New Hampshire- The NEW New Jersey?

Ed Naile sends another fantastic piece in which he studies the rise and explosion of out of control government, New Jersey style. New Hampshire, could this be your future? by Ed Naile Yes, a lot of the soccer moms and portfolio voters you saw at the polls Tuesday were from out of state originally. You … Read more

The Forgotten Story: It’s the Economy, Stupid!

In this week’s radio address, President Bush talks about the economy. It is no secret that the economy is humming along at a pretty good clip at the moment and jobs are generally available to those who want to work. Additionally, opportunities abound for those with the entrepreneurial drive to make it on their own. … Read more

New Media Rising…

Regular readers may or may not know that Skip and I have another blog, GilfordGrok, where we cover issues relating to our home town, Gilford, NH. Both of us also happen to serve on the town’s Budget Committee (GBC) that passes final judgement on town and school spending proposals the voters ultimately vote upon. . … Read more

There’s waaaaay too much partisanship goin’ on around here!

In several prior postings, I have written about NH’s long-time RNC committeeman Tom Rath’s joining the Mitt Romney presidential team. I wrote about Mr. Rath: This guy Rath is a big party guy, eh? He must be quite the conservative with this resume. Well, er, maybe not- Lamar Alexander? Warren Rudman? Bob Dole? Conservatives? Not hardly. And … Read more

Here Kiddies- Come get a cookie… Part 2

As a followup to yesterday’s posting, here is my weekly newspaper column as published in the Laconia Daily Sun, which is not available online… Exercising the First    by Doug Lambert Education? Marketing? Propaganda.   When I wrote of the canceling of the OreoMobile demonstration at the Laconia Teen Center several weeks ago, I reminded readers never to … Read more

Here kiddies…come get a cookie! UPDATED-Pt.1

I originally posted the following here on the ‘Grok on September 18th. The piece was part of my weekly Laconia Daily Sun (unavailable online)  column published on the 14th: Never underestimate the ability of the hardcore political left in their attempts to indoctrinate America’s youth. There is no end to the hidden tricks the liberals … Read more

DDT Set for Possible Return?

National Geographic News is reporting on some very good news: A possible return (albeit limited) of DDT! The August 1st piece written by Brian Handwerk  tells us DDT, a notorious symbol of environmental degradation, is poised to make a comeback. International experts are touting the widely banned pesticide as a best bet to save millions of human … Read more