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Thought-provoking article by Frank Luntz in the Washington Post.  I’ll link here, but you may need to register to access.  Below are some excerpts, and my comments.

An editorial in today’s Union Leader praises Governor Lynch because "he had the guts to cut education spending at a time when that was considered politically unthinkable." Lynch’s "plan," however, does no such thing.  It increases education spending across the board by five percent over last year’s spending.  Repeat after me, Joe. W., a reduction in [ Read more ]

The State Senate yesterday passed a bill to ban smoking in bars and restaurants.  I find smoking disgusting, but what about the principle that private property is, well, private?  Apparently, the seven Republicans who voted against  the bill offered several amendments designed to point out that the Democrats were being unprincipled.  "If we’re not prepared to protect seniors [ Read more ]

According to Sea-Porter, she has the moral authority to opine on the Iraq war, but Fergus Cullen does not, because she is a "military spouse," but Fergus has not served either directly or through transitivity as Shea-Porter did. But wouldn’t that give George W. Bush, who served, albeit not in combat, more moral authority than Shea-Porter?  [ Read more ]

Check out this at the far-left website "Blue-Hampshire":  "Given that the Union Leader and the Republican Party have already begun their smear campaign toward Carol Shea-Porter, I am encouraging folks to attend her "Report Home" event at St. A’s Institute of Politics, Goffstown NH.  Let’s show Carol that we are behind her, and that one of [ Read more ]

The "joint legislative task force" charged with developing a definition of an adeqaute education was in Manchester last night.  Here are some of the gems of wisdom the speakers provided: "Education cannot be "adequate" unless it considers the needs of the individual child — and also includes kindergarten for all, provides curriculum for gifted students, [ Read more ]