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In her essay “Racism,” Ayn Rand argues that racism — which she describes as “the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism” — is incompatible with capitalism and can only be defeated through capitalism. She defines capitalism as “a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property … Read more
At last count, over 200 illegal Chinese marijuana “farms” were operating in the Pine Tree State. These are not your conventional salt-of-the-earth farms. These illegal pot farms are residential homes bought by the cartel and modified to allow hundreds of cannabis plants to be grown under one roof. Windows were covered, extra electrical service was … Read more
[Update] I Must have done something right. For reasons I do not understand, I received a newsletter today, and I hope you received yours. Let me know if you are getting (and continue to get) the Newsletter (or not) over the next few days, with an understanding that it might be temporary. We still need to … Read more
President Joe Biden’s time in the White House is mercifully coming to an end. He is now officially a lame duck with six months to go. Biden was a victim here of a corrupt Democratic machine that — along with a complicit media — thought they could pull off a grand election-year deceit, despite his failing cognitive … Read more
Adding the word hate to crime is a way for prosecutors to pile on charges in search of more significant fines and longer sentences. It is an injustice. Its other more critical function is to make people afraid to speak openly for fear of stumbling across the ever-moving hate speech trip wire, which is a … Read more
There is a reason why the word democracy is not in the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, or any of the State Constitutions, yet appears in The Communist Manifesto. Democracy is a precursor of revolution, as precisely stated by G. K. Chesterton: “You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. … Read more
Some of you will have clicked the headline to provide the obvious answer to the question, so let me save you some carpel tunnel—there is no need to mouse-scroll or swipe to the bottom to comment. Yes, the Second Amendment helps protect all the other rights, enumerated or not. That’s not what I meant. I’m … Read more
Around the world, farmland is being converted to residential and industrial uses as farms consolidate, urban populations strain land resources, and narrow profit margins discourage would-be farmers. This shrinkage of agricultural acreage has been underway in America and Western Europe for a century. Climate change policies under the Biden administration have flushed renewable manufacturing industries … Read more
This is terribly tragic, and I want to be clear that the headline’s brevity (if you even agree it has some) hides a deep concern for this technology. What I’m about to share is sad. A man enters an elevator carrying what appears to be a lithium-ion e-bike battery, which spontaneously combusts moments after the … Read more
When I was counsel to the New Hampshire Department of Security, I was summoned to federal jury duty. I begged off because an NH statute precluded my position from jury service. The gods in the Federal District decided a state statute did not bind them. I was ordered to appear for federal jury service. The … Read more
Cycling competition organizers have made it clear they will not tolerate any bullying or derogatory comments about participants in their thing. What thing? The Madison at Washington’s Marymore Grand Prix.A women’s bike race in which the top three medalists were all men. Transgender athletes swept the board in a 1-2-3 at a prestigious women’s cycle race … Read more
“Does Character In Public Life Still Matter,” was supposed to be one of Joe Biden’s most potent lines of his speech from the Oval Office last Wednesday, but it fell as flat as his comb-over. We will explain why, but first, some general comments on a speech derided on the Right and lauded on the … Read more
New Ham Last week, Gov. Chris Sununu signed the state’s first law pertaining to these programs, which will fund a Department of Revenue Administration study on the potential lost timber tax revenue and require the Division of Forestry to create a registry of all carbon offset sites in the state. It was introduced in the state House … Read more
Readers of GraniteGrok are well aware of the Founder’s fear of tyranny and how they would perceive the current imperial presidency. For those who don’t have their copy of the Anti-Federalist Papers handy, here are some quotes: Cato No. 4 (possibly written by George Clinton but definitely not by this George Clinton): “He is not … Read more
I work seven days a week, so making time for other things often requires a bit of juggling. I know how to juggle (both time and objects), so this is not outside my wheelhouse. And when I got an invite to be part of the Tall Ships parade in Porstough Friday, I was like, YES! … Read more
I have a plethora of thoughts about the Presidential election. There are so many topics that lead from one to another, but I’ll highlight a few. I have serious concerns about where our country is headed. We have the Democrats that are pulling so many shenanigans that are obviously unconstitutional, in the open, with no … Read more
Concerned that rapid development threatened critical agricultural resources, Indiana’s Legislature in 2023 commissioned a study to determine the status of the state’s farmland. Noting that most agricultural land loss neighbored cities and suburban areas, the study concluded that Indiana lost 345,682 acres of farmland between 2010 and 2022. As Bill Gates and China notoriously gobble up … Read more
Kamala Harris was never very gifted as a politician, public speaker, or much else, but she must be good at being ruthless and unforgiving – and perhaps networking and extortion. Otherwise, she’d be working for Gavin Newsom or some other left-coast liberal clown. As lunch would have it, she’s our clown and is desperately seeking … Read more
My RTK journey began almost 2 years ago when the City of Nashua was appraised for new property values (Laurie Ortolano has a wealth of examples to supplement mine). Shocked by my personal copy of their report, I sought to know specific methods in which specific types of properties were appraised, compared to one another, … Read more
Nathaniel Grigsby died in 1890 and was interred at the Attica Cemetery in Attica, Kansas. The epitaph on his tombstone reads: “Through this inscription, I wish to enter my dying protest against what is called the Democratic party. I have watched it closely since the days of Jackson and know that our nation’s misfortunes have come … Read more