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“Tyranny can now enter our country,” from one place. Benjamin Rush dropped that warning in 1778 at the height of the War for Independence. But he wasn’t talking about Redcoats. Recognizing the nature of power and humanity, he was giving us a timeless warning about “ourselves” and our own “great men.” The Founders knew the … Read more
Real Clear Wire The United States has embarked on an unprecedented campaign of maritime and financial isolation against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Following the escalation of hostilities in early 2026, Washington deployed a formidable dual-pronged offensive. First, the enforcement of a comprehensive naval blockade by Central Command, initiated in April, effectively sealed the Iranian … Read more
A New York man wanted on a Vermont charge of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child was arrested at the Canadian border last week, Vermont State Police said. Ryan Ouimet, 28, of Averill Park, New York, was taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol at the New York-Canada border at about 6 PM Sept. … Read more
As news outlets report on the resignation of Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald, the focus should be on the appearance of multiple conflicts of interest for his counsel, Jane Young. Jane Young’s representation of MacDonald is ostensibly an interest in representing her own interests on the screening committee of the ADO under the AOC … Read more
Political candidates, both incumbents and hopefuls, are lining up in opposition to Attorney General Charity Clark’s decision to charge the ‘Williston 13’ anti-ICE protesters with trespassing. The protesters pleaded innocent in Vermont Superior Court last week to trespass during a July protest at the ICE National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center in Williston. Clark said … Read more
The democratic socialists are back, and, as always, they’re spouting promises to make things better and more affordable by turning them into public utilities! We are all supposed to be happy that more things will be administered with the enthusiasm and efficiency of the post office or the DMV. However, when the state takes control … Read more
The 1768 Massachusetts Circular Letter. Some people seem to think the Constitution’s framers simply made the whole thing up. “Why should we pay attention to what 55 dead white guys wrote 239 years ago?” they ask. But the framers did not make it all up. The ideas behind the Constitution had been discussed and tested … Read more
We’re all familiar with the Declaration of Independence, but there’s another declaration with a big anniversary this year. In 1996, John Perry Barlow, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (and lyricist for the Grateful Dead), wrote the Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace: “Governments of the Industrial World… You are not welcome among us. You … Read more
According to polls taken in recent years (e.g., Pew Research, Gallup, Data for Progress), a solid majority of Democrats and well over a third of all Americans are in favor of replacing the current healthcare system with a proposal known as “Medicare for All,” where privately owned hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and medical practices would continue … Read more
Though New Hampshire legislators have passed about 30 housing reform bills in the last three years, possibly the biggest reform—lowering minimum lot sizes—has remained elusive. Many legislators have refused to support it because they view it as too controversial. Yet a new St. Anselm College Poll shows that legalizing small homes on small lots is … Read more
The only cure for a corrupted republic? As the man the founders called “the celebrated Montesquieu” told us: “by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles.” Everything else is doomed to fail. “Every other correction,” he warned, “is either useless or a new evil.” In order to get from where things are today to … Read more
The recent $44.6 million dollar overbid contract before the Governor and Executive Council for the replacement of the Cannon Mountain aerial tramway asks a continuing question: Should New Hampshire be in the ski area business? Completed in 1980 and used beyond its design capabilities, the tramway is a centerpiece of a ski area inside a … Read more
I got up and spoke out against former Gordon MacDonald at his Executive Council confirmation hearing. Everyone was running and scrambling to set up their microphones as if Elvis had just walked into the building. I got up after introducing myself to the council and handed AG MacDonald my not-guilty slip, which I still have. … Read more
Let’s just stipulate one thing right off the top: If Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, Tim Walz of Minnesota, and JB Pritzker of Illinois are adamantly opposed to something involving energy policy, it’s a safe bet that what they’re fighting against is actually a really good idea. That’s definitely the case for the Stop Climate … Read more
The left has watered down a parent’s responsibility so much that they are willingly putting their children into situations that will see them fail to thrive. Infamous “1619” author Nikole Hannah-Jones spent years arguing that, in order to solve New York City’s racist public school system, she and her husband would send their daughter, Najya, … Read more
The leftist American Press, including CNN, MSN, and Politico, demands its First Amendment right to lie, prevaricate, dissemble, and fabricate! When the Founding Fathers included Freedom of the Press in the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, they believed that deliberate lies, defamation, libel, and incitement to illegal acts were not … Read more
Gordon MacDonald should never have been the AG. He lied on his application to the Supreme Court as well. He said he didn’t have any conflicts of interest but failed to mention that he was still listed as an agent at Nixon Peabody for a firm managed by Gordon Humphrey, whom he listed as a … Read more
Don Bolduc’s never-ending attacks against President Trump are monotonous: “Trump’s troubled second term boils down to leadership” Sept. 14). Yet when he ran for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire in 2020 and 2022, you fully supported Donald Trump. It’s easier to attack the remedy than to confront the reality. General Bolduc’s claim of the Trump … Read more
Here is the fact that swallows the rest of the argument. No voting machine in any New Hampshire town hall has been examined to see whether it can reach the internet. RSA 656:42, X is not a suggestion. It says no electronic ballot counting device shall have access to or be connected to the Internet. … Read more
Readers may have seen recent television advertisements in which former Alabama football coach Nick Saban urges people to support the Protect College Sports Act. Sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, along with three other Republicans and four Democrats, the bill looks to reorganize college athletics to deal with this new era of monetary payments … Read more