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MacDonald: Hiring Managers Losing Interest in College Graduates

July 13, 2025 Steve MacDonald

If you have a drop of common sense, you already know the answer to why hiring managers might be less than enthusiastic about applicants who’ve recently graduated from college—more trouble than they are worth, even if they have a degree in something useful. The campus culture hasn’t just bilked them for a small fortune; it … Read more

New Law in NH Requires Passing a Civics Competency Exam to Graduate

September 18, 2021July 30, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Governor Chris Sununu signed hasHB320 into law. “An Act requiring a civics competency assessment as a high school graduation
requirement.” If you cant pass the civics exam, you don’t get your diploma.

NH State Board of Education Adopts Learn Everywhere Rules

August 13, 2020 Op-Ed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: State Board adopts Learn Everywhere rules. Innovative program will give students alternative path to graduation credits.

What Kind of Privilege Is That?

July 15, 2020
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Did you see? Multiple-felony-conviction George Floyd’s funeral was on television. Isn’t it strange how you could watch that televised funeral? It was a public event with hundreds in attendance, hundreds in attendance. There is a message in who a community chooses to memorialize.

Let’s Give them a Graduation Ceremony

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Burt Janz

We’ve all heard the term, closure. It refers to a psychological resolution to a problem or an issue that allows a person to “move past” that problem or issue. We use various terms to show how closure is achieved: the “5 stages of grief”, complete recovery from alcoholism or drug dependency, etc.

Here’s How Nashua High School Graduation Exercises Can be Held

June 10, 2020June 7, 2020 Burt Janz

Ok. It’s time. No more excuses. Mass-vigils are being held – including the well-attended vigil Saturday evening at Greely Park. Mass protests are common. The governor is opening up the state. It’s time for Nashua High School graduation exercises to be held.

How to End School Bullying

January 7, 2025July 9, 2018 Ian Underwood

In Robert Heinlein’s story ‘Friday’, the California Confederacy, noting that Californians with college degrees earn more than those with high school diplomas alone, enacts a law granting all citizens a bachelor’s degree upon graduation from high school. It’s funny because confusing correlation with causation is the kind of thing real governments do all the time … Read more

Thanks to All Who Have Sent Me Death Threats…

September 26, 2018May 20, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The tolerant left makes a case for a law-abiding armed public after Kaitlin Bennett posts a picture with her scary rifle. Something she is allowed to do as a graduate of Kent State (carry a firearm on campus), but not as a student.