The energy bill just passed by Congress starkly illustrates how utterly have self-serving interest groups captured Washington’s political process. After four years of effort, Congress has removed most of the good from an energy bill now designed primarily to dole…
The commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services should be out of his job. Not because Commissioner John Stephen is not doing a good job. To the contrary, he is one of the few bright spots in state…
To secure last-minute votes for the Central American Free Trade Agreement, U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman cobbled together a deal ensuring that Central American apparel producers would use pockets and linings produced in the United States. Portman also arranged to…
“I don’t know!” To me, those are some of the most exciting words in the English language. When we say them or hear them, there’s an opportunity for some real learning and/or discovery. Where would we be if our ancestors…
The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently sent a signal to employers that they must be diligent in confirming the status of applicants for employment and in following up on information that might lead to the conclusion that a worker is…
A resignation he couldn’t refuse You couldn’t actually say that Senate President Tom Eaton was eager to accept the resignation of his longtime majority leader, Bob Clegg, earlier this month. But there was something lingering after Clegg said he’d had…
Many contractors, to their misfortune, have first-hand experience as plaintiffs or defendants in construction-related litigation. As anyone who has been involved in construction litigation — as plaintiff or defendant — would attest, there is rarely a true “winner” in litigated…
Plymouth State University’s recently renovated and expanded Boyd Science Center has been chosen as an example of an exceptional adaptive reuse project and is featured as one of six such buildings in a new coffee table book, “Boomer Buildings: Mid-Century…
It’s about a foot long. It weighs less than a pound. It looks like a slightly futuristic travel mug inside a neoprene sleeve. The inventors of Jetboil say it’s a dramatic advance in portable cookery. The unassuming little device has…
Success at a trade show has a lot to do with planning and execution. Exposition organizers often start planning their shows months in advance, and smart exhibitors begin their planning shortly thereafter. For shows like the Greater Nashua, Concord and…
