I was not sure what analogy to use when describing the legislative victories N.H. Sen. Ted Gatsas of Manchester scored earlier this month. On the one hand, Winston Churchill’s going from exile in the Conservative Party to prime minister after…
Steve Barba can remember a time when The Balsams grand hotel and the beauty of New Hampshire’s northern White Mountains were not a part of his life, but he has to go back a long way. In fact, so much…
Though coal-fired plants already provide nearly half of our nation’s electricity, and that share is expected to hold steady over the next 20 years, the fuel is having a renaissance of sorts in the electric generation industry. The price of…
The New Hampshire Legislature and Governor Lynch deserve to take a bow for their work in ridding the state’s small businesses of the albatross known as Senate Bill 110. The bill - as many, many readers of New Hampshire Business…
It’s a hot and sticky Monday afternoon in June, but some 40 card players are involved in games of Texas Hold’em, spread among six tables in the air-conditioned Manchester Bingo Center. The action is slow at 2 p.m., but the…
Celebrating our freedom from tyranny is one of the most enjoyable weekends of the summer. It nicely blends national pride with civic obligation. In the past I have written concerning my fondness for the small town parades held across the…
The version of the budget recently passed by the New Hampshire Senate includes a footnote in House Bill 2 that suspends the rules that govern how the state reimburses private agencies to care for its most traumatized children. This footnote…
As if what’s commonly known about Judd Gregg’s No Child Left Behind wasn’t bad enough, did you know it also requires that local schools grant access to military recruiters and must give them names and addresses of high school students…
Americans agree that we must preserve an equitable and efficient legal system. False claims and unnecessary bureaucracy weigh our courts down, costing all of us money and, most importantly, stealing from legitimate cases that require serious consideration and compensation. While…
It was a beautiful day flying from Minneapolis to Boston. I had landed at Logan Airport about 4:30 on a Friday afternoon. No problem, this was back in the early ‘90s, when I worked for Digital Equipment. I walked to…
