News – Politics – Opinion – Podcasts
Afghanistan was once a Buddhist Nation. Pakistan was once Hindu, and Lebanon was Christian. Today, they’re all Islamic Nations. Do you see a Pattern Forming? 1. Build a Mosque 2. Grow the population 3. Create an enclave 4. Resist host country customs and traditions 5. Exploit the host country’s generosity 6. Institute Shariah Law 7. … Read more
By replacing mandated renewable energy with nuclear and natural gas New Englanders would save hundreds of billions of dollars and avoid deadly power blackouts by replacing state-mandated renewable energy projects with nuclear and natural gas power, a study released today by a coalition of New England think tanks finds. Alternatives to New England’s Affordability Crisis, … Read more
A Vermont couple has regained their foster care license following a legal dispute with state officials over required LGBTQ-related training, according to a report by Fox News. Melinda Antonucci, 45, and her husband, Casey Mathieu, 43, reached a settlement with the Vermont Department for Children and Families after their foster care license was revoked amid disagreements … Read more
In recent articles by various readers (Caledonian Record & Littleton Courier), I am disappointed by their unqualified remarks about President Trump as “…’Dictator in Chief’ and his thugs in charge.” This writer goes on to say that “…millions can be spent on a White House ballroom and a proposed ‘Arc de Trump’, but we can’t … Read more
Check out this post on X from “Josiah Bartlett” which is where New Hampshire Republican Party “Insider” Drew Cline (a/k/a Dewey Kline) landed after he left the Union Leader: Obviously, Dewey is trying to justify the Concord politicians destroying local zoning to turn every town south of Laconia into densely populated, congested sh*tholes like Salem. … Read more
Let’s put aside all the nonsense, and let’s ask this question: why do the Democrats oppose using voter identification to vote? Very simple, people voting illegally, be a convicted felon who lost his or her right to vote, be an illegal alien that doesn’t have the right to vote, someone impersonating somebody else, or voting … Read more
A proposed amendment to Act 73, Vermont’s sweeping education reform law, would create a single, unified statewide school district in which parents would allocate tuition dollars to any public school. The proposal was introduced by sponsor Steve Heffernan (R-Addison) on Wednesday afternoon in Senate Education. The amendment would move Vermont toward a Unified School System designed to … Read more
And Now We Know Why NH’s AG Would Have “Tanked” The Automobile Inspections Case. This post follows up on our post, Did New Hampshire’s Attorney General Deliberately ‘Tank’ The Automobile Inspections Case?, where we discussed the Attorney General’s failure to properly defend the lawsuit brought by Gordon-Darby to block a law scheduled to go into effect … Read more
Allowing families to choose their school is fantastic for education, something we fully embrace in Croydon, as one of the state’s pioneering districts in school choice. Open Enrollment has the potential to be a great advancement. But unfortunately, its proposed design will lead to terrible unintended consequences. In Croydon, it will most likely lead to … Read more
Rep. Kristin Noble’s HB 1268, the Home Education Freedom Act, is one of the strongest pro-liberty home education reforms introduced in our state. This legislation ends burdensome state requirements like mandatory notice, portfolios, and end-of-year evaluations for homeschooling families. Instead, it ensures that New Hampshire treats homeschool education with respect and trust, giving parents the authority and flexibility … Read more
Watching coverage of rioting occurring in several U.S. cities, I have been disheartened by the sheer number of women, both young and old, engaging in extremely vulgar and violent assaults on officers appointed to protect our country and keep the peace! I completely support peaceful protest, but what I’ve seen daily is far from peaceful. … Read more
There are three items in this update. The first two are about the FOIA lawsuit and the third item is, primarily, a critique of a recent article in The New York Times about an upsurge in interest in the case of USS Liberty. Court Approves Amicus Brief Filing On February 10, 2026, the 9th US Circuit Court of … Read more
This week, my division of Finance met on four bills referred from other committees. HB 241, on insurance coverage of pain management services, had been amended by the previous committee to eliminate the coverage mandates, only requiring an insurance plan to have people with chronic pain able to access treatments other than opioids. The sponsor, … Read more
For better or worse, the Vermont Legislature has not yet passed any bills into law this year. The Senate last week passed two controversial anti-ICE bills. Both bills passed by a 27-2 roll call vote with only Sens. Russ Ingalls (R-Essex) and Terry Williams (R-Rutland) voting no. Both bills now move over to the Vermont … Read more
The leadership of the House Ways & Means Committee wants nothing to do with allowing Vermonters to access a One Big Beautiful Bill tax credit that would give them a dollar-for-dollar return on money contributed to private school scholarships. Ways and Means, the committee with oversight over all tax policy and legislation, on Wednesday discussed … Read more
President Trump is the best president of my lifetime, but that doesn’t say much for the rest. My suspicions that all the good headlines hide a lot of potential problems have been growing over the past several months. The predictor of the calamitous 2008-2009 financial crisis, Peter Schiff, was featured on Fox and Friends in … Read more
If the government can dictate what must be injected into your body, then who really owns you? That’s the question vaccine mandates force us to confront. And it is a question our Constitution already answers: all government must be “instituted for the general good,” and sovereignty rests with the people, not with the state. New … Read more
Our national leaders are heading to recess. Like little school children, when the bell rings, they leave their work behind and head to the playground. Of course, their playground is fundraising and shoring up their base, while ignoring constituents who are unhappy with the job they’re doing. Admit it, there is no accountability for those … Read more
Today, we will undertake an explanatory study into the methods, purpose, and origins of Social Emotional Learning. This was instigated by the proclamation by the Governor of New Hampshire celebrating SEL organization ChooSELove, otherwise known as the “Choose Love Movement,” which is deeply embedded in not just New Hampshire public schools, but also in the … Read more
The prophetic words of German playwright, poet, and philosopher Friedrich Schiller 1759-1805 pinpointed what has gradually happened in American public schools over the past hundred years: “ It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal the mind of a nation), The blame diminishes as the … Read more