Distant Dome: Economic Upheaval Is Inevitable, but Traumatic

But Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed the bill last week saying “New Hampshire ratepayers have been taken for over $200 million in order to subsidize the Burgess Biomass Plant in Berlin, NH. Enough is enough,” adding “The Power Purchase Agreement with Burgess Biopower is a great example of what can go wrong when the good intentions of a sympathetic government get exploited and abused by opportunists in the private sector.”

It Never Rains on the River

It’s raining today. Not just rain, but a deluge of biblical proportions. My canoe is ready by the back door just in case. I was supposed to go fishing today.

Speaking of Words: Why English is Weird

     For reasons that have nothing to do with its virtues, English has become “the world language.”  Although more people speak Mandarin Chinese as a first language than English, hundreds of millions of people speak English fluently as a second language or, as in India, a second first language