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…

The American food production system, from the farm to the fork, has come under an increasing scope and intensity of scrutiny. Many have offered their opinions for solutions to different areas that they believe are in need of change, and…

Good weather this past weekend was also good news for local rivers. Both the Merrimack River between Manchester and Tyngsborough and the entire length of the Souhegan River had very low E. coli counts when tested by volunteers with the…

As the Obama administration and Congress modernize the nation’s financial services regulatory architecture, one of the central design questions is how to monitor and regulate excessive risk in the marketplace. The current economic crisis clearly demonstrates the need for a…

Despite all of our problems, America remains the most attractive market in the world for almost every product imaginable. In large part, this is why most American businesses don’t immediately think of exporting their products abroad - a major failing…

It’s been a little more than four months since President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. In that time, the U.S. Small Business Administration has implemented new programs to get credit flowing again and has several more on…

Although fears of a swine flu pandemic have faded, this is no time to lose sight of how easily infectious diseases can pass back and forth among humans and food animals. The fact remains that our food production system needs…