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What’s the point in celebrating the Constitution one day a year if we permit the government to violate it the other 364? September 17 marked the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, a document designed not merely to establish a government but to restrain it. Yet restraint is in increasingly short supply. Across … Read more
TL;DR: A mother of two special-needs students told the Green Mountain Union High School Board on Sept. 17 that school staff supported her disabled son’s social gender transition without her knowledge or consent, while failing to keep her informed about what she described as a serious decline in his mental and physical health. Rebecca Duprey … Read more
This week, two separate justices rejected a last-ditch effort to keep a school district spending cap question off this November’s ballot. Those dual orders clear the way for New Hampshire voters to decide this fall whether to cap the rate of growth of their local school district budgets, as well as the size of school … Read more
The Final Question In these troubled times, which are well-defined by maladies like rising costs, rising debts, and the rise of socialism, there’s no shortage of questions you could ask a Congressional candidate. But one question has lingered most persistently. Maggie Goodlander and Lily Tang Williams are very distinct candidates. But to understand this question—and … Read more
The Fiscal Alliance Foundation released a new white paper today showing how some other states with heavy union influence and without Right-to-Work laws suffer from declining jobs and growing taxation and cost of living. The report examines Proposal 3, the proposed constitutional amendment on the November general election ballot, in the context of Vermont’s current … Read more
Support for socialism stronger among younger voters A July 29 University of New Hampshire poll showing that half of Vermonters view socialism positively — compared with 42% who view capitalism positively — suggests the word “socialism” has considerable appeal in Vermont. But a closer look at the poll shows that support for socialism, membership in … Read more
Dear Governor Ayotte, As you meet with the Judicial Selection Committee, please note that Mary Tenn of Tenn & Tenn serves on this committee. As I understand it, her law firm represents former Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald in his divorce case. Former US Attorney Jane Young represented Gordon MacDonald despite being on the ADO screening committee he … Read more
When the criminal who committed the murder is as plain as the nose on your face, justice and crime prevention are only preserved by a speedy execution of the perpetrator(s). Justice delayed is justice denied! The three children of Lindsey Clancy and the ghost of Charlie Kirk are crying for justice. Everyone knows the perpetrator … Read more
Stopping at a red light prevents accidents. Subsidizing local law enforcement with federal grants for Flock cameras to take your picture, record your license plate, and automatically send it to the cloud may cause more trouble than an accident. Flock technology gathers information about law-abiding citizens and the criminal-minded alike and lumps them together in … Read more
Calls to regulate the artificial intelligence (AI) sector have reached a fever pitch over the last week. Fearmongering about the prospects of a totally unregulated AI industry has been around as long as the industry itself. But the current storm began last Tuesday when an engineer at Anthropic—the firm best known for its chatbot Claude—resigned, … Read more
Lisa Kinkade, the Brattleboro homeless advocate who was praised last year for helping create a downtown drop-in center for homeless people, has been arrested following a drug raid in which police say a large amount of crack cocaine and cash was seized. Kincade, 46, was one of three people arrested Sept. 4 when Brattleboro police … Read more
September 16, 1774: Paul Revere galloped into Philadelphia with urgent business from Boston: a document that laid out a blueprint for total resistance. If the Continental Congress adopted it, secession from the British Empire would be unavoidable. The very next day, after a round of wild applause, they did just that. This is the story … Read more
Now Gordon MacDonald is accusing Barbara Hantz-Marconi of circulating rumors that he had an affair with Dianne Martin. That’s a bit rich coming from him. He has had an entire career off the sexual misconduct rumor mill, and so have his colleagues at Nixon Peabody and so has their client, the NHCADSV. I am less … Read more
Believe it or not, I’ve always been an optimist. Down 10. Fourth quarter. Guess what? We’re running the ball. Fullback’s in the backfield foaming at the mouth. You don’t even have to guess. It’s a run. And the next play? Also a run. We’re imposing our will. Here’s Rep. Brandon Gill to open up the … Read more
Most Americans assume that if they are ever charged with a serious crime, they will be judged by a jury of twelve fellow citizens. That is how the right to trial by jury has been understood for most of American history. But that protection has been shrinking, like so many of the rights enshrined in … Read more
Millions of people today refer to their rights by amendment number, as if they get them from the Bill of Rights. They talk about their “2nd Amendment rights,” but they have it completely backward. The founders didn’t write the words as a permission slip for the people. They aren’t a “gun permit.” They are a restraining order … Read more
New Hampshire’s “live free or die” motto expresses a core value deeply embedded in our culture and our government. People who cherish freedom don’t need large government. They don’t to impose their beliefs with a book of codes enforced by the point of a sword. That’s what unfree societies do. These reflections come to mind … Read more
Anne Edwards’ appointment to a commission on access to justice? It’s amazing what PR can do for justice in NH to forget the past when it comes to Anne Edwards: Rep. Kelley Potenza gave an excellent argument as to why Anne Edwards should never have been appointed as a judge at all. See this opposition … Read more
A Review Rainer Zitelmann has built a career making the case for capitalism against its cultured despisers, and in this book he turns that project skyward. The argument is straightforward and, once stated, almost obvious: space is not primarily a government achievement that private enterprise has recently colonized, it is the other way around. The state involvement … Read more
Democratic U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander and Republican Lily Tang Williams won their New Hampshire congressional primaries Tuesday, setting up a November rematch just weeks after Williams discussed her campaign, her childhood under Mao, and her concerns about socialism in an extended interview with Vermont Daily Chronicle. Williams, who appeared Aug. 13 on VDC’s “Chronicle Conversations” … Read more