The quirky 1970 Mungo Jerry classic, “In the Summertime” says it best: “We’re always happy, Life’s for livin’ yeah, that’s our philosophy…” That song puts us back into a simpler time when summer was indeed for living and having fun. Any one of us who hails from this era may ...
I have always been in awe of how New Hampshire’s caregivers work tirelessly to care for our seniors, especially now during the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to devastate our communities and our economy. Truly, they are heroes. Despite the many challenges of the pandemic health crisis, our ...
Cabin fever is running rampant. Claustrophobia, panic attacks and manic behavior abounds. And that’s just when I’m taking a shower. People are waving their feral freak flags as we continue to cope with COVID-19. I cope by wearing a mask when I’m out. That way I can mutter dirty things ...
Of course we’re all familiar with that great July heat wave that rewrote record books, felled at random folks who dared venture out on foot during the day, claimed too many lives regardless of age or physical condition, and literally drove some of us insane, right? Indeed, who could forget ...
The Hudson Logistics Center Team (aka Hillwood) presentation to the Hudson Planning Board Meeting on July 22, 2020, was sorely lacking in clear responses to significant questions related to the development of the Green Meadow Golf Course as a major distribution center. The early part of the ...
Do not believe the conspiracy theories currently circulating about George Soros, the internationally-know billionaire philanthropist. Phony claims include, undermining governments worldwide, plotting with and funding opposition groups to overthrew legitimate governments, and most recently, ...
Since the George Floyd murder in May, the heinousness of which finally seems to have struck a major chord throughout the heart of White America, a prevailing question bandied about from our print media, many political speeches to the massed crowds of shouting demonstrators on our streets has ...
As he falls further behind Biden, Trump has come up with what his staff considers a winning strategy. Rather than responding to the nation’s Governors and Mayors for help with the Covid Pandemic. He is responding by attacking the Constitution’s first amendment’s clause: “Right of the ...
Of polls, expert opinion, second order questions, and single data points. As we slide into the political season, you are going to see many polls, opinions, interviews and statistics. Let me warn you now. Polls Polls used to be taken to judge what people were thinking. Most today are ...
Unfortunately, we are now, in late July, having this discussion on how school reopening will be structured with only a month or so before classes are set to start. This is because our elected leaders in Washington and Concord have dragged their heels and then completely abdicated their ...
It’s the law now! Every New Hampshire voter with concerns about Covid-19 can vote by absentee ballot for the upcoming elections, the Sept. 8 primary and the Nov. 3 general election. This is welcome news to those with health, age, or other factors who are more vulnerable to COVID-19. The ...
I am a CASA GAL. I am a volunteer who advocates for children in a case of abuse or neglect, where their future depends on what is in their best interest. I am one of over 500 residents of the state of New Hampshire who have undergone extensive training ( 40 hours +) to support the wishes ...
“Do your job!” These three words supposedly sum up the work ethos of Bill Belichick. On the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Belichick sent candidate Trump a letter that stated, “Your leadership is amazing. I have always had tremendous respect for you, but the toughness and ...
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration, in the name of law and order, sent uninvited border, immigration and other federal officers into Portland, Ore., to suppress mostly peaceful protesters against racial violence. These camouflage-clad officers have been seen herding protesters into unmarked ...
In this summer of Republican discontent, a handful of GOP House members have identified what's ailing the party: Liz Cheney. The two-term Wyoming congresswoman, chair of the House GOP Conference and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney was called out at a conference meeting for ...
Of all the irrational debates Americans should be having about the upcoming November elections, one reported last week takes the cake. Beyond any doubt, many voters will be leery of casting ballots at polling places. That has renewed the debate over absentee ballots cast by mail. Indeed, ...
President Donald Trump announced at the White House his unequivocal commitment to getting America's schools back open. "So what we want to do is we want to get our schools open," he said. "We want to get them open quickly, beautifully, in the fall." When the COVID-19 crisis was just ...
Naivete can be defined as the notion that Joe Biden is going to be covered objectively by the press, "without fear or favor." After all this rampaging media activism against President Donald Trump, who is now described as lagging by 15 points in the polls, surely, the front-runner in the ...
I am not in the habit of quoting leftist Noam Chomsky, but this line seems relevant when one considers our growing national debt: "When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think." Perhaps now is not the time in the middle of a pandemic, job losses and threats of ...
Is her racial diversity America's greatest strength? So we are told. Yet, even before America becomes a majority-minority nation, 25 years from now, recent changes in the composition of the country are going to impact both parties in 2020. According to Brookings Institution demographer ...
