It started with a simple statement from the president: "Middle-class families shouldn't pay higher taxes than millionaires and billionaires."The right wing exploded. The Union Leader said the president was being "disingenuous." Syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock called the president a liar.…
Just a little over four years ago, New Hampshire found itself in an enviable financial situation. With $89 million in the rainy day fund to protect against future economic downturns, we had a chance to make a strong case for…
The American people are waiting for leadership from Washington. They desperately want to see both parties work together to strengthen our economy and reduce our deficit for the good of the nation. But instead of debating these issues, Congress was…
The imminent opening of the access road to the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, to be known as Raymond Wieczorek Drive, as well as the Interstate 93 widening project and other infrastructure improvements, got me thinking about roads. So did a recent…
I believe there is a certain kind of character that does not do well in politics: self-made millionaires.Tough, impatient and independent, these are people who can make a great success of themselves in business, but mostly fail when they enter…
Claims that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme are just part of a continuing right-wing campaign to smear our most successful, and most popular, government program.Social Security was created in 1935 to solve a problem: millions of Americans were living…
According to the U.S. Department of Education, almost 27 percent of children in America already have access to the school of their choice. As recently as 2007 -- the most recent year of available data from the National Center for…
Unless you live completely off the grid, you cannot have missed the impressive advertising campaign for the Northern Pass project, which proposes building 180 miles of electric transmission lines through New Hampshire to bring Canadian electricity to New England.These daily…
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, women's preventive care services - such as mammograms and screenings for cervical cancer - are covered without co-pays or deductibles.Just last month, this list was expanded to include annual well-woman visits, access…
While the Legislature has succeeded in maintaining New Hampshire's low unemployment rate and relatively stable economy, our future success in creating jobs and expanding the economy will require a dramatic cultural change at the top and at all levels of…
