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 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 07:30:00 EST cperreault@unionleader.com (Carl Perreault) Thu, 18 Oct 2018 07:30:00 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 EARLY IN HIS U.S. Marine Corps career, which he concluded as a four-star general, Walt Boomer was decorated for valor in Vietnam. He distilled into three words the lesson of that debacle: 'Tell the truth.' Max Hastings, an eminent British journalist and historian, has done that in a book that is a painful but perhaps inoculating... http://www.unionleader.com/article/20181018/OPINION02/181019533&source=RSS Wed, 17 Oct 2018 23:27:00 EST I AM WAY PAST deadline, trying to formulate an articulate, compelling column about something ' anything ' to do with New Hampshire politics. But I am not in New Hampshire. I am in New York, helping my Dad care for my Mom, and it is nearly impossible to focus on politics. http://www.unionleader.com/article/20181018/OPINION0205/181019534/0/OPINION02&source=RSS Wed, 17 Oct 2018 23:27:00 EST OVER THE WEEKEND, Donald Trump warned of 'severe punishment' if an investigation concludes that a Saudi hit team murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. http://www.unionleader.com/article/20181017/OPINION02/181019580/0/OPINION02&source=RSS Tue, 16 Oct 2018 22:51:00 EST IT'S THE DETAILS of a story that give it life, not the high moral outlook of the thing, but many people find details confusing: it's righteousness they crave, righteousness as a rationale for anger, and so you have the current surge in harangues and fulminations and the rarity of true storytelling. It's just human nature. But it's sad to see. http://www.unionleader.com/article/20181017/OPINION02/181019597/0/OPINION02&source=RSS Tue, 16 Oct 2018 22:49:00 EST POP QUIZ: Who is the most powerful person in the criminal justice system? http://www.unionleader.com/article/20181017/OPINION0204/181019598/0/OPINION02&source=RSS Tue, 16 Oct 2018 22:49:00 EST If you need another example of a mother's love, look no further than Nashville, Tenn., where a woman shot her boyfriend after he assaulted her youngsters. The mom told police she fired because her children were in danger. http://www.unionleader.com/article/20181016/OPINION02/181019657/0/OPINION02&source=RSS Mon, 15 Oct 2018 22:06:00 EST WITH ALL DUE respect to Kathy Sullivan's obligatory right-before-an-election 'Ann Kuster is a bipartisan' op-ed, the entire premise is half-baked and the proof is in the 'cookies.' http://www.unionleader.com/article/20181016/OPINION0204/181019663/0/OPINION02&source=RSS Mon, 15 Oct 2018 22:06:00 EST FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL Eric Holder believes that Michelle Obama was wrong when she famously advised, 'When they go low, we go high.' Rather, he told Democrats at a gathering in Georgia, 'when they go low, we kick them.' http://www.unionleader.com/article/20181016/OPINION02/181019669/0/OPINION02&source=RSS Mon, 15 Oct 2018 22:06:00 EST I know this place well. It's in my blood, really. My family has a long history of running their own independent companies in Manchester. In fact, our agency corporate headquarters is located in the same building that long ago housed my grandfather and his family partners' athletic shoe factory ' and later, my parents' original sporting goods... http://www.unionleader.com/columns/travis-york-why-we-chose-to-build-our-success-in-nh--20181015&source=RSS Sun, 14 Oct 2018 18:41:00 EST U.N. AMBASSADOR Nikki Haley surprised virtually everybody last week when she announced she'd be resigning from her post at the end of the year. http://www.unionleader.com/columns/jonah-goldberg-haley-is-stepping-down-at-just-the-right-time--20181015&source=RSS Sun, 14 Oct 2018 18:41:00 EST Was Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and then his body cut up with a bone saw and flown to Riyadh in Gulfstream jets? http://www.unionleader.com/article/20181014/OPINION02/181019820/0/OPINION02&source=RSS Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:55:00 EST Few have contested the goal of protecting our personal and private information from governmental interference. http://www.unionleader.com/article/20181014/OPINION02/181019821/0/OPINION02&source=RSS Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:55:00 EST Sen. Ben Sasse's new book argues that Americans are richer, more informed and connected than ever - and unhappier, more isolated and less fulfilled. http://www.unionleader.com/article/20181014/OPINION02/181019826/0/OPINION02&source=RSS Fri, 12 Oct 2018 19:04:00 EST