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OPINION: Is Materialism Bad for Christmas?

December 22, 2025 Jeb Smith

I think materialism negatively affects society 364 days of the year, and many Vermont Christians who otherwise seem okay with materialism despise it on the one day I think it has positives: Christmas! As a child, Christmas was always my favorite day of the year. It was a time when we received beautifully wrapped presents, … Read more

Despite Pressure From the Left Visa CEO Won’t Block Legal Gun Purchases

August 8, 2019 Steve MacDonald

If life takes Visa and wants to be everywhere you want to be, that includes gun shops. And Visa is keeping it that way. The company will not block or ban any legal act of commerce where a Visa Card is accepted. Even if that purchase is a firearm.

Are San Francisco Liberals Creating Problems Where They Don’t Exist?

May 9, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Do you have a right to commerce? If you did, what would that mean? You must sell this or that? You must buy this or that? You need to accept credit cards or checks? How about, you need to take cash?

Massachusetts Bill Would Drive Even More Retail Traffic to New Hampshire

April 30, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Massachusetts is considering a statewide tax on sugary drinks. We’ve covered these taxes in Philadelphia and Seattle. They’ve been a boon to jobs and businesses outside their borders. We’ve no reason to think the same won’t be true for New Hampshire if the Bay State buys in on it too.