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Steve MacDonald

Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, blogger, and a member of the Board of directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the Managing Editor and co-owner of GraniteGrok.com, a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, and a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

America’s Pension Crisis part 2

ICYMI – part two of our interview with Lawrence J. McQuillan, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation at the Independent Institute and author of CALIFORNIA DREAMING: Lessons on How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis. (originally aired July 18th, 2015) “In California Dreaming, McQuillan provides a beautiful case study of the way …

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GrokTALK! August 8th, 2015

This week we are joined by David Bozell from ForAmerica with post-debate analysis. Jane Cormier from NHRTL has an update on their court case. Susan Olsen guest hosts, and we do a 15 minute dual-broadcast on WCRN with Pete Ingemi. Follow us on YouTube, USTREAM, Facebook, and Twitter …and take us with you on iTunes, iHeart Radio, …

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Turns Out The PA AG Who Dropped A Bribery Case Against Fellow Dems in 2014 Is Corrupt.

Remember Pennsylvania’s Democrat Attorney General, Kathleen Kane? She abandoned a slam-dunk bribery sting that netted local Democrats, because they were Democrats silly. (also here) Well!? HotAir! First she blamed racism because the five videotaped Democrats were black. Then she blamed a “Good Ol’ Boys club” out to get her because she is a woman. Then she threatened …

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The most important thing that the Republicans need to do in order to win is …

Mark Steyn on Hugh Hewitt, talking about Republicans and debates. The most important thing that the Republicans need to do in order to win is to challenge Democrat liberal assumptions as the default lever in which political discourse in this country is conducted. So if you’re not flinging back ‘war on women’ in their face, …

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Victims of Circumstance

Theodore Dalrymple | City Journal The word “fell” denies agency to the young men, as if they had no choice in the matter. They were victims of circumstance by virtue of their membership of a minority, for minorities are by definition victims without agency. There is a strange parallel here with how heroin addicts explained …

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America’s Pension Crisis

In this segment we are joined by Lawrence J. McQuillan, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation at the Independent Institute and author of  CALIFORNIA DREAMING: Lessons on How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis. “In California Dreaming, McQuillan provides a beautiful case study of the way politics operates to produce public pension …

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Tomorrow on GrokTALK! August 8th, 2015

This week on GrokTALK! August 8th, 2015, (9am to 11am EDT) David Bozell from ForAmerica is back with post Republican debate analysis. Jane Cormier has an update on NHRTL’s Supreme Court Case. And Guest Host Susan Olsen joins us Plus commentary on local news, politics, and culture you could only get from the bloggers at GraniteGrok.com – And maybe…a …

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