Andru Volinsky Archives

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TYSON: Home for The Holidays

November 21, 2025 Kevin P. Tyson

One privilege bestowed on me as an accident of birth that I share with few others is that I am the child of genuine, unrepentant Stalinists. And you thought being raised by wolves was tough. I started consuming the Marxist canon at the age of thirteen, and I was, and remain, a quick study. As … Read more

UNDERWOOD: Groundhog Day (Again)

October 30, 2025October 28, 2025 Ian Underwood

I came across this the other day, and was startled to see that it was written 6 years ago. It could have been written yesterday — which confirms the accuracy of the analysis. With Comrade Volinsky taking another tilt at the ‘fairness’ windmill — slightly ahead of schedule — it seems appropriate to re-publish it … Read more

UNDERWOOD: Schools – What Could be Fairer than This?

October 18, 2025 Ian Underwood

Andru Volinsky is asking people to think about what is fair in the context of raising money to pay for schools. Here’s the answer I gave him. We can think about that by considering the following story. One day, Pat and Chris came to do some shopping at Mr. Volinsky’s Grocery Store. Each of them … Read more

Murray: Claremont Is Judicial Usurpation, Not Constitutional Duty

September 5, 2025September 4, 2025 Tom Murray

Andru Volinsky’s op-ed about Claremont’s financial crisis assumes a premise that is flatly wrong.

Tyson: Vouchers and the Vision of the Un-Anointed – A Rebuttal to Andru Volinsky

July 9, 2025May 27, 2025 Kevin P. Tyson

Introduction In his polemical essay against school vouchers, Andru Volinsky trades on well-worn tropes: that public education is a pillar of democracy, that vouchers threaten social equity, and that the Civil Rights Movement should be invoked to shield the status quo. Yet this rhetorical sleight-of-hand obscures deeper truths. Public education in America was not built … Read more

Santayana Warned Us About Volinsky

September 9, 2024 Jody Underwood

A few sentences into his recent piece in InDepthNH (and other places), Andru Volinsky demonstrates that he has no idea how the statewide education tax actually works, let alone how it should work. First, no one gets excused from paying anything. Every district collects the full SWEPT tax, spends it on adequacy, and applies … Read more

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Teachers’ Unions Care About Teachers, or Do They?

April 10, 2024April 10, 2024 Ann Marie Banfield

Democrats are calling in the bigwigs to address their partisan positions on public education. There is a ZOOM call scheduled with the President of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten. Much of this will be centered around legislation that expands “school choice” options in New Hampshire.

Gurley-Man Loses In Court

March 23, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Comrade Volinsky got some bad news this week. A judge has ruled that his clients, Mary Lee Sargent and Arnold Alpert, do not have standing to sue the state for removing a historical marker honoring Communist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. I have to wonder if he knew that and just took their money.

NH House USA-Israel Relations Caucus Responds to Former Executive Counselor Volinski’s Effort to Attack Israel Via Primary Ballots

January 19, 2024 Op-Ed

(Concord, New Hampshire – January 18, 2024) — Former Executive Council Andru Volinsky has initiated a campaign to have Granite State Democrats write in “Ceasefire” instead of President Biden’s name on the primary ballot on January 23rd.

Maybe We SHOULD Put Communist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn’s Historical Marker Back

August 11, 2023August 10, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Former Executive Councilor and failed candidate for governor Andru Volinsky is representing two folks suing the state of New Hampshire after it removed a historical marker honoring devoted communist and activist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.

NH Democrats Rally for Right to Abortion up Until Moment of Birth

October 3, 2021October 3, 2021 Beth Scaer

Yesterday, we attended the Defend Abortion Rights NH Rally featuring Democrat congresspeople Chris Pappas and Ann Kuster, Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington, Ronelle Tshiela, co-founder of BLM Manchester, and former Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky.

And we wouldn’t be seeing the destruction of yet another American institution, either

November 7, 2020 Skip

And just think – if the Dems hadn't so insisted on early voting / vote-by-mail, they wouldn't be in this trouble of having to remind people to vote. Like everything else, they have to make the easy (vote on Election Day) much harder. Serves'em right. https://t.co/tXbwhQIaL0 — GraniteGrok (@GraniteGrok) October 31, 2020 And now we … Read more

Democrat House Rep. Labels New Hampshire’s Republican Governor a White Supremacist

October 4, 2020 Steve MacDonald

If you were looking for an unhinged radical extreme leftist, you do not need to go to California. New Hampshire has plenty of them. Why do you think Bernie Sanders always does so well here?

Data Point: NH Democrat Primary Gov Candidate Voting Distribution by Town

September 11, 2020 Skip

We have an interesting voting distribution in Tuesday’s primary between Democrats for Dan Feltes and Selfish Socialist Andru Volinsky. Decision Desk HQ’s interactive map allows you to see every vote for every town and who won each.

Sununu, Mowers Win: AP Calls for Messner But Bolduc Does not Concede

September 9, 2020 Steve MacDonald

With 68% reporting, Dave Wheeler was ahead of Bob Clegg in EC5 (No Winner Called, no concession). In Feltes-Volinsky, it’s 51-49 (no winner called, no concession. Sununu wins with 89.7% of the vote (88% reporting), Mowers with 62% of the vote (92% reporting).

Without a Mask Mandate, N.H.’s COVID-19 Cases Fell Sharply this Summer

August 21, 2020 Op-Ed

For months, Democratic gubernatorial candidates Dan Feltes and Andru Volinsky have criticized Gov. Chris Sununu for not issuing an emergency order mandating that people wear face masks.

If Andru Volinsky wants to Cut Property Taxes, He Should Become a School Superintendent

August 17, 2020
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Andru Volinsky, a candidate for governor of New Hampshire, has a problem understanding how property taxes are paid in the Granite State. He has lived here long enough to know that property taxes are paid at the local level and we have had, for several hundred years, Town Meetings where annual budgets are voted on by the citizens who pay their share – as our State Constitution demands.

The Future of Stupid is here! Masks Mandated During Online Zoom Meetings

August 4, 2022August 13, 2020 Steve MacDonald

You are a state employee, home by yourself, working remotely. You check the clock, and it’s time for another one of those f***ing Zoom Meetings. Wait, don’t forget to wear a mask. Yes, this state has mandated that all government employees mask up at home for online meetings.

UNH Servey Center: “Shaheen and Sununu lead challengers in Reelection Bids”

July 30, 2020 Skip

DURHAM, NH – Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Governor Chris Sununu hold large leads over their major challengers in their bids for reelection. Shaheen’s leads over Republicans Don Bolduc and Corky Messner have remained steady since February.