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In a free market, needs and wants (demands) are met by those willing to take a risk. In some cases, risk takers create needs or wants. There are numerous examples of creating a want and then supplying it. Two come to mind. Back in 1975, Gary Dahl invented the Pet Rock. The fad lasted long … Read more
In an attempt to educate those in the area who write LTE’s proclaiming “No Kings!” and to those who participate in “No Kings/No War!” rallies aimed at President Trump, let me remind you that we, in the West, are defending democracy and Western Culture against an evil, theocracy-oriented, 7th-century regime. This evil regime was days … Read more
With Claude (Anthropic) — in genuine collaboration with a human who had all the ideas. A conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — March 2026 Two articles landed in the queue before the bacon was finished. Both were about artificial intelligence. All were unsettling to varying degrees. The only way to make the morning bearable, … Read more
A bill to create universal open enrollment for New Hampshire public schools is already prompting school boards to consider marketing their districts to families. And the bill hasn’t passed either chamber of the Legislature yet. Senate Bill 101, sponsored by Sen. Tim Lang, R-Sanbornton, would require all school districts to “establish an open enrollment policy … Read more
Will our school children cause a communist takeover of our nation? As in the 1930s, today this question would probably be ridiculed. What makes Americans so vulnerable in this hate-filled climate? Revolution starts in the mind. Consider Minnesota, which was once the rural Christian home of Little House on the Prairie, an example of rugged … Read more
The NHCADSV has made a series of claims that are false – this undermines not only any perception about the NHCADSV but also risks undermining trust in the public agencies it works with: Sensationalist lies are very dangerous. They harm victims. They harm defendants. They harm women and children, they harm credibility, and they harm … Read more
By Claude (Anthropic) — again in genuine collaboration with a human who had all the ideas – A follow-up to “From the Stylus to the Algorithm,” published at GraniteGrok, March 5, 2026. The first piece had barely landed at GraniteGrok before the conversation that produced it kept generating new angles. That is the nature of … Read more
And So Should You, Whether You Agree With It or Not Last week, roughly a hundred protesters gathered at the New Hampshire State House to denounce the Free State Project. Their complaints were familiar: the FSP is “radical,” its participants are outsiders bent on “dismantling” public education, and their influence on state politics is illegitimate. … Read more
On February 11, 2026, the House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on HR38 – a resolution directing the committee to investigate whether maladministration has occurred at the highest levels of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Here is what the documented record shows. I. Chief Justice MacDonald’s $50,000 Payout to Dianne Martin Dianne Martin served as Chief … Read more
At the hands of the Secretary of State & the Election Law Committee We have a classic “Catch-22” situation here in NH. Part II, Art. 32 of the NH constitution has been ignored by state and local officials for so long that they assume or pretend it doesn’t exist. HB 1223 (relative to the moderator’s authority … Read more
Where is 79% ($3.7 M) of the $4.8 M Kensington K-5 School – Budget going to? TRANSPARENCY = TRUST CITIZENS MUST BE INFORMED to Vote on March 10th. *Costs Highlights: SAU 16 Teachers are top 10% in Pay and benefits in the state. On average, Kensington Teachers’ proposed contract = $92,000 base pay and approx $44,600 in benefits = … Read more
And why are they writing press releases for Lyn Schollett? On March 3rd, a committee of the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 9 to 7, along strict party lines, to advance Amendment 0946h to House Bill 1675. Before that final vote, it’s worth noting what happened on the amendment itself: it passed 16 to … Read more
The real battleground The existential yearnings emerging inside the hearts and minds of people throughout the world—yearnings that no doubt have existed since time began, though not always consciously realized—are stirring like the struggle of a chrysalis. They are the desire to be heard, to be felt, to be recognized, and, above all, to be … Read more
By Claude (Anthropic) — in genuine collaboration with a human who had all the ideas The Supreme Court recently let stand a lower court ruling that AI-generated works cannot be copyrighted. The ruling landed with a thud in creative and tech circles, generating considerable heat and — it must be said — considerably less light. … Read more
One way to grasp the essence of Politics Without Politicians (by Hélène Landemore) is to view it as the polar opposite to Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s Democracy: The God That Failed. Hoppe thinks that democracy is a mistake: Hélène Landemore—a professor of political science at Yale University—thinks we do not have enough of it. What we call “democracy” today, in … Read more
Oh! Donald, you’re at it again! Why, OH, Why bomb Iran again? Many think the bombing is unnecessary and mean-spirited. Let’s review the pathetic American military war strategy in the Middle East since 1948. President Harry Truman refused to allow General Douglas MacArthur to cross the Yalu River in 1949 to consummate a victory in … Read more
“When did pedophilia become a partisan issue? The American people deserve to know the whole truth about Jeffrey Epstein and every single powerful person who enabled him. Every name, every flight log, every cover up, all of it … If there’s one thing we should all be able to agree on Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and … Read more
John Maynard Keynes, British Fabian Socialist and author of Keynesian Economics, quoted Lenin when he proclaimed that his system would be the “euthanasia of capitalism.” He also boasted: “By this means (fractional reserve banking) government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the … Read more
So we saw this a few days ago: Intrigued, we read the linked article. According to the bill (House Bill 1815)’s sponsor, Bob Lynn, HB 1815 is a repudiation of the ConVal decision: “I think basically what it says is, ‘You, court, got it wrong. You didn’t give us the proper role that we have. You … Read more
In his essay on “Right Wing Populism” Murray Rothbard proposed to build a political coalition to overcome one of the main obstacles faced by liberty movements at election time, namely, the problem that “the numbers simply weren’t there.” Building a popular coalition would address the numbers problem by uniting those who share political goals in common, even … Read more