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Story Summary The question before the House is not what specialized training the Family Division needs. The question is what specialized training is needed to violate the constitutional rights of families while collecting federal money for doing it. 1. Referee Forrest admitted under oath: “I do not practice law.” Under RSA 490-F:10, referees are not … Read more
The NHCADSV has issued a statement on the Cornell 7 story. How ironic. Please remember that the NHCADSV’s own attorney, David Vicinanzo, successfully petitioned Merrimack County DA/Superior Court to block publication of the Grand Jury Criminal Investigation into St. Paul’s School. Vicinanzo, per RTK emails from the AG’s office, represented multiple parties with conflicting interests, … Read more
Chief of Police (Ret.) Ed Varso, who led his department through the perilous time of the George Floyd riots and through the pandemic, will hold a webinar on October 13th. The topic of conversation: The Hidden Agenda to Abolish the Police. The webinar is sponsored by “Support Your Local Police” (SYLP) New England committee. The strategy … Read more
For Good Reason The word “emergency” doesn’t exist in the Constitution. That means the rules of the Constitution apply whether someone calls it an “emergency” or not. This wasn’t an accident. It was very intentional, and based on the founders’ own warnings, long-forgotten and ignored today. Let politicians have extra power or funding because they … Read more
Alex Chalmers and Rob Wiblin’s “Just bury your trash” challenges a durable assumption of modern environmentalism: that recycling is intrinsically virtuous while landfill represents failure. Their evidence supports a more selective view. Recycling metals often makes excellent sense, and some clean plastics can be worth recovering. But many other materials require more labor, energy, water, … Read more
With the sudden and unexpected collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War in 1989–1991, the U.S. national-security establishment went into a full-blown panic. For some 45 years, the Cold War had been the most lucrative racket in U.S. history. “The Reds are coming!” By inculcating the fear that the commies … Read more
As an Albanian man, I am usually struck by the ease with which so-called “democratic socialists” in America dismiss any criticism of their beloved socio-economic system. When I point out the fact that “real socialism” has been tried, and it has failed miserably everywhere it has been tried, including in my country of origin, Albania, … Read more
“Tyranny can now enter our country,” from one place. Benjamin Rush dropped that warning in 1778 at the height of the War for Independence. But he wasn’t talking about Redcoats. Recognizing the nature of power and humanity, he was giving us a timeless warning about “ourselves” and our own “great men.” The Founders knew the … Read more
Real Clear Wire The United States has embarked on an unprecedented campaign of maritime and financial isolation against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Following the escalation of hostilities in early 2026, Washington deployed a formidable dual-pronged offensive. First, the enforcement of a comprehensive naval blockade by Central Command, initiated in April, effectively sealed the Iranian … Read more
A New York man wanted on a Vermont charge of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child was arrested at the Canadian border last week, Vermont State Police said. Ryan Ouimet, 28, of Averill Park, New York, was taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol at the New York-Canada border at about 6 PM Sept. … Read more
As news outlets report on the resignation of Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald, the focus should be on the appearance of multiple conflicts of interest for his counsel, Jane Young. Jane Young’s representation of MacDonald is ostensibly an interest in representing her own interests on the screening committee of the ADO under the AOC … Read more
Political candidates, both incumbents and hopefuls, are lining up in opposition to Attorney General Charity Clark’s decision to charge the ‘Williston 13’ anti-ICE protesters with trespassing. The protesters pleaded innocent in Vermont Superior Court last week to trespass during a July protest at the ICE National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center in Williston. Clark said … Read more
The democratic socialists are back, and, as always, they’re spouting promises to make things better and more affordable by turning them into public utilities! We are all supposed to be happy that more things will be administered with the enthusiasm and efficiency of the post office or the DMV. However, when the state takes control … Read more
The 1768 Massachusetts Circular Letter. Some people seem to think the Constitution’s framers simply made the whole thing up. “Why should we pay attention to what 55 dead white guys wrote 239 years ago?” they ask. But the framers did not make it all up. The ideas behind the Constitution had been discussed and tested … Read more
We’re all familiar with the Declaration of Independence, but there’s another declaration with a big anniversary this year. In 1996, John Perry Barlow, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (and lyricist for the Grateful Dead), wrote the Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace: “Governments of the Industrial World… You are not welcome among us. You … Read more
According to polls taken in recent years (e.g., Pew Research, Gallup, Data for Progress), a solid majority of Democrats and well over a third of all Americans are in favor of replacing the current healthcare system with a proposal known as “Medicare for All,” where privately owned hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and medical practices would continue … Read more
Though New Hampshire legislators have passed about 30 housing reform bills in the last three years, possibly the biggest reform—lowering minimum lot sizes—has remained elusive. Many legislators have refused to support it because they view it as too controversial. Yet a new St. Anselm College Poll shows that legalizing small homes on small lots is … Read more
The only cure for a corrupted republic? As the man the founders called “the celebrated Montesquieu” told us: “by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles.” Everything else is doomed to fail. “Every other correction,” he warned, “is either useless or a new evil.” In order to get from where things are today to … Read more
The recent $44.6 million dollar overbid contract before the Governor and Executive Council for the replacement of the Cannon Mountain aerial tramway asks a continuing question: Should New Hampshire be in the ski area business? Completed in 1980 and used beyond its design capabilities, the tramway is a centerpiece of a ski area inside a … Read more
I got up and spoke out against former Gordon MacDonald at his Executive Council confirmation hearing. Everyone was running and scrambling to set up their microphones as if Elvis had just walked into the building. I got up after introducing myself to the council and handed AG MacDonald my not-guilty slip, which I still have. … Read more