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…

Despite the rebounding stock market, many Main Street investors remain outraged as they continue to suffer the consequences of the unbridled risk-taking and large-scale financial fraud that battered financial markets last year.Against this backdrop, Congress is considering sweeping legislative changes…

Hear that sound, New Hampshire? Opportunity is knocking in the form of restoring passenger rail service along New Hampshire's Capitol Corridor. Along with providing a safe, reliable, efficient and environmentally friendly transportation option for New Hampshire citizens, this rail project…

With a skeptical American public already rising up against a cap-and-trade scheme that would send energy prices through the roof, a whistleblower at the influential Climate Research Unit revealing that the temperature data used to make the case for global…

Reading the news reports last month of President Obama’s Asian tour, especially his visit to China and discussions with its leadership, I could not help but reflect on my own trip in October as an invited participant in the China…

There are too many Americans without health insurance. For those with health insurance, the escalating cost of keeping it is unsustainable. Unfortunately, the current legislation being debated in Congress is neither sustainable nor practical.The legislation fails to address the true…

Recently, the national Chamber of Commerce and big health insurance companies have been running television ads across New Hampshire attacking me and the health-care plan I was proud to support a few weeks ago.Their attacks are full of false claims…

Just when you thought that the Democrats at the State House in Concord were done taxing us, here they go again.Last month the House Transportation Committee, along strict party lines, voted to pass a bill creating yet another fee –…

The state is awash in red ink. Everywhere you look there are new taxes and fees, while existing taxes and fees have been substantially increased. And to top it all off, the Legislature just held a “tax summit” to talk about…

We’re all looking for signs of an economic recovery. Some look to the stock market, but I look to our small businesses – and that’s not just because I’m a small-business owner. History has taught us that economic recovery starts…

Years from now, if the citizens of New Hampshire are seeing income taxes taken out of their paychecks, they will be able look back to the week of Oct. 19, 2009, in “tax history” as the turning point — a…

<font size=1>Editor's note: The following letter was sent to Alan Braunstein, an attorney involved in the bankruptcy reorganization of USA Springs, by Steve Conklin of Barrington, a member of the Barrington Water and Sewage Committee and an opponent of the…

I was first introduced to Kate Alterman during law school, though I didn't know her name for many years. She was an immigrant girl who worked in the factories of New York. It was her work in a particular factory…

We state the obvious here: State lawmakers are elected to work for the benefit of their constituents and the state as a whole. It helps to be reminded of this when we look at the state Legislature's creation of the…

Over the past several months, my office has responded to thousands of letters and phone calls on health care. I've traveled all across New Hampshire talking to small-business owners and families who are desperate for help. I've talked to health-care…