Independent Media Archives

Coming July 1st: The GraniteGrok / Bare Minimum Books Collaboration

June 27, 2026June 27, 2026 Steve MacDonald

We’ve been teasing this here or there for weeks, but the time has come. Starting July 1, for every $50 to GraniteGrok, supporters can choose one PDF edition from the entire Bare Minimum Books collection by Ian Underwood. 19 books. Short. Provocative. Deeply thought-provoking. For each 50$ of support you can request another thought provoking … Read more

MACDONALD: Be The Media In 2026, New England, Starting with “Daycare” Centers

January 1, 2026 Steve MacDonald

For twenty years, GraniteGrok has been offering opinions, observations, and reporting stories the media either ignore or would never report from “that angle.” Many of these stories are the result of tips and leads from readers. We platform people who go where Handmaid media won’t go, and offer news and opinion that aren’t beholden to … Read more

NewsGaurd is Back to Review Us – My ‘Polite’ Response

January 23, 2025January 16, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Last January, NewsGuard caught up with GraniteGrok to ask some questions about articles we had published, with which we can only assume they took umbrage—things about COVID, Masks, J6, 9/11, that sort of thing. We got a rating (in the mid-30s), and I used it the same way we do all assaults on our platform. … Read more

In Defense of Free Markets, Free Speech and Free People

February 22, 2024 Steve MacDonald

We are reaching out to you with an urgent appeal. As a leader in local independent media, we are dedicated to providing you with unfiltered news and opinions you can only get at GraniteGrok.com. Every day, we strive to make a meaningful impact on cultural and political debate in defense of free speech and free people.

Remember When the Political Left Wanted a Return to the Fairness Doctrine? That’ll Never Happen Again

January 13, 2024 Steve MacDonald

If we learned anything at all from the drama that was COVID, it is that the government does not take your natural rights, or their protection, seriously. It is not interested in any opinion that is not its own, and using force to get its way is always an option. This should scare more people than it does.

Let Londonderry Times Publisher Deb Paul Go … With a Warning

December 18, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Londonderry Times publisher Deb Paul has been dragged through the court system thanks to detractors around town who are less than enthusiastic about her refusal to toe their line. This Wednesday, a judge will decide how effective their campaign against her has been.