“A” is for Algebra
How many high school valedictorians does it take to solve for “X”? If you’re in the Detroit area, the answer is “More than one.” As reported by Chalkbeat, a non-profit news organization, Detroit’s Cody High…
Category: Opinion / Editorial
Afghanistan; A Taliban Deal?
UNITED NATIONS- President Donald Trump put Afghanistan back in the news again after his surprise Thanksgiving visit to U.S. troops stationed in the embattled South Asian country. Besides bringing holiday cheer for American forces serving…
A New Hampshire Roadmap
One of the downsides to our first-in-the-nation presidential primary is the proliferation of political ads during Thanksgiving holiday football games. One of the most bizarre this year came from Democrat Tom Steyer. Steyer justified his…
UN Confab Views Global Christian Persecution
UNITED NATIONS—The stunning silence of the mainstream media which often overlooks ongoing anti-religious violence has become a sad barometer of our secular societies. Clearly, while most of the attacks are “somewhere else” be it the…
Expletive Deleted
A few weeks ago State Representative Tamara Le (D-Rockingham 31) posted to social media a profane slang for a sexual act to vent her frustration with private and religious schools (and by implication, thousands of…
enviroMENTALS
It would probably get a student suspended nowadays, but back when I was in middle school we used the term “mental” as an epithet for people or things we thought were stupid. “What are you,…
Is The United Nations Going Broke?
UNITED NATIONS – Is the United Nations going broke? Well yes and no. The 193 member organization is facing a serious cash crunch which has naturally hampered the day to day operations of the world…
Recycled Perspective
Those offering their op-ed perspectives should occasionally review what they’ve written to see how well it comports with reality. While basking in the glow of a weekend trifecta – gridiron wins by my nephew’s prep…
This Week In Education
Education is a frequent topic in this space because it is so colossally important to America’s future and has been so catastrophically mismanaged for so long. In “Quality Counts 2019,” the annual ranking of state…
UN General Assembly Confronts Global Crisis Overload
UNITED NATIONS- Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Potentates are assembling in New York for the 74th General Assembly. During this annual rite of Autumn, delegations from the UN’s 193 member states shall debate, discuss and hopefully…
Losing Our Religion
Last month in these pages (“Nobody Can Disappoint Like Family,” August 1st) I lamented Governor Sununu’s acquiescence to one of liberalism’s newest tenets. With his signature on SB263, “gender identity,” is now a legally protected…
September 1, 1939
At the risk of outing myself as a philistine, I must admit that I’m not a fan of poetry. After the forced march through haiku in middle school and learning the naughty delights of dirty…
From Good Wood To Goodwill
There is something refreshing about seeing familiar sights with new eyes. That was my sense while hiking to the summits of North and Middle Tripyramids last weekend. My hiking group consisted of two old guys…
Nobody Can Disappoint Like Family
Some version of “Nobody can disappoint like family” has probably been around for as long as humans have been forming families. It’s human nature to be disappointed when those closest to us don’t live up…
Moon Landing Remembered— Failure Was Not an Option
Bondville, VT – For those of us of a certain age, we vividly remember where we were on July 20, 1969 the date of America’s successful Lunar landing. On a cool July southern Vermont evening…