A Simple, But Much Needed, Reform to New Hampshire’s Election Laws

New Hampshire primaries are much too long, while New Hampshire’s general elections are much too short. That’s great if you are an incumbent. For example, Jeanne Shaheen gets to watch Don Bolduc and Corky Messner beat the crap out of each other for one full year … Bolduc announced in July, 2019, while Messner announced … Read more

GrokPoll NHCD-2 Republican Primary

Quick Thought: about that CD-2 Poll that Steve put up

It’s still open until midnight tonite but I am REALLY surprised at the results thus far. As in, ask yourself: “Who the heck is Eli Clemmer???” You can find out more about him in the two links I put in on his name above. Still, until the second to last NH GOP Convention / Annual … Read more

603 Alliance Editorial: It’s Time to Reopen New Hampshire

[The following editorial is presented on behalf of the 603 Alliance Board of Directors.]

New Hampshire’s “stay at home order” was issued on March 16th. Over two months later, we continue to face serious restrictions that limit our ability to earn a living, that restrain our freedom of assembly, and that restrict our right to worship as we see fit.

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Preserving our Constitutional Republic

The latest revelations of the Susan Rice memo to herself in the early stages of the attempted coup against the Trump administration before the President even took office has brought to mind the critical importance of the necessity of not only re-electing the President but also maintaining, and perhaps increasing, control of the US Senate. … Read more

CA Gov. Newsom pulls a Washington Monument Syndrome moment

The “Washington Monument strategy” is named after a tactic used by the National Park Service to threaten closure of the popular Washington Monument when lawmakers proposed serious cuts in spending on parks. Roll Call calls it “an old legislative ploy where an agency threatens to close popular services first.” (H/T: Political Dictionary). And Gov. Gavin Newsom … Read more

Tax, or commission?

How does a tax rate get set? For example, what makes the top federal income tax rate 37 percent, instead of 70 percent (as it was when I graduated high school), or 91 percent (as it was when I was born), or any other percentage? The basic idea is that the government wants to set a rate that maximizes revenues.

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How Deadly is Covid?

Data Point – COVID-19 Adult Testing and Rolling Positive Average

Notice the two weeks of increased testing: the curve has been broken.  Past performance is no harbinger of the future but it looks like that the first goalpost has been met. Nice to see that the increased testing has not gone hand in hand with a large number of positive testing. It is increasingly clear … Read more

Terrorism

The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations defines terrorism as: The unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives. The more you look at our own government’s response to the COVID-19 virus, the better it … Read more

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