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Mixed city report card: An 'A' and an 'incomplete'

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From the weekend news, give Manchester's School Department one “A'' and one “incomplete.''

50 years after Glenn: Let's hear it for space exploration

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Political foes and news media gave Newt Gingrich grief when he traced a vision for an American colony on the moon. But we heard no one dissing former astronaut John Glenn when, on the 50th...

Contract hunting: Ban would harm property owners

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How does prohibiting a specific use of one’s property protect private property rights? To get the answer, you’ll have to ask Rep. Joe Duarte, R-Candia.

Fire politics: Choices in Manchester

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Ward 4 Manchester Alderman Garth Corriveau let his emotions get the better of him and played politics with last week's major apartment fire that displaced 40 families.

Jefferson on Washington: ‘A wise, a good, and a great man’

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Thomas Jefferson's opinion of George Washington.

Right path for NH House: Pass the funding amendment

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Political foes have exploited every individual legislator's ideas, no matter how farfetched, as representative of the whole body. In a body of 400 souls, that is misleading and unfair in the extreme.

Limiting taxes: It's constitutional

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A meritless constitutional argument.

Hospital competition: Rethinking its regulation

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Hospitals seek to squash a competitor.

It's not free: Obama's misleading sales pitch

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There is no free lunch -- or free health care.

Bye-bye, choo-choo: Train funding derails

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One official said this week that there simply is not enough money to fund all of the projects the state had hoped to undertake, so commuter rail had to go. The taxpayers should be thankful.

Ship names: Dump the politics

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The U.S. Navy employs certain conventions when naming its ships. Until politics intervenes.

Giving to parks: It should be easier

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Helping the state parks help themselves.

Comedy or disaster? Obama's unreal budget

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If President Obama's new budget were a movie, it would be very difficult to find at your favorite video rental location. Some clerks would stock it under "comedies," others under "horror," others...

School ‘needs:' What's another $10 million?

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Thank goodness Manchester's school board does not have the power to tax. There would be no end to the city's tax increases.

Biennial sessions: A check on state power

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The House takes up a state constitutional amendment tomorrow that would make it easier for average Granite Staters to serve in the Legislature and reduce the amount of time lawmakers spend meddling...

New Notch name? Keep it as-is

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Tucked into State Sen. Jeb Bradley’s bill to pursue the privatization of state-owned Cannon Mountain Ski Area is a provision that would rename Franconia Notch State Park. We can’t see the...

Hopeless: The real Obama economy

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Ironically, President Obama might be re-elected because so many Americans have given up hope.

2 New Hampshiremen: Grappone and Hamilton, R.I.P.

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Two distinguished New Hampshiremen died recently, within a fortnight of each other. The state mourns their passing but is better for them having lived here.