Although Governor Lynch has seldom used the threat of a veto as a way of securing meaningful executive branch participation in the legislative process, he did so at least once last year. That was when he threatened to veto any…

It's that time of year -- back to school. With the abundance of "teachable moments" these days, will this be the year when parents step up and insist that schools include financial education as part of the school curriculum? In…

The financing and delivery of health care now bear an eerie resemblance to the credit and banking systems that financed and underwrote home mortgages in 2007. Fortunately, the dangers of an unsustainable health-care system are in clear view and the…

The New Hampshire House passed a capital gains tax and an estate tax as part of its budget proposal in March, and because of a combination of illness and extreme workload I did not have time to respond to the…

Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to Jim Roche, president of the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire, Dave Juvet, vice president of the BIA, Department of Resources and Economic Development Commissioner George Bald and Fred Kocher, executive…

The president, Republicans and Democrats in Congress and millions of Americans all agree — our health-care system is broken and must be fixed. We also agree that we must reform how we pay for this system, and, at the same…

Barack Obama offered us change we can believe in. But, in our summer of discontent, Congress flees Washington with the cap and trade bill substantially gutted and health care reform left swinging in the wind. Mr. President, now’s not the…

Our dairy farmers are in trouble. Every time they milk a cow, they are losing money. It is not just a New Hampshire problem; it is a nationwide demise of the dairy industry. The current price that a farmer in…

E. coli counts on the Merrimack and Souhegan Rivers were at generally acceptable levels when tested on Tuesday morning by the all-volunteer water quality monitoring program sponsored by the Souhegan Watershed Association and the Merrimack River Local Advisory Committee. But…

In a historic vote approving the American Clean Energy and Security Act, Congress has now taken the first step toward unleashing a true clean energy revolution. President Obama and tens of millions of environmentalists, union members, veterans, people of faith,…

If the old adage, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” were true, most everyone would be planting apple trees. Sadly, staying healthy is a lot harder. And the troubling news that funding for critical health and human services…

In a May 29 speech, President Obama announced the creation of a White House position on cybersecurity to protect U.S. infrastructure, including a vulnerable electric power grid, from cyberattacks. The good news is that we can make decisions now to build…