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A call for dignity and respect during a time of political divisiveness

The political landscape in the United States has been marked by an alarming level of divisiveness and inappropriate behavior by candidates and political leaders. This environment not only undermines the principles of democracy but also places an undue burden on our military. Promoting the idea ...

Homelessness and the disabled community in NH

Homelessness in New Hampshire is at a critical juncture. As state officials, municipalities, and advocates struggle to find solutions to the problem, the impact of the crisis has become urgent— affecting families, businesses, and towns, community services and providers, and the mental and ...

Education Freedom Accounts program nets 1,000 additional students

The war over public education was on full display last week in the battle over PragerU’s financial literacy course and the State Board of Education’s 5-0 decision to approve it. Despite opposition from the vast majority of speakers and letter writers, the board — stacked with school ...

Here we go, Yellow Sox!

For those wondering why the Boston Red Sox are wearing Nashua fire hydrant colors, I’m with you and decided to get some answers. 2023 has not been the best Sox season of late, so why parade as the Boston-Nashua Fire Plugs? Even non-baseball fans, like my daughter Liz, a Boston resident, ...

NH business tax cuts are just trickle down economics

CONCORD — Despite politicians’ claims of business tax rate cuts spurring the state’s economy, a recent study indicates the state’s economy would grow faster by putting additional money in the hands of low- to moderate-income residents. The issue brief by the New Hampshire Fiscal ...

Speaking of words: They-them-their

Twice in the last fifty years or so we who speak English, and especially we who write English, have been pressed to change what pronouns we use when referring to a person of unknown gender. Until late in the last century the “correct” pronoun, the one we were taught in school and saw in ...