Law & Politics

Taxing Matters

The dreaded time of year is here — N.H. experts offer some adviceGood riddance, 2009. The year saw the real estate market implode, financial markets melt down, returns on investments nearly disappear, and entire industries dangling by the lifeline of…

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…

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…

Five "What if" Scenarios

Editor's note: The following appeared in our October issue alongside the annual Best Lawyers in America list. Each year the polling firm Woodward-White performs an exhaustive search for the country's best attorneys and publishes those names in its "Best Lawyers…

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…

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…

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…