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If U.S. states were companies that traded on the stock market, the only New England state with a “buy” rating would probably be New Hampshire. Massachusetts could be called “Big Blue,” the tradition-bound leader cruising on its prior reputation, but falling behind smaller upstarts that have embraced innovation and rapid growth. New Hampshire would be … Read more
Today on the Morning Update, part two of the series exploring and exposing fascism as a decidedly left-wing ideology. Links: Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, We Want to Hear It. Comment or submit Op-Eds to steve@granitegrok.com Please … Read more
While Christians the world over look to the celebration as a way to remember the incarnation of Christ, some dismiss it as a Christianized version of the ancient Rome’s Saturnalia. Whatever one’s view happens to be, I humbly suggest that it ought to be used by Christians and non-Christians alike as a reflection upon a collision … Read more
Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas says her office is moving to close a regulatory gap that has limited law enforcement’s ability to address suspected human trafficking at massage parlors across the state. Speaking with VDC in an impromptu interview in Montpelier on Tuesday, Dec. 23, Copeland Hanzas said authorities have raised concerns about … Read more
This week on the Elsa Kurt Show, we invited part of the Taylor Jean crew aboard the show to share how a handful of friends—bankers, builders, and tinkerers—built one of the most respected teams on the offshore tournament circuit. The story starts with a seasick freshwater angler who fell in love under a sky full … Read more
The Black Lives Matter movement was a massive money laundering operation that got a lot of people excited about doing things that didn’t improve black lives beyond leadership. The lives at the top got rich and moved into white neighborhoods. Everyone else got angry and divisive. In the end, black lives were lost, and some … Read more
For years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been playing a long game on American soil. While the regime chants “Death to America” in the streets of Tehran, their ideological foot soldiers have been quietly embedding themselves in the ivory towers of our universities. But at the University of Arkansas, the mask hasn’t just slipped – it … Read more
Finally, a Fourteenth Amendment challenge makes it to our Supreme Court! This is in line with my long-held belief against these birthright citizenship rulings, which reward every lawbreaker whoseeks for her child to be born in “the land of plenty.” What should have been a Congress-enacted, time-restricted law, ensuring all the rights and freedoms of … Read more
Growing up in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in the 50’s and 60’s was a very early education in the impact of various nationalities and religions on a community. There were no walls or boundaries, but each nationality had its own unique section of the city with ethnic grocery stores and churches named after its patron saints. I, … Read more
I have been the beneficiary of praise over the years for being able to produce content like sh!t through a goose. That’s not to say it doesn’t come out the same way when I’ve his schedule or publish, simply that there are times when the conjunction of “what should I write about” and the finished … Read more
A very respected Granite Stater made an intriguing comment about a member of the Senate that I was complaining about. However, this tipster did not want to be identified and refused to answer any questions related to the tip. I spent some time considering how I could learn more without exposing the informant, so I … Read more
This week, on NE Take, Ambassador Francis Rooney joins the show to discuss the importance of the Catholic Church, where it is going under Pope Leo XIV, and his connection to the first American pope. Afterwards, A. J. and Dexter talk about Sargon of Akkad’s recent reflections on the future of “liberalism.” Speakers’ opinions are … Read more
The Left’s war against children took a tiny hit recently when a North Carolina County took an unusual step. The Library board had just dismissed concerns from parents and taxpayers about an inappropriate book in the children’s section. In Randolph County, North Carolina, the public library’s board of trustees voted to keep a child grooming … Read more
How the 1968 BAR Merger Subverted New Hampshire’s Legislative Will and Entrenched Judicial Corruption In the preceding installments of this series, we’ve peeled back the layers of New Hampshire’s judicial system, revealing a web of self-serving machinations that have transformed what should be a bastion of justice into a tool for elite control. From the … Read more
Somalis are getting a lot of much-needed attention in places like Minnesota and Maine, where they’ve walked off with billions in taxpayer dollars through coordinated acts of fraud. If they were wearing MAGA hats and voting for Republicans, Democrats would be outraged. There would be congressional investigations, criminal charges, lots of negative coverage from their … Read more
If you try to research the answer to this question, you will oddly be misdirected, blatantly lied to, or just given half truths. Artificial intelligence is the biggest offender of the current silver market misinformation, but Google is right up there with lies about what just happened. Clearly someone wants you to miss the significance … Read more
Canada is working on the perception that it’s a nice place full of friendly people. The government has ramped up a campaign to encourage more of those nice people to commit suicide every year, mainly because they are a burden on the State. Despite how fascist that sounds, no one is accusing them of being … Read more
The Republican championed new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), represents the “Deep State” in a combination of entrenched interests, committees, lobbies, and bureaucracies that value the continuity of power over innovative strategy and sound reform. It does this by restricting the drawdown of troops stationed overseas, increasing murky foreign entrenchment through legally binding efforts to … Read more
The Independents have the week off, so we’re jumping in the not do wayback machine to revisit a past episode of GrokTALK! on property taxes. A movement is rising to ban them, which is great, but what do we replace them with (and sadly, it can’t be nothing)? Originally publised on Oct 27, 2025 Speakers’ … Read more
The holiday shopping season suggests that people have a good feeling about the direction of the US economy, and the Q3 data confirms it. Even before the Christmas shopping season, the economy grew at an impressive 4.3%. Gross domestic product is a broad measure of the goods and services produced across the economy. Economists had … Read more