Author: Jonathan P. Baird

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(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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(Opinion) NH knows the playbook for prudent energy policy

Energy reliability and affordability are of paramount importance in New Hampshire.

(Opinion) Camping for kids should be priority for the state

One of the greatest honors for me as executive councilor for District One is representing the towns around Lake Winnipesaukee, one of New Hampshire’s most stellar natural resources.

(Opinion) NH stands to lose $430.4m in Medicaid through ‘34

The federal budget reconciliation law enacted last year was particularly designed to punish states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, as New Hampshire did through its Granite Advantage Program.

Don’t stop at yellow lights

While major economic indicators are serving as caution tape for many organizations that are hesitant to make investments or take on risk right now, there is a very bright green light out there. There is also a fast-moving vehicle on the road: AI, and the frenetic adoption pace at which people now use it to find essential information. Organizations need to adapt to be seen and referenced by these tools.

(Opinion) The best emergency response begins long before the emergency

When the next emergency comes, the most important question won’t be whether we have a plan; it will be whether we’ve already built the relationships that make the plan work

(Opinion) Your company isn’t stalling because of strategy

Every growing company hits a wall that has nothing to do with its market, its product or its strategy deck. It hits the limits of one person’s capacity — usually the founder’s — and stops.

(Opinion) Housing is economic infrastructure

For years, New England employers have identified one challenge that cuts across nearly every industry: Our region simply is not building enough homes to meet demand.

Franklin progress and congressmen

August 4 was a perfect New Hampshire day. Along Route 3, a tour of the wonderful New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, a peaceful and impressive oasis everyone should experience, was followed by the groundbreaking ceremony for Phase II of the Military and Veterans Campus of Easterseals New Hampshire in Franklin.