Radio Free New Hampshire

Radio Free NH: What To Make of Trump Voters

In the wake of E. Jean Carroll winning her civil suit against Donald Trump (brave woman!), it’s hard to know what to make of the Republican voters who still favor him for the White House in 2024.

Radio Free NH: How Fox News Chose ‘Lies, Rage and Vitriol’

It’s too early to tell how the Fox News settlement will play in public life. Whether it causes Fox’s reporters to change their ways remains to be seen.

Radio Free New Hampshire: Awash in Trump’s Personal Misery

The prospect of Donald Trump as a criminal defendant reminds me of a conversation I had once with a mental health professional.

Radio Free New Hampshire: Will Trump Get Out of His Own Way?

I write this article not knowing if Donald Trump will get arrested this week. He seems to think he will be. He has called for demonstrations against that happening, which means that his lawyers must be pulling their hair out, because their client is failing the first test of facing criminal charges. He is acting like a criminal.

Arts and Entertainment

Radio Free NH: Should Witches Be Less Loathsome?

News item: Roald Dahl’s publishers have decided to change his language to better suit modern sensibilities. People in his books will no longer be called “fat,” for instance.

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Radio Free New Hampshire: Blame Loeb for the Last Time N.H. Almost Lost the Primary

There are people alive today, even in Manchester, who don’t remember William Loeb. I am not one of them

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Radio Free NH: Do We Deserve the First-in-the-Nation Primary?

I’m not sure if our state ever deserved to hold the first-in-the-nation primary. It took root because nobody cared, like a dandelion by the side of your driveway.

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Radio Free New Hampshire: Winter’s Here…

It was a gorgeous snow, too, that decided to coat our town. It was wet and heavy so it stuck to things and stayed there; every tree looked like a masterpiece and we have a lot of trees so our town looked like a postcard.

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Radio Free NH: The House Will Become a Circus

When grown men today dress like little children, in other words, the drift is no longer practicality. It’s avoidance of maturity, and running from responsibility, with a dose of magical thinking attached.

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Radio Free New Hampshire: Bring an Old Friend To the Annual Chanukah Column

December! Freezing rain, the Boston Red Sox losing their shortstop to the San Diego Muckdogs, and time for my annual Chanukah column. It’s been a while, but I didn’t want to do this one alone, so I reached out to an old friend.