Representative Ann Kuster has been doing a lot of lamenting on her Facebook page (of late) about the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and its lack of passage. A problem she has been putting squarely in the president’s lap.
Op-Ed
The Truth on the NH Budget and Planned Parenthood Spending
We’ve heard a good deal of applause in the wake of the passing of the state budget and taxpayer replacement of “lost” Title X funds. Examples are recent columns by Dunlap, Leach, and Vidunas in the Concord Monitor and Senator Rosenwald in the Union Leader.
Tangerine Man
NH State Rep Mac Kittredge (R-Rochester) is also known as “The Rusty Poet” and submitted this for publication a while ago. My apologies for being late with it!
Edelblut, Cline Statements on Vote to Delay Learn Everywhere – Status Quo isn’t working for many NH students
Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut issued the following statement in response to the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules (JLCAR) voting along party lines to object to Learn Everywhere, stalling the innovative program that the Legislature last year directed the Department of Education to establish:
Revisiting Educator Credentials
Developments in the Concord School District over the last several weeks have put a spotlight on a number of things, including New Hampshire’s educator credentialing.
Rent Control Rhetoric vs. Reality
Last November, Ontario’s government scrapped rent controls for new rental properties. Activists called it class warfare against low-income renters and predicted huge rises in rents.
Op-ED: Using Tech effectively in New Hampshire schools
To screen or not to screen? That is the question facing parents and educators across the country.
Digital technology has opened up new possibilities in teaching, as well as so many other areas of modern life. But new research finds that too much screen time can hinder a child’s educational development.
Let’s Bring Common Sense to Penacook and Concord
Penacook has been overlooked, and as a Marine and a father with a child in the school system, I hope to change that. I have heard that many residents would like a grocery store. One of my top priorities is to streamline the process to help ensure this happens. We can’t allow another good deal … Read more
Cornerstone on Budget Deal: Good News and Bad News For Abortion Funding
New Hampshire’s compromise budget contains good news and bad news for those defending the right to life and conscience rights. Cornerstone applauds the decision to block direct funding of abortion, and at the same time denounces the increase in funding to abortion providers masked as “family planning dollars.” Here’s the good news. Pro-life senators and … Read more
Windham – A conversation parents need to have with their teenagers
If social media can influence an election, then maybe it’s time to realize that they can just as easily influence your teenage son or daughter’s behavior. As parents what we don’t often understand is the dark side of technology. Apps today are designed in a way not only subverts parents’ rights. They regularly violate personal … Read more
50 years after start of anti-Seabrook protests, a turn toward nuclear power
By Andrew Cline, Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy If San Francisco tech bro hipsters invented a carbon-free way to generate power 24/7, they would be hailed as saviors of the planet. Though they might yet come up with some use for a venti Matcha Green Tea Frappuccino, the energy technology in question predates them … Read more
Response to Congressman Pappas and Robert Miller’s anti-gun screed
Here we go again. Another round of people displaying their ignorance about firearms while promoting restrictions on them. Robert Miller believes that mass shootings are uniquely American. Please research Norway, Australia, Kenya (2013 & 2015), and France. And, if you’ll allow arson as a valid form of mass murder, check out Kyoto and our own … Read more
Mayor Craig scrambles, deflects, and plagiarizes to fix the problems she has ignored
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 4, 2019 | Manchester, NH – With primary election day just 13 days away, Mayor Craig is in full panic mode. For months and months, she has been relying on incomplete crime data and talking points to claim that all is well in Manchester. She can’t hide from the facts any … Read more
Vetoing the minimum wage hike creates more opportunity for New Hampshire workers
By Sarah Scott In New Hampshire, we have a lot of reasons to be optimistic about the direction our economy is going. Record-low unemployment, record-high workforce participation, record-high revenue from business taxes, and top economic growth in the region make for an environment of opportunity that is lifting Granite Staters up the economic ladder. Gov. … Read more
Planned Parenthood to Taxpayers: Shut Up and Pay. We’ve Got a Business to Run
by Shannon McGinley |
When the federal government got into the family planning business a half-century ago, one thing was agreed upon by all parties, even the people who argued the feds didn’t belong in anyone’s bedroom: funds for family planning were not to be used for abortion.
Congress kicks the can again, but is about to run out of road
By Ross Connolly Congress was set to face a moment of reckoning in September. After years of reckless spending, the government would once again come up against the debt ceiling, meaning the country could no longer borrow to pay for out-of-control expenditures. This could have been a moment to begin getting serious about our mushrooming … Read more
Governor Sununu is correct: “… fiscally responsible and sustainable rate increases” is what New Hampshire needs.
Governor Sununu is correct: “… fiscally responsible and sustainable rate increases” is what New Hampshire needs.
Lakes Region TEA Party – Debate: legalization of cannabis/marijuana
The Lakes Region TEA Party will meet August 21, 2019 at 7 PM at the Moultonborough Library. We will have expert advocates and opponents of legalizing marijuana for recreational use in New Hampshire (HB 481).
SDGA Ballistic Fundraiser
By the School District Governance Association of NH (EventBrite link!) Friendly and fun shooting competition fundraiser to support the School District Governance Association of New Hampshire whose mission is to: “…help school board and budget committee members discover their powers. We hold seminars throughout the year with relevant topics, create model policies, craft and follow … Read more
“The shaming gets harsher and harsher until they wear you down and you give up”
by Karyn Maynard |
It started that if you opposed Obama’s policy it wasn’t because you disagreed with him, you were a racist. Then if you supported the police you were a racist.