Op-Ed: Showdown in Washington, Failure of Leadership
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The Senate vote caving to Trump’s CR left Democratic colleagues in the House swinging in the breeze.
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‘The Last Bake Sale’ Available for Pre-Release Sale
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It all started when my running buddy (and constitutional law professor) Arpy Saunders approached me in the locker room of the Concord Y to help him form a legal team.
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Op-Ed: The Josiah Bartlett Center Takes a Beating.
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It’s been a tough couple of weeks for NH’s Josiah Bartlett Center, its president Drew Cline and board member Rep. Dan McGuire (R-Epsom). Cline, who doubles as the chair of NH’s state board of education, released a report on public education spending that uses questionable economics to make the claim NH spends too much.
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Op-Ed: Trump cuts funding for lifesaving research.
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I am talking about dollars and cents here, not damage to our nation’s dignity, ethics or reputation as a reliable ally. That damage may be incalculable and may be everlasting.
Op-Ed: HB 638 – A Second Look for People Serving Life Without Parole
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HB 638 creates a possibility for parole for prisoners serving a legislatively imposed automatic life sentence for first degree murder; “legislatively imposed” because there is no sentencing discretion.
Op-Ed: How I’ll Respond to Trump
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Why didn’t I write about the atrocities perpetrated by President Trump or his abject betrayal of law enforcement in his pardon of violent insurrectionists? Why didn’t I write about the other voting blocs that supported him who will next be betrayed?
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Op-Ed: Life Without Parole, A Unique Sentence Worthy of Second Look
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And then there is the cost. In NH, as of the end of June 2024, the cost of imprisoning an inmate in the state prison system is about $78,000 a year.
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Op-Ed: A new governor sets her agenda. Sort of.
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With all of the uncertainty swirling about education in NH as a result of school funding lawsuits and cretinous efforts to micro-manage what is taught in schools and who can use which bathroom, Governor Ayotte’s leading new policy announcement was (drumroll) to ban cellphones in schools. Republicans cheered.
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Op-Ed: The Designation of the Frances Perkins Monument in Newcastle, Maine
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My former Sunday School students will recognize the name of Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve as a member of a presidential cabinet. It’s important to know about her and what she accomplished, and helped FDR accomplish.