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Friday, August 14, 2020
Endorsement of Biden would be historic
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Don’t be fooled by hype, Biden supports police
Predictive policing can’t be fixed, so should go
Pandemic silver lining is more rural broadband
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Skip school Fridays to fight climate change
Trump stimulus decree was an empty gesture
To the Editor: Gov. Chris Sununu’s decision to divert 1.5 million CARES Act dollars to non-public schools leaves thousands of New Hampshire students in educational peril. Public schools need adequate funds to ensure the educational rights and protections for New Hampshire’s homeless students.
To the Editor: For the past two or three decades, American women have served with distinction at all levels in politics and government as governors, senators, congresswomen and cabinet members. Yet, now, if they are not women of color it appears that in the present super-charged atmosphere, …
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Ban Bike Week 2020 to bar spread of COVID-19
Stop whining, follow the rules that keep us safe
Nov. is when America can redeem democracy
Democrat bosses doing little for Cheshire County
Monday, August 10, 2020
The best candidate you’ve never heard of
Chorus selling Trump is in lockstep and wrong
Sunday, August 09, 2020
Trump has plagued Granite State Latinos
Columns
Friday, August 14, 2020
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Friday, August 07, 2020
Wednesday, August 05, 2020
Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate. Perhaps he was confused again.
Usually the site of masked characters on motorcycles would conjure images of rogue biker gangs as portrayed in grindhouse cinema. This year we hope many visitors enjoying a delayed and modified motorcycle week in Laconia will adopt the mask as a new piece of motorcycle safety equipment. Read more
A state commission studying police in New Hampshire believes that the question of police as school resource officers should be made at the local level. That’s a good recommendation. We think most school districts would be wise to maintain those positions. Read more
Editorials
A story that ran as part of our “What’s Working” series by Mike Cousineau this week revealed an interesting fact about the “enhanced unemployment” that was offered as part of the federal coronavirus relief package. The interesting fact was that the federal unemployment enhancement resulted i…
We have a bone to pick with the Manchester City Clerk’s office. Judging from recent personal experience, Clerk Matt Normand’s staff is much too pleasant as well as efficient to be representing the public sector. People are going to get the wrong idea.
It is almost as if the teachers union’s press release had been written in advance. We wouldn’t be at all surprised, in fact, if it had.
On August 29 and 30, Massachusetts will celebrate its annual “sales tax holiday.” For one weekend a year the Bay State generously allows their citizens to buy products without giving the state government more of their money.
We recently received a note from a staffer representing a member of our federal delegation. It appears that a recent item they had sent us was taking credit for several hundred million dollars in federal spending while the real number was several hundred billion dollars.