BY A VOTE of 30-1 in the House, with unanimous support in the Senate, Juneteenth, June 19, which commemorates the day in 1865 when news of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas, has been declared a federal holiday
EVERYWHERE, people trash capitalism.
FINALLY, a fine summer, which we Minnesotans appreciate, having endured winter’s attempts to depress us, and just when we were about to go into therapy and talk about how emotionally unavailable our dad was, summer came along and here I am on a sunny day with relatives on a porch enjoying a …
HISTORY REPEATS itself, first as tragedy, then as farce.
Sunday, June 13, 2021
IN 1859, Abraham Lincoln related the tale of an Eastern monarch who charged his wise men with discovering words that would everywhere and always be true.
Friday, June 11, 2021
WHOM DOES Facebook trust to censor?
Wednesday, June 09, 2021
IT GOT INTO the 90s back home the other day and friends complained to me over the phone though guiltily because they knew I’d spent a day in the ER in New York which, honestly, had been a beautiful illuminatory experience and not miserable at all, but they felt sheepish about complaining of …
“Take away this pudding; it has no theme,” is a comment attributed to Winston Churchill, when a disappointing dessert was put in front of him.
Sunday, June 06, 2021
Friday, June 04, 2021
A REMARKABLE CONSENSUS has emerged in the last few weeks: It’s no longer crazy to think that the COVID-19 pandemic was the result of a “lab leak” in Wuhan, China.
Wednesday, June 02, 2021
Sunday, May 30, 2021
AFTER NINE PEOPLE were shot to death by a public transit worker, who then killed himself in San Jose, the latest mass murder in America, California Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke for many on the eve of this Memorial Day weekend.
Friday, May 28, 2021
LAST SUMMER, after months of protests and riots in response to the murder of George Floyd, the phrase “mostly peaceful,” often used by the media and Democrats to describe the protests, achieved parody status thanks to a CNN clip.
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Conservative legislators, and conservatives in general, should have little trouble getting behind the state budget package up for a final vote this week. The compromise reached on emergency executive power is reasonable. It sets a firm time limit of 90 days, after which the Legislature can v… Read more
A reader asked us what we thought of Democratic Party attacks on Gov. Chris Sununu for his appearance in a television ad campaign urging the public to get the COVID-19 vaccinations. We thought them absurd. Read more
Only a dad, with a tired face, Read more
Friday, June 18, 2021
Credit U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen with sticking to a worthy objective. She has been working for years now to see that America pays back at least some of the Afghan citizens who risked their lives to help the U.S. in their country. Read more
The latest wrong thing being done in Washington is the Biden administration decision this week to help biological men invade the world of women’s sports. Read more
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
The City of Nashua made news, and noise, in a couple of respects last week. One had the local politicians in an uproar because a tax cap protecting citizens was reinstated by the Legislature. The other had some citizens, and police, concerned about letting City Hall, rather than Concord, dec… Read more
Friday, June 18, 2021
Credit U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen with sticking to a worthy objective. She has been working for years now to see that America pays back at least some of the Afghan citizens who risked their lives to help the U.S. in their country.
The latest wrong thing being done in Washington is the Biden administration decision this week to help biological men invade the world of women’s sports.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
The City of Nashua made news, and noise, in a couple of respects last week. One had the local politicians in an uproar because a tax cap protecting citizens was reinstated by the Legislature. The other had some citizens, and police, concerned about letting City Hall, rather than Concord, dec…
Now that he has gone out on a limb and signed one important bit of legislation, we hope Gov. Chris Sununu can thwart another.
Sunday, June 13, 2021
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic we have maintained that Gov. Chris Sununu handled the emergency superbly. That is why New Hampshire weathered the crisis well relative to most other states. It is also why the voters overwhelmingly returned the young governor to office last November.
- Letter: Most outrageous budget bill in my lifetime
- Letter: Children raised without fathers endure disparities
- Letter: Referendum is all Nashua needs for budget cap
- Letter: Truth-telling about atrocities committed by Americans
- Letter: Why are alderman high-fiving for passing this budget?
- Letter: Sullivan will clean up Manchester
- Letter: Abortion limits out of whack for 'Live free or die' state
- Letter: One-size-fits all ban on abortions wrong for NH
- Letter: Fair elections are what makes America great
- Letter: 'Trumplicans' have abandoned conservative values
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Friday, June 18, 2021
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Sunday, June 13, 2021
Friday, June 18, 2021
Credit U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen with sticking to a worthy objective. She has been working for years now to see that America pays back at least some of the Afghan citizens who risked their lives to help the U.S. in their country.
The latest wrong thing being done in Washington is the Biden administration decision this week to help biological men invade the world of women’s sports.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
The City of Nashua made news, and noise, in a couple of respects last week. One had the local politicians in an uproar because a tax cap protecting citizens was reinstated by the Legislature. The other had some citizens, and police, concerned about letting City Hall, rather than Concord, dec…
Now that he has gone out on a limb and signed one important bit of legislation, we hope Gov. Chris Sununu can thwart another.
Sunday, June 13, 2021
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic we have maintained that Gov. Chris Sununu handled the emergency superbly. That is why New Hampshire weathered the crisis well relative to most other states. It is also why the voters overwhelmingly returned the young governor to office last November.