I was first introduced to Kate Alterman during law school, though I didn't know her name for many years. She was an immigrant girl who worked in the factories of New York. It was her work in a particular factory…

We state the obvious here: State lawmakers are elected to work for the benefit of their constituents and the state as a whole. It helps to be reminded of this when we look at the state Legislature's creation of the…

Over the past several months, my office has responded to thousands of letters and phone calls on health care. I've traveled all across New Hampshire talking to small-business owners and families who are desperate for help. I've talked to health-care…

The focus of the national agenda the last several months has clearly become reforming America's health-care system. Bring it on! There is no question that our health-care system needs to be reformed to squeeze out the much-inflated expenses and to…

The Aug. 8 editorial in Foster's Daily Democrat asked, "When did prolific spending become such a virtue?" The editorial then proceeded to criticize Gov. John Lynch and his administration for acting quickly and competently to get stimulus money out the…

If you truly are satisfied with your health care, I would venture to say you won't be for long. You may be satisfied with your health insurance, but with the rising cost of care, you likely have not been pleased…

Somebody needs to say this: both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are pointless. They are a death trap and a financial sinkhole. The lives of our soldiers are too valuable to be wasted there. The Iraq War lacks any…

Unless you hid under a rock all summer, you know most Americans don't want government interference in their health care. Democrats and Republicans may have their differences, but there is universal agreement that decisions regarding medical treatments must be exclusively…

Why does the news of David Souter's move from his rustic old homestead on a dirt road in Weare to an upscale new house in a pricey subdivision in Hopkinton trouble me so? After all, at 69, the recently retired…

Although Governor Lynch has seldom used the threat of a veto as a way of securing meaningful executive branch participation in the legislative process, he did so at least once last year. That was when he threatened to veto any…

It's that time of year -- back to school. With the abundance of "teachable moments" these days, will this be the year when parents step up and insist that schools include financial education as part of the school curriculum? In…

The financing and delivery of health care now bear an eerie resemblance to the credit and banking systems that financed and underwrote home mortgages in 2007. Fortunately, the dangers of an unsustainable health-care system are in clear view and the…

The New Hampshire House passed a capital gains tax and an estate tax as part of its budget proposal in March, and because of a combination of illness and extreme workload I did not have time to respond to the…