Call Them Nazi’s – That’ll Stop ‘Em!

Local politics is fun.  Heavy emphasis on the sarcasm, really heavy.  A letter to the editor in tomorrow’s Monadnock Ledger-Transcript (sound familiar?) likens me and my petition to Abolish the Planning Board to nazi governance. Clever! Funny though, that the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript’s policy on LTE’s requires that they be of “general interest and in good … Read more

Portsmouth Bans Styrofoam?

New Hampshire is a Dillon Rule State, not a Home Rule one.  This means, only the legislature can pass laws, unless they’ve passed a law the ‘enables’ municipalities to create their own.  These must be specific enabling statutes, such as the one that enables planning boards. RSA 673:1 –  “I. Any local legislative body may … Read more

I’ve just been appointed to the SB131 commission to study grandfamilies in New Hampshire

This was unexpected!  I just received this email: From: “Adams, Angela” <Angela.Adams@doe.nh.gov> To: “‘SenateClerkOffice@leg.state.nh.us’” <SenateClerkOffice@leg.state.nh.us> Cc: “‘Skip’” <Skip@granitegrok.com>; “Adams, Angela” <Angela.Adams@doe.nh.gov> Sent: 10/7/2019 1:08:04 PM Subject: Commissioner Edelblut’s designee ~ SB 131, CH 197:1, reestablishing a commission to study grandfamilies in NH Good afternoon, Commissioner Edelblut has selected David “Skip” Murphy to be his designee … Read more

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.

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Shariah versus the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Religions rise and fall

Maybe this will help explain a few things these days. “Somethings happening here, what it is, is exactly clear”………. To almost quote Buffalo Springfield

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