Over the past couple of days, I noticed something that I had hoped wouldn’t happen this year. I was wrong, it’s happening, and it seems to be happening earlier than in the past. It’s called “sandwiching”.
For those who don’t know what I’m writing about, what happens is one candidate puts [...]
Every day, households throughout this city are forced to make tough decisions about how we spend our hard earned dollars. We decide which cell phone plans we will choose, how often we will eat dinner out, whether to repair our existing vehicle or purchase a new one, and how [...]
[This was written by my colleague Mike Biundo - I couldn't have said it better.]
CACR24, a constitutional amendment prohibiting an income tax is coming up for a vote on Wednesday February 13th. Now I was thinking of going with the whole early Valentines gift for the taxpayers’ argument but have [...]
Like a mid-winter thaw, politicians with plans for boosting revenue by raising taxes on energy always seem to surface around now. During the dead of winter, when homeowners bemoan the escalating cost of heating oil, tax-hungry legislators always seem to haul out the anti-energy, pro-tax language.
They will tell you [...]
In politics, I’m not even sure that one negative makes a positive. And I believe the average voter would agree with me.
With less than 72 hours before those of us involved in the Manchester election process drag ourselves out from under our warm, cozy blankets to venture out for a [...]
No, I’m not the Phantom Gourmet. No, I don’t have a financial interest in Murphy’s. I’m just a fan of the place...for a lot of reasons. Great, but you might be wondering - why I’d blog about it?
Recently there has been a lot of attention on Murphy's [...]
For Republicans in New Hampshire, today starts a new chapter in this cycle of the New Hampshire primary. This is, of course, because of yesterday’s Ames Straw Poll.
As expected Mitt Romney took 1st. That really isn’t the story of the day – Romney really only would have been the [...]
It’s almost the weekend and I’m pondering what to do to entertain myself in the coming days.
I’m not that big of a baseball fan, but I was thinking maybe I’d take in a Fisher Cats game.
As a kid I followed baseball closely – although I’ll admit that I [...]
We all know that controversy sells newspapers. Maybe that is why the Union Leader has decided that somehow it is the GOP’s fault that we’re one step closer to an income tax ion this state….because saying so goes against what would normally be the UL’s more conservative nature….and that [...]
I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
That’s the original version of the Pledge of Allegiance from 1892. We’ve added words along the way, but the message is still the same. We all know the [...]
THE HIGH PRICE OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM
State Supreme Court’s Extremism on Education Funding Threatens Separation of Powers, Vibrancy of New Hampshire Economy
By Mike Biundo
American democracy is founded on the notion of three separate but equal branches of government. As any fifth-grader [...]
Amid all of the Memorial Day festivities last weekend, a friend of mine brought me a newspaper because there was an article in it that he thought might be of interest to me. There on the front page of the June 2 edition was an article titled “House in Fight [...]
