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There are a lot of problems with the various reporting mechanisms related (in particular) to COVID. They lied about positive tests, cases, test efficacy, threats, cures, and safety (to name a few), but a new FUBAR has entered the equation. From Steve Kirsh. New Hampshire deserves the credit for vaccinating over 50% more elderly people … Read more
A Case Study In How Not to Govern After eighteen months of attempting to build a governing structure for the Clean Heat Standard, the Public Utilities Commission concluded, “…that this program is not well suited to Vermont.” It’s expensive, complicated, and, as they illustrate over a dozen pages in section X of their report, Problems with … Read more
One of the many problems with EFAs is that they simply continue the Pay-and-Pray paradigm that is at the root of our failing school system. Let’s ask a straightforward question: Under what conditions should we spend tax money on something for which we have no specific, agreed-upon goals (and therefore no way to judge whether … Read more
Governor Scott is set to unveil his proposals for education reform this week, fulfilling campaign promises to lower property taxes which are a direct result of public school spending. But there are powerful special interests that want to keep that money flowing from your pocket to theirs. Chief among them, the Vermont Teacher’s Union, the … Read more
Let’s ask a straightforward question: Why should we spend tax money on education? The New Hampshire Constitution gives one possible answer: Education is essential to the preservation of a free government. The New Hampshire Supreme Court gave an expanded version of this answer: Every educable child should have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge … Read more
From the Women’s Defense League On Thursday, January 30th, beginning at 10:00 AM there will be two gun control bills heard in the New Hampshire Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. The hearing will be in rooms 202-204 in the Legislative Office Building behind the State House. The first bill is really two gun control bills in one as you … Read more
What did we learn from the Universal School Choice HB115 hearing? More importantly, WHY do I, as a Veteran Home Educator and Home Education Advocate in NH, care so much? Well, folks, I’ll tell you. The politics of this thing are ugly. Education Freedom Accounts and “School Choice” are ideas that Republicans nationwide invented in … Read more
The opportunity facing the Republicans is a once in a generation moment similar to the Reagan Presidency. Reagan and Trump were each succeeding two of the worst presidents ever to reside in the White House, with a resounding mandate from the voters. The Left will debate the presence of a mandate because of the relatively … Read more
It’s not often that a nigh-impossible hurdle is overcome… but here we are! President Trump issued a full and unconditional pardon to Ross Ulbricht, thereby keeping his campaign promise made to Libertarians. Righting the wrong of Ross Ulbricht’s over-sentencing is the start of the Rise of Real Crypto, but we must now focus on the … Read more
In 1986, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan was awarded the “Seal Medallion of the Central Intelligence Agency ‘In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments as… a leader in establishing the oversight of intelligence…’” By 1995, on the first day of the first session of the 104th United States Congress, Sen. Moynihan informed his colleagues and the nation … Read more
With New Hampshire’s Legislative season back in full swing, alongside most others, and the inauguration of Donald Trump, there has been an increased interest in sharing opinions. I love this and encourage everyone to keep the electronic “cards and letters” coming. Some checks and donations would be great, too. Free independent journalism, as they say, … Read more
In yesterday’s mail, I received an item with my name and address on a sticker label, and there was no return address, at least not on the envelope. Expecting it to be some routine innocuous solicitation, I opened it and found it to be a hit piece on Terese Bastarche by Bob Burns. Terese is … Read more
Watch live on Tuesday the 28th as we dive into New Hampshire’s failure to protect children. From the Sununu Center and sexual and physical abuse to DCYF and Family Court. But wait, there’s more!
In a time where we need to help parents become even better parents, the Manchester School Board is going in the opposite direction. Today, the New Hampshire Senate Education Committee heard a bill (SB34) to support parental consent for Medicaid billing. In many cases, parents will sign off on Medicaid services, but services can change, … Read more
Donald Trump spent several hours after his swearing-in undoing what damage he could from the Biden regime. Hundreds of actions, from the border to ditching the Paris Climate Agreement and the WHO, opening up fossil fuel energy development and putting the brakes on Wind Farm leases. No new leases will be issued, and those in … Read more
The cartoon aardvark Arthur sang in one memorable episode, “Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card.” Unfortunately, obtaining your children’s library records IS very hard when they have a library card; in fact, it is against the law in New Hampshire and most other states! This law needs to be changed, and … Read more
Nashua’s Treasurer’s deception and omissions regarding Nashua’s trust fund money were on full display at a Special Board of Aldermen (BOA) held last week. Dawn Enwright has 22 years of prior experience working as Nashua’s trust accountant from 2008 to 2012 and she has now returned as the City’s Treasurer and Tax Collector. The BOA … Read more
For the second year in a row, NH Rep. Mike Bordes is the prime sponsor of a bill banning cat declawing, HB201. Related: NH Rep Mike Bordes Wants to Protect Cats but Not Babies Rep. Bordes defended the bill to The Concord Monitor: If your child draws with a crayon on the wall, are you … Read more
The first attempt at spinning the Clean Heat Standard (Act 18) was that it was a “solution” to “global warming” in the thermal sector, hence the name of its mother law, the Global Warming “Solutions” Act. But after bouts of major flooding throughout Vermont made it obvious to everybody that this and programs like it … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2025 CONTACT Ayotte.Press@governor.nh.gov CONCORD, N.H. – Today, Governor Kelly Ayotte sent a letter to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission notifying them that New Hampshire will not comply with new guidelines increasing the minimum size for lobsters caught in the Gulf of Maine. “New Hampshire’s commercial fishing industry is a proud part of … Read more