Cook on Concord Archives - Page 6 of 49

What are you reading now?

Brad Cook,

In the crazy and complex world we find ourselves inhabiting, it is sometimes valuable to block out the TV, internet and virtual world, and read a book.

New Hampshire needs to keep grooming new leaders

Brad Cook,

Leadership is an elusive concept. I have been teaching the government and politics sessions of Leadership New Hampshire and Leadership Manchester for about 35 years, and ask each session the following questions: How many people do you see in leadership positions who you don’t think are leaders? How many leaders do you see who are not in leadership positions? Why?

Loyalty to party or country?

Brad Cook,

Now that the 2024 New Hampshire Primary is in the rear-view mirror, what can be said of it?

Three great losses to NH

Brad Cook,

Late 2023 saw some significant losses to the state, with the passing of many prominent people who contributed greatly to the progress and fabric of New Hampshire. Three of them are worthy of note here.

2024 primed for plenty of political action

Brad Cook,

This is the first column of 2024 and the last one before New Hampshire voters vote in the New Hampshire Primary

Let’s talk about cannabis, gambling and guns

Brad Cook,

For an observer of New Hampshire public policy discussions for over 50 years, the subjects of discussion in Concord recently are both déjà vu and somewhat disconcerting.

Some Thanksgiving thoughts to ponder after the Turkey is gone

Brad Cook,

At the Families in Transition breakfast on Nov. 21, 500 or so people celebrated the work of the organization that provides homes to those otherwise homeless people in the Queen City, and also runs the homeless shelter and food kitchen that is the lifeline of so many.