Manchester Community Health Center is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2008. Much has changed in that time. Health-care costs have escalated, transportation needs have increased, and language and cultural differences have made providing care difficult. No longer can one simply…

Although some politicians believe we’re only experiencing a “mental recession,” working men and women in New Hampshire know that we’re in real trouble, and that we didn’t get here overnight. We need real long-term solutions to our deep-rooted economic problems…

I read with great interest, and am most encouraged by, the reported efforts by the New Hampshire Passenger Rail Authority and the Southern New Hampshire Regional Commission to bring passenger trains back to central New Hampshire.  Certainly the time for…

It’s hard to understand the lack of outcry over the recent round of budget cuts by Governor Lynch and the Democratic majority’s. I realize the weather has been nice, we are in the month of July and many people are on…

The gains achieved by organized labor have become embedded not only in our factories and offices, but in the tradition and fabric of our country. So it seems inconsistent at best, hypocritical at worst, that the number one goal of…

It’s time to step up to the plate on the oil situation and implement a multi-faceted approach. It’s time to reason through the hysteria of those who complain but offer no alternative solutions. Say what? Hey, finish the sentences. What…

The Fourth of July is a great American holiday. It explodes with everything Americana. We should celebrate it with passion and vigor - lest we forget its true meaning. We celebrate our political independence each Fourth of July. The Declaration,…

Hillary Clinton inspired me. Yes, you read that right. In the end, her solid endorsement of former rival Barack Obama set an example for all of us who want real change. As is widely known, Jeanne Shaheen and I have…

During the Vietnam War, a famous phrase emerged: the credibility gap. It referred to the gap between what the government said about the war and what was actually going on. Now, with the war in Iraq, we have a credibility…

In the United States, we spend more money each year maintaining our cars than we do maintaining our health. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this country spends less per person on preventive health than the…

The Democrats in control of the state Legislature have come up with a novel way to balance the projected deficit in the state’s 2008-09 $10 billion budget: borrow and spend. Their usual approach to the problem — tax and spend…

Americans are struggling to handle the unprecedented price of oil and gasoline. Oil has settled in over $130 a barrel, and gas has soared well above $4 a gallon in many communities throughout New England. This is crippling budgets of…