Opinion

The United States is the world’s leading maritime power but has tied its hands in the ability to act the part. Having the longest coastline and largest exclusive economic zone in the world, with jurisdiction over fisheries and mineral resources,…

Small businesses in New Hampshire are the economic backbone of our state, creating 65 percent of all new jobs. Now, Governor Lynch and the Democratic leadership in the Legislature inexplicably want to impose newly passed taxes on these entrepreneurs at…

As I watch the various perspectives and recaps of the last decade pop up in numerous media sources, I am struck by their lack of breadth.This has been a turbulent and eventful decade full of changes, issues, happenings, problems and…

Shortly after the atomization of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Albert Einstein wrote, “The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.”Einstein was, of course, talking about the “bomb” and…

There is an old myth that “Nero fiddled while Rome burned.” Here in New Hampshire, the Democrats have fiddled us back to a ‘60s counter-cultural radicalism while letting the state’s economy “burn.” That’s a reality, not just an old myth.Few…

As part of the state budget, legislators closed a tax loophole that applied to limited liability companies. For too long, this inadvertent tax loophole in New Hampshire’s tax system has meant that two nearly identical businesses are treated differently for…

President Obama and Congress demonstrated foresight and strong leadership when including $8 billion in grants for high-speed and intercity passenger rail projects in this year’s economic stimulus package. The U.S. lags far behind the rest of the world in utilizing…

In a recent op-ed piece in the Concord Monitor, U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg referred to the health-care reform bill recently passed by the U.S. Senate as a “disaster.” The senator went on to complain about partisanship and lamented that it…

As we begin 2010, populism appears to be the exclusive province of the passionate right-wingers. But it remains an opportunity for Democrats in the coming election.Democratic Party insiders consider me somewhat of a boat-rocker (untitled is unmuzzled). I've always been…