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Gauthier: Ayotte Slams the Door

Illegal Alien Drivers’ Licenses No Good in New Hampshire Kelly Ayotte just made it crystal clear: if you’re in this country illegally and holding one of those feel-good, law-dodging licenses from Vermont or California, you better keep on driving, right out of New Hampshire. She signed the bill. She dropped the gavel. And with that … Read more

New Legislation Could Claw Some of Your Privacy Back

Longtime readers may recall a pair of stories in 2023 regarding state laws and convenience stores scanning the barcodes on people’s driver’s licenses. The outlets had foregone looking at the front to confirm the age for cigarette and alcohol purchases, instead scanning the barcode on the back to pull in that and a pile of … Read more

Night Cap: Are We Still The “Live Free Or Die State”?

We are slipping, folks. Most of us have been proud to live in the state with this distinctive motto. But, is that all it was meant to be…a motto? Let’s talk about this. Last fall I noticed that convenience stores were scanning driver’s licenses for proof of age, whether you were obviously an octogenarian or … Read more

Are Convenience Stores Violating Your Privacy?

If you shop at convenience stores, you may have noticed that checking for proof of age during tobacco & alcohol purchases has quietly moved from viewing the customer’s driver’s license to electronically scanning our licenses.  I first noticed this at Circle K stores and then found the same practice in others.

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NH Democrats Vote to Give Illegal Aliens Drivers’ Licenses

New Hampshire Democrats just voted to give drivers’ licenses to illegal aliens. HB 397 provides a list of foreign documents anyone can use to obtain one. Including expired alien registration cards. A driver’s license is that thing that makes almost everything possible. The “document” of choice. Keys to the kingdom. Including the ability to vote. … Read more

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