Opinion

New Year's resolutions generally conjure up good intentions to lose weight and reorganize our homes or office desk.But for millions of Americans, this year's resolutions are more urgent. To find a job. To keep a job they already have. To…

Here in the North Country, where the ravages of this poor economy are most evident, a higher percentage of people with developmental disabilities are employed than anywhere else in the state. I learned this statistic recently at a breakfast hosted…

There are not a lot of things about which New Hampshire Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, and Free Staters agree. But one such cornerstone in the foundation of our identity has to be the sanctity with which we hold our traditional freedoms.Rather…

There seems to be an endless debate in politics about whether government creates jobs. One thing is undeniable: Government certainly can get in the way of job creation by passing bad policy or inaction.One dose of good policy that would…

Few public health measures over the last half-century have worked as well as fluoridating water. Not only does the New Hampshire Dental Society agree, so do most other respected health organizations worldwide.Fluoridation of community water supplies is the single most…

A recent editorial by the Portsmouth Herald suggests that the state should continue forward with a policy of near annual tobacco tax increases. The liberal editorial page of that paper suggested that the reduction in the tax is "costing the…

What now? That's up to you.A great rising in the streets against the intolerable may catalyze healing change and basic reform. Or it may be met by further repression, the club, the gun and mass arrests.As a longtime Clamshell Alliance…

Throughout our public service careers, we have been honored to work on behalf of the men and women of our military. We each have seen and experienced firsthand the ingenuity and commitment of our uniformed men and women, their families,…

You can call it a myth, a belief, an assumption, even a wish. But the notion that the death penalty "protects" people from homicide cannot be called a "fact" and should not be the basis for policy.Sadly, this non-fact appears…

I have been a restaurateur in New Hampshire for more than 25 years. Like many other small business owners, I work and live here because of three simple words: quality of life.New Hampshire is a great place to live and…