I’m old enough to remember the days when the proprietor of a restaurant got to decide whether smoking would be allowed in his establishment, and how to manage the co-existence of both smokers and non-smokers. In many cases, a restaurant would be divided into two sections: Smoking and Non-Smoking. Upon entering (or making a reservation), a customer would declare his preference, and be seated accordingly.
Ginsberg Must be Replaced Before the Election ‘cuz Democrats
If there was any illusion left that judges and Justices are expected to be a-political, Ruth Bader Ginsberg just wrecked it. Her passing, while tragic, follows in the wake of words with which we soon will grow weary of hearing. “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”
Notable Quote – one important basis of Freedom is the Right to Private Property
The essential teaching of liberalism is that social coöperation and the division of labor can be achieved only in a system of private ownership of the means of production, i.e., within a market society, or capitalism. All the other principles of liberalism – democracy, personal freedom of the individual, freedom of speech and of the … Read more
Data Point – At what point does the rest of the financial world go “no mas”?
The US Dollar is the currency of the world and has been for quite some time. Thus far, it has maintained that status even as our rivals (the EU to a degree; Russia and especially China) have tried a number of schemes to usurp that status. But as the US continues to borrow more and … Read more
Secretary of State’s office impedes candidate contact with absentee ballot voters.
Most candidates for public office in New Hampshire know that for a small fee they can obtain a complete list of all registered voters in their town providing names and addresses and party registrations. These are usually provided in electronic format such as Excel so that contacts by mail can be processed efficiently and inexpensively. … Read more
Cities & Towns in New Hampshire Have NO Legal Authority to Mandate Masks
I covered this in a post ridiculing a Superior Court decision upholding Nashua’s mask mandate, but with more and more municipalities passing or considering mask-mandates, I decided the topic was worthy of its own post. Let’s start with the principle that New Hampshire is NOT a “home rule” State. That means, as the New Hampshire … Read more
Black Lives Matter – BLM Leaders Saying what they Really Are
When the real “peaceful protests” started to not be peaceful at all, and when you couldn’t tell the BLM rioters from the Antifa ones, we shouldn’t have been surprised. I try to take people at their word when they are saying something “important” (as opposed to noticeably just joking around).
Breaking: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsberg has passed at 87
We pass our condolences to Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s family at this announcement of her death from her latest bout of pancreatic cancer. She had said that she would serve for as long as she was productive and then and ONLY then, retire.
Drug-Addicted Mothers Deserve Better than Abortion
Thursday, First Lady Melania Trump visited the unit at Concord Hospital for babies born suffering from drug withdrawal. The program keeps the mothers and newborns together and they provide alternate therapies for the babies as well as medical treatment. They also provide care for the mothers’ substance abuse.
Pennsylvania Court Orders That Democrats Can Engage in Three-Days of Post-Election Voting … Is New Hampshire Next?
So I came across a Politico article via RealClearPolitics titled Pennsylvania Supreme Court extends state’s mail ballot deadline. Ballots with a pre-election postmark MUST now be accepted up to three days after the election. But pre-election postmark does NOT mean what you think it means. Ballots that bear NO postmark are assumed to be pre-election … Read more
A September Surge in Coronavirus in N.H. Finds no Surge in the Disease
There was big coronavirus news for New Hampshire this week, and most of the media missed it. At his Thursday press conference, Gov. Chris Sununu displayed a graphic (pictured below) showing that the average number of coronavirus tests per day has more than doubled since mid-August.
Some Money Should Follow Some Students
When discussing school choice, a phrase you hear a lot is some version of ‘the money should follow the student’ (as opposed to being allocated to a school). This is often followed by assurances that not every family will take advantage of whatever program is being proposed, so it won’t lead to the destruction of the public school system.
Joe Biden Returns to Old Lies and the Media Lets Him Get Away with It
Joe Biden had run for president before and failed miserably each time (less than 4% of the primary vote). He would have failed this time, too, except that he was the only mule (or donkey) the Dems could sell as something other than an insane Marxist sympathizer.
DISQUS Doodlings – Just Putting Republicans into Those Seats is Insufficient
Sigh. Once again, we see an instance of what I call the Republican Republicans’ for the Sake of the Republican Party (“RRftSofRP”). I don’t consider myself the brightest bulb in the lot; just an ordinary schlub from Central New Hampsha.
New Hampshire Needs to Repeal this Now Unconstitutional Remnant of Anti-Religious Bigotry
In part one, A Landmark Supreme Court Decision Relating to School Choice and Education Freedom – I discussed several U.S. Supreme Court cases leading up to the recent Espinoza v Montana Department of Revenue.
Boston Sports, Brady, Belichick, NFL, Protests, Trump, and Anarchy
The NFL is taking a ratings hit. Fans are tired of well-paid players gifted with the American Experiment’s rewards, siding with Marxist cop-killing homewreckers (BLM). And while not everyone who suits up agrees or makes millions, the averages are above average.
If You are That Scared Stay Home – We Can Run the World Without You
Nothing says police state quite like neighbors or customers snitching to the local constabulary about this or that perceived slight. In the age of COVID, this manifests as a failure to adequately mask or distance or some other fear-mongered incidentals such as OCD-like purification rituals improperly performed.
Joe Biden’s Promise to Defund Charter Schools
America is beginning to see a clearer picture of what Biden’s America would look like. Going to Leftist policies means less choice, and it certainly means higher taxes. We’ll pay more and get less. But we will all be the same whether we are or aren’t.
COVID vs. FLU … Children Ages 0 – 17.
This: So why are New Hampshire public schools taking more precautions for COVID, which kills far less school-age children than the seasonal flu, than for the seasonal flu? Rhetorical question, of course. Sununu is fully invested in COVID-hysteria (he even has an ad talking about how he is ready for a “second wave”). And Dan … Read more
NH GOP Amos Tuck Reception – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem
Gov. Noem used to be US Representative Kristi Noem but returned home and won election as Governor. She became famous in Conservative Republican circles for her handling of this COVID-19 pandemic for doing EXACTLY opposite what most other Governors were doing – basing her governance on Constitutional values: