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Sam Farrington is an NH State Rep for Strafford County District 8, serving his first term. He’s also a member of the Committee on Finance. He’s best known for HB1793, prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of firearms and non-lethal weapons on campus. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own … Read more
Most people are at least vaguely familiar with the behaviorist BF Skinner. If not, he can be looked up. Decades after Pavlov founded CLASSICAL conditioning using dogs(more canine talk in a moment) as his subjects, Skinner founded OPERANT conditioning using other animals, mainly mice. In a nutshell, operant conditioning is behavior modification based on CONTINGENCY, … Read more
Republican Governors in New Hampshire like to veto bills that have anything to do with men in women’s safe spaces unless it’s to pass a law allowing it. That was Chris Sununu. HB1319. A bill we were more or less told he’d never sign. Three years later, Sununu would be crowned the Sun-King for his … Read more
Youth mental health has become one of the defining public policy concerns of our time. Anxiety, depression, isolation, and behavioral struggles among children and teenagers are rising, and families across New Hampshire are searching for answers. Governor Kelly Ayotte recently addressed the issue by criticizing Anthem Insurance for not covering certain mental health services for … Read more
Effective this week, I have tweaked the podcast programming/schedule. I have tried to deliver some local content every night of the week, but a few changes are in order. I like providing an outlet for that material, but if my readers and viewers aren’t interested, I’m obligated to replace it with content they do want. … Read more
The Dems’ establishment meat puppet to replace the retiring meat puppet (Jeanne Shaheen) is Chris Sock-Puppet Pappas. If elected, he will resume the pointless exercise of serving as one of Washington, DC’s ambassadors to New Hampshire. Another Democrat, “from” a region of the nation with plenty of Republicans but none in Congress. Sock Puppet Pappas … Read more
A companion piece to Doris Hohensee’s “When Public Meetings Become Police Operations” — GraniteGrok, May 2026 Doris Hohensee’s recent GraniteGrok piece is a must-read account of how nine ordinary New Hampshire citizens were wrongfully arrested at a public Executive Council meeting in October 2021 and then spent the better part of two years navigating a … Read more
I heard a loud truck outside, looked out the window, saw it was a septic tank truck, and immediately took cover. I closed all the windows and warned a neighbor down the street to do the same. She replied, saying they’re servicing ALL the septic tanks in the neighborhood, which was a surprise because I … Read more
The EdOpt Fair in Goffstown is taking place Wednesday, May 13! Katy Ann Myers from the Goffstown Homeschool Community and I worked closely to make this happen. What a ball of positive energy she is! Come join us and meet this wide range of providers: Don’t forget to stop by the EdOpt table if you … Read more
Make sure UNH property lines don’t trip you up. URGENT ACTION ALERT: Critical Firearms Votes This Week in the NH House and Senate – Demand No-Compromise Campus Carry and Strong 2A Protections! Fellow Granite Staters and Second Amendment Supporters, The New Hampshire Firearms Coalition is issuing this urgent alert regarding key bills facing votes this week (May … Read more
Are property taxes too high? The overwhelming majority of taxpayers apparently don’t think so. If taxes were too high, wouldn’t voters demand tax cuts and/or replace big-spending officials? Property taxes are almost entirely driven by local spending, which local politicians propose and voters approve. I’m familiar with Meredith and the InterLakes School District, … Read more
Four months ago, I published a piece detailing how St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, NH, had been captured by the trans agenda. I shared their videos promoting the trans agenda, their T-shirts promoting the trans agenda, their medical records system that requires patients to fill in nonsensical fields like “Sex Assigned at Birth” and “Gender … Read more
Remote work, flex time, and independent contracting have reshaped the American workforce, creating new opportunities for both employers and employees. But in some states, including New Hampshire, outdated labor laws create obstacles to innovation, lost opportunities for employees, and unnecessary costs for employers. To modernize New Hampshire labor laws, legislators are addressing two outdated statutory … Read more
In this installment of The Granite Discourse, Melissa Bailey is a NH native who spent over a decade in the private sector as a financial auditor before stepping away to raise her children. She is running for Congress as a Republican in NH CD-1. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent … Read more
In January 2025, Dr. Frances Lim-Liberty and Jessica Smith of Dartmouth Health Children’s, and Harvey Feldman, a female-to-male therapist, opened a pediatric gender clinic named Granite Pride New Hampshire in Concord, NH, in Suite 3 at 5 Warren Street, above Margarita’s. Dr. Lim-Liberty’s day job is being the Medical Director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Transgender Program at Dartmouth … Read more
After attending the online Zoom Grafton County Commissioners’ Meetings every Tuesday morning for the last year and a half, I have come to learn much about County goings-on. In turn, I feel I must alert Grafton County residents and taxpayers of important upcoming monetary decisions. And you thought Paul Revere died in Boston on May 10, 1818?! … Read more
On October 13, 2021, NH State police arrested nine members of the public during a regularly scheduled open public meeting of the NH Executive Council with Governor Sununu. To put this in perspective, the event occurred during the Covid “emergency” shutdown of the state, during which time Governor Sununu, acting as Emperor, issued 90 Emergency Orders, which … Read more
Tragically, Alice Giordano’s devastating experience with NH Family Court is hardly an exception. For most people, family court is the most important court they will ever face. Criminals are tried in courts where they have Constitutional rights and where 12 people deliberate their fate. But a victim of domestic abuse in family court has no … Read more
New Hampshire public school enrollment continues to decline at a faster rate than teacher employment, a Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy analysis of state data shows. Over the last 15 years, public schools in New Hampshire lost students at nearly three times the rate at which they lost teachers. From the 2011-2012 school year … Read more
Before I get into discussing the recommended hairstyle for Comrade Rep Laura Telerski, a hat tip to Beth Scaer and username “Progressive New England,” who tweeted about the style of interest I am proposing. Both of them inspired the creativity for this article. Beth and I often ridicule the appearances of various members of the … Read more