Opinion

When a state spends more than it receives in revenue, legislators can reduce spending or increase revenue. Most people in New Hampshire oppose higher taxes and believe, as I do, that Concord must balance its budget by reducing its spending,…

I have been a member of the New Hampshire House for nearly 20 years. I have cast literally thousands of votes on issues large and small during that time. They share one common bond. Whether I voted yes or no,…

In a democracy, we expect our Legislature to operate based on democratic principles. The right to free speech dictates that there should be spirited debate where every viewpoint has a chance to be heard. After full debate, decisions should be…

In his essay, “Self Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote something dear to the heart of all financial advisers: “The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and…

The best-kept secret in education today – from kindergarten to college, public schools to private academies – is how well students are doing. So well, in fact, that more students make than miss the honor roll. Some 55 to 65…

The one thing attorney Mark Fernald got right in his recent opinion piece on the so-called LLC tax (“Here’s the truth about the ‘LLC tax,’” Feb. 12-25 NHBR) is that it’s not a new tax, just a change to the…

For decades it has been understood that the reason for the high, ever-rising costs of college is that huge percentages of tuitions are not used to pay for instruction, but for research, administrative staff and buildings. I would be the…

The following are excerpts from a letter sent Feb. 22 to House Speaker Terie Norelli by Portsmouth Reps. Jim Splaine and Paul McEachern. We ask you to authorize the House Commerce Committee to begin a formal inquiry into the process…

There is an old saying that goes, “If you marry a mountain girl, you marry the whole mountain.” For many of us, who live in the shadows of Mount Washington, we can’t separate the mountains from ourselves, or for that…

The founders of New Hampshire were religious people who understood the scripture’s call to aid the needy. They believed that government could be an instrument of God’s work and adopted laws to assist the poor even before New Hampshire became…