UnionLeader.com delivers the lastest news, sports and opinion in New Hampshire. http://www.unionleader.com News/Sports/Business/Entertainment/Opinion Copyright 2017 Union Leader Corp. http://www.unionleader.com/section/?template=RSS en-us Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:05:00 EST cperreault@unionleader.com (Carl Perreault) Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:05:00 EST digital@unionleader.com (Carl Perreault) Carlicus (0.0.1.1) http://www.unionleader.com/images/unionleaderlogo3.jpg http://www.unionleader.com New Hampshire news, sports and opinion 144 54 I DON'T NORMALLY watch the GLAAD Media Awards. Not that there's anything wrong with them. GLAAD, by the way, originally stood for 'Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation' before the organization declared that GLAAD was its name and not an acronym. http://www.unionleader.com/columns/jonah-goldberg-america-not-as-intolerant-as-we-make-it-out-to-be--20180423&source=RSS Sun, 22 Apr 2018 19:10:00 EST LOCAL WOOD Local Good. It's a bumper sticker you might see on the road, but it's more than just a catchy slogan. For many in New Hampshire, it is a way of life. Recent opinion pieces and editorials seemingly bash New Hampshire's biomass and timber industries as the reason for high electric rates in our state. Nothing could be further from the... http://www.unionleader.com/columns/sen-jeff-woodburn-local-wood-for-local-good--20180423&source=RSS Sun, 22 Apr 2018 19:10:00 EST APRIL BRINGS many things: spring, baseball, flowers and taxes to name a few. What we at Fidelity Investments hope is that April also brings a greater level of financial literacy to everyone. http://www.unionleader.com/columns/joe-murray-the-importance-of-improving-financial-literacy--20180423&source=RSS Sun, 22 Apr 2018 19:10:00 EST One week after the first anniversary of Neil Gorsuch's ascension to the Supreme Court, he delivered an opinion that was momentous in its implications pertaining to the administrative state. http://www.unionleader.com/article/20180422/OPINION02/180429861&source=RSS Sat, 21 Apr 2018 15:51:00 EST A fortnight ago, Viktor Orban and his Fidesz Party won enough seats in the Hungarian parliament to rewrite his country's constitution. To progressives across the West, this was disturbing news. http://www.unionleader.com/article/20180422/OPINION02/180429865&source=RSS Sat, 21 Apr 2018 15:23:00 EST Sunday is Earth Day. To mark the occasion, I would like to recognize one of the most significant environmental breakthroughs in history: fossil fuels. http://www.unionleader.com/article/20180422/OPINION0201/180429866/0/OPINION02&source=RSS Sat, 21 Apr 2018 15:23:00 EST Over the last five months of our campaign, I have met dozens of veterans statewide and the caregivers who serve them at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center. What I hear is frustration with the low quality of care ' and how lacking resources and leadership at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hamstrings local caregivers. http://www.unionleader.com/Another-View-Maura-Sullivan-Inconsistent-leadership-has-failed-our-veterans-04202018&source=RSS Thu, 19 Apr 2018 23:46:00 EST Playboy Entertainment just announced that it has purchased a table at this year's White House Correspondents Association dinner. Swell. Just what we need. http://www.unionleader.com/column/Mona-Charen-Playboy-comes-to-DC-04202018&source=RSS Thu, 19 Apr 2018 23:44:00 EST Like Captain Ahab, Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller has spent months frantically hunting a giant whale. So far, Mueller has harpooned a couple of cod and a few salmon. And Mueller's voyage is an enormous embarrassment compared to the mass ichthyocide, which was the Watergate investigation, even at its equivalent stage. http://www.unionleader.com/column/Deroy-Murdock-Muellers-got-nothing-so-he-should-wrap-up-his-sorry-act-and-go-home-04202018&source=RSS Thu, 19 Apr 2018 23:44:00 EST 'TEN DAYS AGO, President Trump was saying 'the United States should withdraw from Syria.' We convinced him it was necessary to stay.' http://www.unionleader.com/article/20180419/OPINION02/180419199/0/OPINION02&source=RSS Wed, 18 Apr 2018 18:04:00 EST THE CABLE BILL was the last straw, says Kristin Tate. 'That's the one that really made me mad.' http://www.unionleader.com/article/20180419/OPINION02/180419203/0/OPINION02&source=RSS Wed, 18 Apr 2018 18:04:00 EST COMING SOON to a cinema near you ' you can make this happen read on ' is a bite-your-nails true-story thriller featuring heroes, villains and a history-making struggle over... the Constitution's Takings Clause. http://www.unionleader.com/article/20180419/OPINION02/180419204/0/OPINION02&source=RSS Wed, 18 Apr 2018 18:04:00 EST