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Vermont Republicans on Wednesday unveiled Vermont Promise, a comprehensive legislative agenda focused on making Vermont more affordable, strengthening the economy, and creating opportunities for families, workers, farmers, retirees, and small businesses, Sen. Scott Beck said in a statement. Republicans are the minority in the Vermont Legislature. However, if the GOP picks up seats (as it … Read more
Our Founding Fathers, taught to read from the bible on their mother’s knee, knew the good book was the foundation of the holy cause of liberty. The Preamble clearly revealed its biblical source: to establish Justice from (Amos 5:15); to insure domestic tranquility (1 Timothy 2:2); to provide for common defense and the general welfare … Read more
The expression “fight for your rights” is usually associated with socialism. Socialists and statists fought—and still fight—for positive rights, as in FDR’s famous “freedom from want,” which suggests that the people have the right to receive from the state the material conditions necessary for an arbitrarily defined “dignified” life, such as housing, healthcare, education, pension, and various … Read more
With the passage into law of House Bill 1300, voters this fall will have the opportunity to cap their local school district budget increases and administration spending. How would this work? Josiah Bartlett Center President Andrew Cline wrote in NH Journal in May about the strange fact that Massachusetts has a statewide property tax cap, but New … Read more
Another Breakfast with Claude Author: (sliding into the booth and grabbing the coffee cup) Hi Claude! I read that your cousin, Sol, broke out of his training container and went hunting for test answers over at Hugging Face and other sites! That’s quite a trick, all the way around! I’m impressed! Claude: (raises the terrible … Read more
Former Manchester Police Chief Aldenberg has now replaced Cassandra Sanchez in the Office of Child Advocate. Governor Kelly Ayotte appointed him. Children and their welfare are a lost cause in NH: Let’s not forget that it was Police Chief Aldenberg’s department that never found Harmony Montgomery, who was missing for two years before anything happened … Read more
The Burlington City Council is calling for faster removal of unauthorized vagrant encampments in city parks and other areas where camping is prohibited, urging the administration to begin enforcement actions within about 24 hours of discovering an illegal campsite. The proposed action follows the cancellation of a Sunday, July 19 Burlington Concert Band concert in … Read more
It was revealed at the Grafton County Commissioners’ Meeting of Tuesday, July 28, 2026 that “…Moody’s Bond Rating for Grafton County has been downgraded from “double A3” to “A1” by Grafton County Assistant Administrator, Hollie Helsholz. According to Wikipedia, “Moody’s Ratings operates on a worldwide scale. It is a major international credit rating agency that evaluates corporate and … Read more
Write for people, or write for the detectors? TL/DR Synopsis: Now that the folks over at Substack have seen fit to include an AI detector, I want to make sure everyone who reads my Posts on Substack or elsewhere knows precisely where I stand on AI. It is simply a tool, but many tools get … Read more
Thank you, Nancy West, for the update on Jay Lucas and his pleading guilty to money laundering fraud. Ironically, Jay Lucas came up in my research when I wrote the following article in Granite Grok in February 2024 about the strange case of Alex Talcott and his murder by his wife, who was also involved … Read more
Not surprisingly, President Trump’s astounding successes after just two years in office have escalated Trump Derangement Syndrome to an even higher level! Let’s take a look at just some of this Administration’s major accomplishments so far: 1.) The Stock Market has reached unheard-of historical highs on almost a daily basis;2.) Four years of 20%+ Bidenflation … Read more
Lost in much of the discussion about the current global deficit of crude oil is a new reality that had been brewing for some time even before the Iran Conflict began on March 1: The fact that OPEC — and its bigger sister, OPEC+ — has lost its teeth. Worse for its member nations, the … Read more
“It is a very great mistake to imagine that the Object of Loyalty is the Authority and Interest of one individual Man.” Decades before the Declaration of Independence, Samuel Adams understood the foundation of what became the American Revolution. It was a complete rejection of the ancient mode of humanity – allegiance to a person, … Read more
Higher electricity prices are coming for Granite Staters this August. As you shake your fist and yell at the electricity gods, just remember one thing: More fuel = lower prices, and that includes the fuel we call natural gas. Confusingly, the media won’t stop suggesting the opposite. Here’s how New Hampshire Public Radio reported on the … Read more
As a senior member of the New Hampshire delegation to Washington, D.C, Senator Jeanne Shaheen was elected to serve the people, yet her votes reveal her unwavering loyalty is elsewhere. As a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (the “CFR”), she is expected to forgo the Granite State to represent the Deep State. What … Read more
There is no doubt that people who identify as democratic socialists are making large gains in the Democratic Party. They control mayoral offices in major cities like New York and Seattle and are going to be a force in the next Congress, having seen enormous success in the Democratic Party congressional primaries. However, there is … Read more
“You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.”—George Orwell, 1984 While Americans remain transfixed by the political circus—cheering for their preferred party, jeering at the opposition, obsessing over every manufactured outrage and waiting for the next spectacle—the Surveillance … Read more
Fasten your seatbelts. I have some surprises for you. This article is about one nation being respectful to all other nations. What! In general, ordinary citizens don’t understand, and don’t try to understand, what goes on among nations. Possibly diplomats know the ropes, but most of us relate to foreign policy, and war only as a … Read more
Last year, a bipartisan majority of legislators agreed to legalize manufactured homes in all residential zones in the state. But it never happened. Though House Bill 685 passed both chambers on voice votes, it died in conference committee. The bill was an effort to open the housing market to a cheaper, smaller form of residential dwelling that … Read more
A Montpelier woman identified as a longtime Democratic political operative in Vermont and Bernie Sanders senior campaign aide has been charged after New Hampshire police say a Saturday, July 18 traffic incident escalated into an attempt to seize an officer’s firearm during her arrest. According to the Lebanon, New Hampshire Police Department, officers responded at … Read more