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A look back at the ’67 Red Sox

After the year we’ve all had, it’s nice to see baseball once again being played at old Fenway, albeit before a limited number of fans. Seeing the hype of this year’s opening game and its effect on our pandemic psyche sent my mind travelling to a time long before the obscene ...

New Hampshire is better, and braver, than House Bill 544

In 1645 – decades before the colony of New Hampshire was independently established – historical records show that the purchase and sale of human beings began in the “Live Free” state. In that year, an African man was kidnapped in Guinea and brought to Portsmouth for a life of servitude. ...

Commercial interruptus

Television does not blur the line between what is art and what is not; it takes that line and wipes its nose with it. Camp knows no boundary like a terrible television commercial. Riddle me this: PILLOW TALK: We all know Mike Lindell, memory foam pillow dude, mega-Christian and Trump ...

The American Rescue Plan: New relief to save lives, revive economy

Our country is finally beginning to see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel of the COVID-19 pandemic. After a year in which our families and communities have been devastated, Congress passed and President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan. This package will get more ...

Trump’s last-minute Medicare rule deserves a swift reversal

On Donald Trump’s last full day in office, his administration announced a policy change that would make it easier for insurers to deny medicine to vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries. Those most affected will include people with mental health disorders. Right now, the Biden administration has ...

Pardon me, myth

Call it curiosity, call it a warped belief system, but a lot of people subscribe to the stuff that urban legends are made of or plain old meritless myths: MARY ME: Perhaps one of the most famous urban legends is that of Bloody Mary. The creeper, not the delicious bender cocktail. Supposedly, ...