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What Then, Is the Purpose of Public Education?

December 17, 2025January 12, 2024 Mike Belcher

With the recent court decisions, we need a bit of analysis on NH education funding and recent (and historic) NH Supreme Court decisions regarding the NH Constitution. First, why is it said that we must fund public education in New Hampshire at the state level? The answer is that a supreme court ruling interpreted the NH … Read more

Bear Pond Conservative Chronicles: What Will We Do With Maine When The Democrats Are Done

July 15, 2024January 12, 2024 Ray Cardello

Maine is a vast and beautiful state. From its rocky coast to its wooded core sprinkled with lakes and ponds. From its quaint fishing ports to its mountains and ski areas. From its majestic finger region to the remote northern border. Maine is a beautiful and proud state.

The Martyrs and Heroes of New Hampshire’s Right-to-Know Law

January 12, 2024 Laurie Ortolano

I have been involved with Right-to-Know litigation in the City of Nashua for four years now, and the experiences have left me with a story to tell. How does a citizen bring an RTK case to court? Realistically, you have to represent yourself and file pro se.

Inevitable Trump Win Won’t “Taint” New Hampshire’s Primary …

January 11, 2024 Op-Ed

I just read Rep. Mike Moffett’s (R) recent Op-Ed in the New Hampshire Journal regarding New Hampshire’s First in the Nation primary (FITN). I found his article a little disingenuous.

Being Called A MAGA Republican Upset Me, Now It Angers Me

January 11, 2024 Ray Cardello

I can turn the other cheek without thoughts of retaliation. I have tough skin and can handle your insults without comebacks. But I have lost patience when a man has focused the entirety of his energy on destroying our great country and continues to denigrate Donald Trump and the MAGA movement as being on the same level as the KKK and Nazi Germany.

We Need to Take Control Of Our Land and Water Back from the EPA

January 11, 2024 Op-Ed

Going back to 2017, there was a Senate Bill (SB121) that created a Study Commission, chaired by Senator Jeb Bradley, to look at having NH assume responsibility for portions of the federal Clean Water Act. If it had occurred, this would have removed regulatory authority from EPA Region I and bestowed it to NH DES Staff in Concord.

Your NH State House (1-11-2024)

January 12, 2025January 11, 2024 Carol McGuire

This year started with two days of session to consider all the bills held over from last year. As usual, the consent calendar of 146 non-controversial bills passed on a voice vote, after five were removed. Those bills would be considered individually at the end of the session. A great many of these bills were … Read more

Night Cap: Legislator Proposes Semi-Auto ‘Assault’ Firearm Ban…

January 10, 2024 Op-Ed

A Putney lawmaker and three other Democrats have introduced a bill that would ban possession of ‘semi-automatic assault weapons.’ Under H582, police and soldiers would be exempt.

Houseplants? Is The Family Dog Next

January 10, 2024 Ray Cardello

Okay, these Greenies have to get themselves a hobby. I have no idea what their endgame is, but all of us moving back into caves might be a good guess. But don’t even think about starting a campfire to cook or keep warm. No fire is allowed in the Green Utopia.

The Union Leader Wouldn’t Publish My Op-Ed, So Here It Is!

January 10, 2024 Op-Ed

For my friends in New Hampshire, you all recognize the New Hampshire Union Leader as a demagogue in the Left-leaning (fake news) media, supposedly representing all NH readers and voters. To my friends around the country and the world, the NH Union Leader used to be a respectable, somewhat conservative-leaning newspaper that wasn’t afraid to publish opposing Liberal views.

Night Cap: Biden Spending Off the Rails?

January 9, 2024 John Klar

The White House announced earlier this month multi-billion dollar spending on a high-speed rail system for the nation. But President Joe Biden has already participated in a project with this exact promise – without delivering results. Indeed, some of the Barack Obama-Biden rail projects have been abandoned; most have run over projected costs.

Unravelling of the Armed Forces – Part Two

January 9, 2024 Op-Ed

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any worse, the Department of Defense surprised me once again—this time involved General Austin in his role as Secretary of Defense. He checked himself into Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he was placed in the Intensive Care Unit for a week and never told anyone, while his staff lied about it.

Republicans in NH: Be Warned!

January 9, 2024 Op-Ed

In today’s Townhall.com Tip Sheet, there is an article by Sarah Arnold entitled, “DNC Turns Its Back on the New Hampshire Democrat Party.” The crux of the article is a recent letter sent by the DNC to Ray Buckley, informing him that the Democrat NH Primary will not be recognized as a delegate selection event.

The Pattern of Selective Silence

November 11, 2024January 9, 2024 Julie Smith

So I’ve been told that nut job gun hater Rep. Meuse was the one who assaulted Rep. Jonah Wheeler for his departure from the “enemy camp plantation” by voting for a ban on gender reassignment for minors. I’m hoping security camera footage is easily available to see for myself.

Vermont Surpasses 2022, With 27 Homicides in 2023

July 16, 2024January 9, 2024 Steve MacDonald

With all this talk about common sense manifesting as legislation and law, you’d think Vermont would have gotten a handle on its rising homicide rate. Last year, they had 25, unprecedented for that tiny state in our big modern era, but a few more progressive laws later, and it’s up to 27 in 2023.

Restore Trust … in Elections

January 8, 2024 Op-Ed

Let’s talk about an important piece of legislation coming up in committee this week. It is House Resolution 25, scheduled for a public hearing in Legislative Administration on Wednesday, January 10, at 10 am, in the Legislative Office Building, Room 301-303. Here is a cliff notes version.

Bananas Exclusive: Gay Resignation Letter

January 8, 2024 Johnny Bananas (Fake News Reporter!)

Dear Members of the Harvard Community,

Four score and seven semesters ago, our board brought forth on this great campus a new leader conceived in equity and dedicated to the proposition that all women are to be believed – unless they are black, apparently.

State Senator Does His Best to Paraphrase Principal Skinner’s “No, it’s The Children Who Are Wrong”

January 8, 2024 Rob Roper

The first meeting of the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee in 2024 consisted of a round-robin series of members sharing their priorities and wish lists for the new session.

Night Cap: Who Trusts the WHO?

January 8, 2024January 7, 2024 John Klar

The WHO (World Health Organization) took center stage during the COVID pandemic as the global coordinator of effective response. Questions about the organization’s proper role – and competence – preceded and now survive the COVID-19 crisis. Was the WHO effective and apolitical in its response, and can it be trusted with its global medical preeminence?