because the majority of people do not understand the finer points of taxation, the state has an upside down system for one of its biggest ...
There is an old story about the boy walking along on the beach picking up starfish, one by one, tossing them into the sea. He is questioned why he is doing this. What difference can one child make, tossing one starfish at a time, back into the ocean so that they might live? The answer, of ...
Several months ago I watched Republican Senator Tom Cotton, a far right conservative and very vocal champion of populism, deliver as an update on the current state of the Republican Party; a political report card of sorts. As I listened to him I was struck by the tone of his remarks and his ...
While the COVID-19 pandemic has given summer camps ample opportunity to practice keeping campers safe from illness and looking after their physical health, camps also need to watch over their campers’ mental and emotional health. Indeed, the pandemic has shone a much-needed spotlight on the ...
As November’s Election Day approaches, Gov. Chris Sununu is still marketing himself as an affable moderate. He wants us to forget that he’s been in cahoots with anti-government Free State Project radicals for years. In 2019 and 2020, the Democratic majority in the State Legislature passed ...
Henry Jeannotte was born in 1872 and died 84 years ago this month, so finding someone who remembers meeting the affable grocer would certainly be a monumental undertaking. But the legacy of Henry Jeannotte – well, that’s a whole different story. You don’t have to live in the ...
