Letters to the Editor
Good public servants are hard to find To the editor: Well, it looks like the smear guys are on the attack again, leaking information about someone that Ray Burton hired. We are not the Gestapo and cannot always know the…
News
Justice is served
In an era when Americans have rightly questioned whether justice can always be found inside our courtrooms, the sentencing given to Tyco felons Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz are a breath of fresh air. It took some time and money…
Higher ed partnership will aid workforce
The following are excerpts of an address delivered by Robert E. Myers, president of Daniel Webster College, earlier this month at the Greater Nashua High Tech Expo. I think, as most of you know, there are some unique demographic challenges…
Don’t Delay — declare victory and keep spending
The good news, according the majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, is that victory has been achieved. Federal spending is under control. The bad news for the nation’s taxpayers is that this “victory” is ongoing. Yes, with Congress…
Volunteerism should be part of any business plan
Two characteristics that add to the New Hampshire advantage involve a strong entrepreneurial spirit and support for volunteerism. When combined, great things happen. I am writing to share one example of how New Hampshire companies can get involved in a…
Incompetent pols come from blind ideologies
It is not necessary to look for a win in the blame game to be shocked and awed by governmental failure pre- and post-Katrina. Pols from both parties told us that, post 9/11, protecting Americans from terrorist attacks was a new, central focus…
Confirmation of Roberts puts our rights at stake
New Hampshire occasionally offers curious items for the nation to ponder. Most obvious is our unique presidential primary. There’s our seemingly magnetic force drawing Free Staters. A Republican governor unwittingly moving us from red to blue. A mutiny in the…
Last Word
I put down my croissant and answered the phone. “How did you get my number?” I asked indignantly. “No one is allowed to talk to me without going through my secretary.” I could hear the salesman take a deep breath…
Mills to be reborn as inn, condos, offices
The adaptive reuse of a large portion of the Monadnock Mills on the Sugar River in Claremont will be the latest collaboration between two of New Hampshire’s well-known hospitality developers. Restaurateur Alex Ray, owner of the Common Man family of…
Women flock to full-time UNH MBA program
For the first in its history, women enrolled in the full-time MBA program at the University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore School of Business and Economics outnumber men — a change that’s so significant officials say it’s a reverse of the…
