Author: Jonathan P. Baird

American Legal System Law Concept Statue Of Lady Justice With Scales Of Justice And American Flag

(Opinion) A tale of two justices: lessons from the Fortas, Thomas affairs

Is there a greater degree of ethical laxness now?

The long, shameful road to a new women’s prison

The 30-year wait for a new facility represents a moral failure by the Legislature

The planned destruction of Medicaid

Since the Republican Senate health care bill was released, there has been much discussion about its worst aspects. Is it the cutting 22 million people off health insurance? Is it doing away with pre-existing condition protections? Or is it the…

How Democrats lost the white working class

Social science research does not often make news. One exception was the study by two Princeton University researchers, Anna Case and Angus Deaton, that showed that middle-aged white Americans were dying younger. Suicide, alcoholism and drug overdoses are an increasing…

It was arrogance that did the Dems in

Democrats need to abandon Clinton’s brand of centrism and embrace the Sanders wing

The time is now for paid family leave

It results in better outcomes for parents, children and businesses

Does the ‘fascist’ label fit Trump?

Probably no word in political vocabulary is more misused than fascist. It is used all the time as an insult or as a way to tag a political opponent. It may just be used as a form of name-calling to…

The GOP’s disturbing nativist direction

Those who wish to restrict immigration are misinterpreting the 14th Amendment

JFK’s greatest legacy: He avoided nuclear war

Late president showed great courage and wisdom during Cuban missile crisis

Paranoia plays a role in pro-gun movement

Since the shootings at Aurora and Newtown, the irrationality, bordering on hysteria, of the pro-gun, no-regulation folks has been on display

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Letter to the editor: Good news for patients — and a reminder of what’s at stake

Good news for patients — and a reminder of what’s at stake

(Opinion) The recovery math most high performers get wrong

Picture two moments from an ordinary Tuesday: a tense budget meeting where a project you’ve spent months on gets picked apart in real time, and an hour later, your 4-year-old flat on the floor of the cereal aisle mid-tantrum. One feels professional; the other feels undignified.

(Opinion) UNH partnerships strengthen NH’s blue economy

When people talk about New Hampshire’s economy, they often picture tourism, small to mid-sized businesses, and manufacturing. Increasingly, there’s another category that belongs on that list: the blue economy.

Leadership in action

Sink, Graham and Alexander underscore the power of serving the greater good

Get outside

The North Country is calling

What I learned from Ebola

‘Hundreds if not thousands of lives were saved’

NH Business Notebook: Taking on a tower

While walking back to my car after a meeting in downtown Manchester in June, I spotted three people suspended by climbing ropes along the east side of the Brady Sullivan Plaza.