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Opinion: Stealing Your Liberty at the State Level

Much is said and known about federal government overreach. But unfortunately, very few understand that this overreach is out of control in many states as well. In New Hampshire, supposedly the “Live Free or Die” state, there is an effort to change current law regarding child endangerment to make it easier for law enforcement to … Read more

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Opinion: Your Drink and You!

YEESH, my fellow statespeople once again embarrass me. The legislature passed HB 81, allowing grown adults to take their beer and martinis with them to the restrooms.  Odd?  And you ask why?  It’s so nobody can put a drug into the drink when you’re not there.   This is an idiotic bill:  our legislators are … Read more

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MacDonald: EV School Buses Sidelined Over Fire Hazard

Buses built by Lion Electric are bursting into flames across the fruited plains. The fires have prompted a local transportation company providing bus service to a Vermont school district to discontinue use. After reported fires in Lion Electric buses across the country, Student Transportation of Vermont removed Barre Town’s buses for safety precautions. They reached … Read more

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Cline: Outdated auto inspection laws appear more related to culture than cold

Every time legislators propose ending New Hampshire’s annual auto inspection mandate, opponents allege that inspections are common in Northern states because cold weather hazards (road salt, frost heaves) make them necessary. In fact, most cold-weather states, like most states overall, don’t require annual auto inspections. Mapping the states that require annual inspections reveals that culture … Read more

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NH Ranked 5th in US for Guns Owned Per/1000 Citizens*

With the understanding that not all gun purchase data is available or reported*, Ammo.com has published state-level statistics on several categories related to firearms. The first and perhaps more important, fact is that there is no correlation between the number of guns and crime. The United States is also the leader in registered firearms ownership, … Read more

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What Does Your America Stand For?

“Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law’ because the law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual.” –  Thomas Jefferson

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Defensive Breathing

When I learned to drive, I was taught something called ‘defensive driving.’ The basic idea was that I should always assume that there people out there driving around who are crazy, impaired, stupid, or just careless; and therefore it was my responsibility to watch out for them, and to keep myself safe because all the laws in the world couldn’t keep them off the road.

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What kind of privilege is it

What Kind of Privilege Is That?

Did you see? Multiple-felony-conviction George Floyd’s funeral was on television. Isn’t it strange how you could watch that televised funeral? It was a public event with hundreds in attendance, hundreds in attendance. There is a message in who a community chooses to memorialize.

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