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Steve MacDonald 
People who claim they don’t like it when other people have guns should not be allowed to use the tax dollars of people they disarm to pay for armed guards. I don’t know; that just seems like a reasonable request to me. Pay for it yourself. I mean, if you are such a gift to … Read more
Two recent themes just collided in what passes for my headspace and blog-space. New York, which attracts attention because I lived there for the younger part of my life. The first thirty years, minus a few. I had the good sense to bail back in 1990, and I’ve lived in New Hampshire for the past … Read more
What makes a Bare Minimum Book different? They’re intentionally short. No filler. No 300-page padding. Each book focuses on a single important idea and follows it wherever it leads. Most people finish one in a sitting — then think about it for days afterward. Four of the current nineteen titles. In July, Granite Grok supporters … Read more
Way back when, GraniteGrok had a digital subscription to the Union Leader. For non-Granite Staters, this is the state’s largest (as in most widely circulated) daily print newspaper. Many years ago, it was the nation’s most conservative daily newspaper, but after William Loeb died, it modernized but didn’t change too much journalistically, not until after … Read more
Are you familiar with the term “offsets”? It is a consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of a contrary one. It is also the amount or distance by which something is “out of line.” For the past forty years, give or take, the word has been used in place of “indulgence.” “A … Read more
One of the foundational points, in my mind, of convincing people you are like everyone else is that you don’t need to ask for or have others advocate for increased taxpayer support for you. Any taxpayer support. Normal means you are a tax benefit, and if you are in Seattle, the normal taxpayer pays lots … Read more
Reminder: Memes are memes and are neither “fact-checked” nor do they (necessarily) represent the opinion of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Read more
One of the many things the angry white liberal women are too blinded by hate to see is that Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions protect minorities. The criminal aliens hide in the immigrant community, where they cause stress and strife, commit crimes, often rape women and children, and do significant harm. And Tren De Argua … Read more
On the fourth Wednesday of every month, I get to spend a few minutes talking to Jeff Chidester on WFEA as part of his morning update. The topic could be almost anything, but this month we settled on the Bathroom conspiracy to keep men out of the ladies’ spaces. We also take a quick trip … Read more
Regular readers know the name Nick Shirley. He went wide with his grassroots guy and a camera on a street investigation of fraud in Minnesota. He’s been at this longer than that, but that made him a name. He then went to California and found even more fraud. It’s gotten so bad even local media … Read more
Reminder: Memes are memes and are neither “fact-checked” nor do they (necessarily) represent the opinion of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Read more
Google, love it, like it, or hate it (or just live with it), dominates the search space. It’s not even close. Google is also Big Tech’s Big Tech, with parent Alphabet clocking in at a market cap of 3.89 trillion, ahead of Apple ($3.81 trillion), Microsoft ($2.85 trillion), and Amazon ($2.58 trillion). NVIDIA is the … Read more
Growing up, I had a friend who actually said the accelerator doesn’t stop at the speed limit. And I’ve known my share of lead-foots. Gotten a speeding ticket or two myself. Never been addicted to speed, though some folks love them some acceleration way over the posted speed limit, while most drive a few over, … Read more
The public school system is a jobs program for progressives. A local “franchise” of the Big Government expansion machine. The one that creates problems so it can grow itself and use your money to pay them to help progressives stay in power. The war on poverty, the war on drugs, every moral call to war … Read more
Reminder: Memes are memes and are neither “fact-checked” nor do they (necessarily) represent the opinion of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got a meme you want us to share? Send it to steve@granitegrok.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Read more
Granite Grok and Bare Minimum Books are teaming up for something special in July. For one month only, supporters of independent NH journalism will be able to receive PDF editions of Ian Underwood’s books as thank-you gifts for supporting GraniteGrok.com. These aren’t corporate-approved “airport books.” They’re short, sharp, outside-the-box explorations of education, economics, culture, politics, … Read more
The progressive industrial complex, by its nature, looks for ways to justify non-productive use of tax dollars. It justifies the creation of institutions (agencies) staffed with people on a taxpayer payroll whose primary interest is almost always keeping their jobs. And what better way than inventing rights you are then obligated to protect. That’s the … Read more
This right here. This is an excellent example of the sort of BS license the Handmaiden media takes with the truth. Adding fuel to the fire is the couple’s purchase of an $8million Malibu pad last December, although sources told the Daily Mail the new home was bought due to security concerns – especially after … Read more
One of the worst things you can do for liberty and human flourishing is to pay your legislature and give them benefits. It’s also not good for tax burden, business and job growth, regulation, education, health care costs, and the list goes on. The moment people become financially dependent on making rules to run other … Read more
The words “Body positivity” is a lot like “climate change.” The climate is always changing, and at certain times in Earth’s four-billion-ish history, it was more or less hostile to life, including ours. These days are no different. I woke up to a sunny forecast and mild temps with no rain predicted, only to find … Read more