History is a funny thing. For example, two communities claim to be the birthplace of the Republican Party, Exeter, New Hampshire and Ripon, Wisconsin. Around here Exeter is thought to be the holy place, but almost everywhere else in the country — including Wikipedia — believe it was ...
The technological advances we’ve experienced over the last few decades have brought changes to every part of our society, including education. Reading and writing cursive, for example, used to be a significant part of the public school curriculum but is now considered obsolete in many states ...
“A mask that covers nose and mouth, protecting oneself and others is what it’s all about!” By now most of us know wearing a mask, washing hands, and practicing social distancing helps reduce the spread of viruses. Masks help protect the respiratory system from allergies, said to lower ...
I recently met with the owner of an advanced manufacturing company here in southern New Hampshire to discuss energy independence. His operation uses over 15 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per year to keep the production lines humming and his more than 500 highly-skilled workers ...
A recent story about the death of the last surviving Apollo Astronaut, Walter Cunningham, got the gears in my old head cranking back to the time when the space program was just getting started in 1962 as President John F. Kennedy stated that an American will walk on the moon by the end of the ...
Like Bob Dylan’s never ending tour back before the pandemic, Gov. Chris Sununu has embarked on his own never ending tour of national television and cable news studios as well as the usual must attend stops — or cattle calls — for presidential wannabes. Friday he was a featured speaker, ...
