Fishing for Stories
A boy and his father went fishing early one sunny morning. From shore, they cast their lines and let them drift in the water. After a while the boy lay back among the grasses, felt the sun on his face, and fell asleep.
Every year, the national polling firm Woodward-White performs an exhaustive search for the country’s best attorneys and publishes their names in “The Best Lawyers in America.”
Editor's Note
Our Granite Chatauqua
The “Chatauqua” movement began just a few decades after the Civil War with a goal of bringing people from different walks of life together for fun and enrichment. Our Best of NH Party began two decades ago with similar goals.
Metaverse vs. Universe
I once walked in an early version of what’s now known as the metaverse via an online app called Second Life. It included a whole digital world and a downscaled version of real life. It even featured a virtual “New Hampshire.”
Politics & Opinion
Born in the 603 (or Not?)
In New Hampshire politics, recent-transplants-turned-candidates are the norm.
Bugs! You’re Buggin’ Me
A petitioned warrant article to ban nuclear weapons in a small New Hampshire town came up for a vote at town meeting.
N.H. Democrats Are in a Funk...and It’s About To Get Worse
The 2020 election was uniquely bad for New Hampshire Democrats.
Farewell to a Primary Icon
The moment Bill Gardner announced his retirement as New Hampshire Secretary of State in early January, those in politics inside the state and beyond described it as the end of an era.
Covid in the Time of Chickens
In the woods I found an egg, abandoned by feral guinea fowl. “Hatch me,” the egg said. I showed my grown-up daughter, who lives over the garage. She googled incubation. If we’re…
Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
Editor’s note: Our friend and colleague Bill Burke, who passed away in October, wrote this several months ago. It’s the last piece of his we’ll publish in New Hampshire Magazine, and we’re grateful for one more chance to chuckle at his singular sense of humor.
What’s in a Label?
Choices abound for Republican trail guides.
The 365 Days of “A Christmas Story”
There was a time when the leg lamp in the front window of our southern New Hampshire home acted as a beacon to all passersby: Herein resides a weirdo.
Democracy: Into the Fray
Now is the time for the annual ritual of taking stock of what the previous year meant.
Red Mayors in Blue Cities?
What new political surprises might we see?
Egg. It’s What’s for Breakfast.
Something peckish this way comes.
A Tale of Two States
The census reveals a growing divide.
A Granite State Welcome
We’re glad you’re here. We just might not tell you.
BB Phone Home
New Hampshire residents, particularly in the southern part of the state, have had a good number of renowned encounters with extraterrestrials and their futuristic transports — Betty and Barney Hill and the Exeter Incident among the more notable. When’s it…
Just Winging It
The two-party system sprouts a third limb.
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