Opinion

The myth of the bloated budget

The New Hampshire Legislature is facing a budget shortfall of massive proportions. The term “structural deficit” has been aptly used to describe the magnitude of the gap between projected revenue and spending. No Rube Goldberg cobbling of multiple revenue streams…

Healthy families begin at home

“Nick” has been in special education services since elementary school and developed a substance abuse problem by the time he was in middle school. Then he was diagnosed with a mental health problem. As a teen, he was arrested and…

The financial crisis shows us the way

In the fall of 2008, as the global financial architecture crumbled, governments around the world swiftly committed themselves to spending trillions of dollars to rescue the global market in money, to save financial institutions from the consequences of their bad…

The collapse according to Greenspan

The following are excerpts of prepared remarks former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan delivered before the House Committee of Government Oversight and Reform last month. We are in the midst of a once-in-a century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments…

Card check measure is bad news for N.H.

This may be one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime — especially for small-business owners and their employees. As a local business owner of seven New Hampshire restaurants and proud New Hampshire voter, I want all to understand…