Drawn and Quartered: The Cartoons of Peter Noonan

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, January 21, 2016

Politics with a side of satire, from Manchester editorial cartoonist Peter Noonan.

Op/ED: Why Hillary Clinton for President?

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, January 18, 2016

The primary is less than a month away and a woman whom I admire and who has done so much for our country is in the race for our nation’s top office. Secretary Clinton is a person I have known for years and have admired for her commitment to public service.

Fixing ‘boo-boos’ starts with finding the realistic Band-Aids

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, January 18, 2016

My job in this space on Manchester Ink Link is to bring examples of now-better places, and in my humble opinion suggest why they healed. Your job – distinguished reader – is to bring to my attention places that need healing, and we’ll see if we can suggest realistic Band-Aids.

Adventures in pet sitting: When the dog’s away, this cat’s definitely in charge

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, January 17, 2016

Every January, Gabby scoots off to Palm Beach for a little vacation, leaving me — Asia, the tabby — in charge of the household and her column. I’m not invited to Florida. Here’s what happened next.

Frank (part 1): The time I was banned from prison visit because my pants were the ‘wrong’ color

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Friday, January 15, 2016

A chance meeting at a Peterborough nursing home with a retired NJ attorney led Milli Knudsen to begin a correspondence with Frank, whose attorney felt had received too harsh a sentence for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Mourning icon of my childhood: Alan Rickman brought Harry Potter’s Snape to life

Saturday, January 18, 2025Thursday, January 14, 2016

Today the world lost a very talented actor. A man that I will always remember as one of my favorite literary characters. Most of the time celebrity deaths don’t effect me too much, but the death of Alan Rickman hit me pretty hard.

To wit: A primary function of politics in NH is electing to laugh

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, January 12, 2016

So, if politicians are afraid to make fun of themselves, professional comedians – as in the way that nature abhors a vacuum – have happily taken on the task. As a result, stand-up comedians and late night talk show hosts regularly run roughshod over incumbents and candidates alike.

Why Liberty House turned down money from Uncle Sam

Saturday, January 18, 2025Monday, January 11, 2016

Why would any organization leave money on the table, and why would a man take a pay cut? Simple. It is the right thing to do, and it is necessary to maintain our core principles.

ABC cites Union Leader ‘bias’ after Trump editorial, cuts paper out of Feb. 6 GOP debate

Saturday, January 18, 2025Monday, January 11, 2016

Donald Trump is taking credit for a recent move by ABC News, which has decided to “sever” ties with the New Hampshire Union Leader in advance of the scheduled Feb. 6 GOP debate at Saint Anselm College.

Misapplied ‘sex offender’ status impossible to remove, places John in danger

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, January 7, 2016

Not only do I not agree with the suffix being added to John’s prison record, I think there are now hundreds of people who are being listed as sex offenders incorrectly. If a college student participates in a streaking episode as a stunt in hazing, she or he is now a sex offender? If a group of young adults decides to dive into the ocean in California au natural while drinking, they are all going to be required to register as sex offenders throughout their adult lives? If adolescents act up by removing their clothes or by stealing someone’s towel, the naked teenager is going to register as a sex offender as an adult? Really?