It’s a good thing the NH House is self quarantined from the statehouse because Grafton Dist 12 Democrat Garrett Muscatel is missing in action. Well, not missing so much as not residing at his “home address.” The one from which he ran for office in New Hampshire. That would be his ‘Dorm’ at Dartmouth.
As Lockdown Lingers, Legislators’ Frustrations Begin to Mount – via NHJournal
Via NHJournal – by Christopher Maidment As Gov. Chris Sununu’s business lockdown approaches Day 50, the state legislature also remains closed for business. While Republican Gov. Sununu has been receiving high marks in polls for his handling of the crisis, Republican legislators are frustrated they’re being left out of the process. Unlike the business sector, … Read more
GrokPOLL Results – Pick a NH US Senate Candidate to Win the Race in November
New Hampshire has an election for US Senate this fall. Democrat Jeanne Shaheen has warmed the seat since she won in 2008. Three other candidates are working to replace her this November. We asked our readers which of the four candidates they’d like to see win? Here are the results.
Op-Ed – Applying lessons of remote instruction when we go back to school
I recently spoke to a pair of high school juniors with very different perspectives on remote instruction.
Leslie (not her real name) was committed to keeping a strict schedule when schools shifted to remote instruction in April.
Hey, New Hampshire, Do you want two more months of lockdown?
Thank you to everyone who showed up at our Rally to Live Free last Saturday, May 2. We had a great event, with at least 500 people delivering the 5,300 petitions we signed to the governor. Unfortunately, the governor isn’t listening yet. We will need to keep up the pressure, and in fact, we will need to turn it up a notch, or ten.
“The state telling you what you can and can’t do isn’t about health”
When the state tells you it’s safe to go to The Home Depot to buy a sponge but it’s too dangerous to go to a florist and buy flowers — it’s not about your health.
When the state shuts down millions of private businesses but doesn’t lay off a single government employee — it’s not about your health.
Poll Results – How Soon Should We Open New Hampshire?
We’re back in the poll business, and for our first poll, we asked the question on everyone’s mind. How soon should we reopen New Hampshire? We asked you answered, and here are the results.
Governor Sununu, You Have Some Splainin’ To Do!
Just as when Ricky Riccardo told Lucy she had some splainin to do when she made a mess of things (way back when in the “I Love Lucy” TV series), Governor Sununu also has some splainin to do (as well as his advisors) for the mess they have put NH in. Their policies are killing … Read more
GrokPOLL : How Soon Should We Re-Open New Hampshire?
If you ask the folks around here, when should we open New Hampshire, many of them will say, no one had the authority to “close it.” That’s true, but we don’t live there, we live here. And while His Excellency has a plan to slow roll us back, not everyone agrees that’s the best way.
Civil Disobedience – Salon Owner Fined and Jailed for Opening Business, Lieutenant Governor Offers to Pay Fine and Serve Her Time
The illegal stay-at-home Executive Orders by governors across America ignore the fundamental foundation of our Country: Freedom! Two American Heroes committed civil disobedience to oppose Government Tyranny; Texas salon owner Shelley Luthor and (surprisingly) Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. While it’s important to keep at-risk people safe from Covid-19 (over 60 and/or with pre-existing conditions), … Read more
Budget Blowout: Why States are Asking for a Federal Bailout
At Noon Today Join Americans For Prosperity for an in-depth look at why high spending states are asking for a federal bailout and how they got there: The massive impact of COVID-19 has made legislators in DC more friendly than usual to the idea of gargantuan federal spending – and it’s no surprise that some … Read more
What did UNH Do with that Million Dollars from the Feds to Create Another Bias Awareness Guide?
While researching the post on the potential for Chinese influence at UNH I stumbled over an article about some National Science Funding that I wrote a few years ago. The University of New Hampshire received $999,752 to “create a “bias awareness guide and intervention tool.”
ReopenNH Rally Delivers Petitions to Governor – Lots of Pictures!
Recent studies have shown original concerns regarding the coronavirus were way overblown, and that the mortality rate is equivalent to the seasonal flu. But the Governor continues to ignore factual data based on reputable studies and instead double down by continuing to make irrational, emotional decisions based on models that were wildly wrong and thoroughly … Read more
Guns, Libs, and Truth Bombs
I’ve said this before but probably not recently. It relates to one of the primary reasons why Democrats hate private gun ownership. Or, at least my armchair psychology opinion on the matter. A theory based on years of observations.
Marriage, moms and dads, never mattered more.
Children need their moms and dads, especially in times of crisis. Sadly, marriage rates fell by 6% in 2018, dropping to the lowest rates since the US started measuring that rate in 1867, according to the Center for Disease Control. Why should we care? Well, marriage as an exclusive, life-long relationship between one man and … Read more
Bloody Kansas Redux
The State of Kansas has an election law requiring documentary proof of citizenship (“DPOC”) for voter registration. Why is this issue important to us in New Hampshire? NH law, RSA 654:1, makes being a citizen of the US one of the essential qualifications for registration to vote. This past Wednesday, April 29, the federal Court … Read more
Op-Ed – I Implore you, Governor Sununu, OPEN NH!
Two nights ago I walked into my bedroom to find my 16-year-old daughter sitting cross-legged, hunched over on my bed, tears running down her pale face, sobs coming out of her mouth. She doesn’t want to go on with school work, communicating, or with life in general.
Stories of the NH Shutdown’s Unintended Consequences
At ReopenNH.com, they have added a page called stories. People around the state have been submitting content. These stories are about the unintended consequences of the political will used against them in response to COVID-19.
Op-Ed: Those at Risk Should Take Caution, As for The Other 98% of the Population…
Every day in the US 8,000 people die (on average) due to normal everyday life – having nothing to do with the Coronavirus. It’s just a fact of 300 million population and an 80-year life span. This means that during the past two months of economic shutdown nearly 500,000 people have died.
Have we lost our sense of proportion?
Late one evening years ago, I stepped outside and was greeted by a police officer kneeling beside his car with his gun drawn. He told me to get back in the house, and I complied with his excellent suggestion. This was a real emergency. I learned later that one of my neighbors was unwell and had brandished a gun.