Strategic Stops
Advice for Palin on the path to the presidencyA few months back former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin released a book that was either an attempt to run for president, an attempt to make money or both.But if she…
Law & Politics
Sparkle City
From dingy to dynamite — the latest in tooth whitening. Want to look younger? Land a job? Attract a mate? Appear polished for a special business event? The motivations behind tooth whitening are as varied and seemingly endless as the…
What's N.H.'s Brand?
The race for Judd Gregg's Senate seat could determine it. The year 2006 had just begun and Jack Heath, a political consultant with a Concord radio show gaining in popularity, heard that highway signs welcoming motorists across our state's border…
Knowing the Score
Don’t pull a Martha Coakley and be clueless about the home team.Six years ago I drove to Warner to meet a Congressional candidate for lunch — an environmental activist who authored a book on how the federal government should substitute…
Rules Now Rule
Gone are the days of “whatever” regulation.You bought your little piece of New Hampshire, so you can do whatever you want with your property, right?Once upon a time — and really not so long ago — that was true. You…
Tea Time?
A movement may be brewing in our state. If the 1994 elections were about the angry white man, the 1996 elections were about soccer moms, the 2000 elections about office park dads, the 2004 elections about security moms and the…
The Born Identity
New Hampshire outsiders v. natives A recent Nashua Telegraph story reported how a Brookline selectman was resigning his seat and moving five miles to the neighboring town of Hollis. The sentiments of those quoted were almost as if the selectman…
Getting Pumped
How Can Granite State Republicans Breathe New Life into the Grand Old Party?The political winds blow hard in a presidential election year, but for New Hampshire Republicans 2008 was a like a political twister, taking the roof off the historically…
Was Hillary Right?
Here, being female is a political advantage A month before the last New Hampshire Primary I was having a beer with Hillary Clinton. At the time she was leading polls in nearly everywhere, except in Iowa where she curiously never…
Love It/Love It Not
Two sides of the state’s population boom.If “New Hampshire” and “Population Growth” had a Facebook relationship status it would be “It’s Complicated.” For decades New Hampshire has been one of the fastest-growing states in the country: The current population of…
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