Letters: Selective ethics is unethical

Monday, September 23, 2024Tuesday, January 16, 2024

It’s clear to me that so many of those serving in the legislature are good and decent people doing their very best to operate within ethical standards. In naming my colleagues here, it is not my goal to malign them but to highlight the need for equal treatment within the legislature. That Rep. Murray was swept up in an ethics investigation suggests a reliance on “gotcha” political games rather than actual accountability.

Weird things that have happened at concerts I’ve seen

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, January 16, 2024

First, I have to admit that the very first concert I saw with ’tween friends was in 1967 at Philadelphia’s Convention Hall where we screeched and screamed at The Monkees. Of course, a parent drove us and chose not to attend; good choice! And if you’re really interested, here’s a link to the setlist from that concert!

Letters: Democracy is priceless

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, January 15, 2024

Ideally, I would address these systemic issues by running for a position in the House or Senate. However, the state’s policy of paying representatives and senators just $100 per year means that working-class individuals like me can’t afford to serve in Concord.

Facing the ugly head of human trafficking … even in New Hampshire

Saturday, June 15, 2024Monday, January 15, 2024

The issue of Human trafficking has in recent times come to the forefront and has received more attention and increased awareness thanks to movies such as Angel Studios’, Sound of Freedom.

Ode to Tom Yeager, the ‘voice’ of Manchester Street Dunkins’

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, January 15, 2024

Yeager, who has been working at Dunkins for two-and-half years now, has been, as he says, “fine-tuning my brand of delivery to lucky coffee drinkers for the last two years.”

The Soapbox: MLK Day a time to reckon with our blindspots of discrimination at the intersection of race and gender

Monday, September 23, 2024Monday, January 15, 2024

O P I N I O N THE SOAPBOX Stand up. Speak up. It’s your turn. While King’s leadership was

‘It’s not going to be an orgy’ (A defense of ‘Animal House’)

Wednesday, July 3, 2024Sunday, January 14, 2024

O P I N I O N Not That Profound I was a high school student in the early 1990s

Chews Life Now! The alternative is so last year

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Saturday, January 13, 2024

Come on. You didn’t think Carolyn Choate, of all people, would miss this annual opportunity to remind you of resolutions needing some serious neuron marinating, did you? Even though only 9% of Americans keep them – according to the National Center for Biotechnology Research – I believe in you! Like I always say, walk a mile in my cells and you’ll reach out for wellness solutions like a life ring on a choppy sea. Squeezing for dear life because, well, your life is dear.

Fine Feathered Friends: Tips on how you can help birds

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Friday, January 12, 2024

The North American bird population declined by three billion birds between 1970 and 2020 scientists say. Researchers working in a protected forest in New Hampshire found that the number of beetles there had fallen more than 80 percent since the mid-1970s, while the bugs’ diversity has dropped by nearly 40 percent. The staid New York Times noted an “insect Armageddon” with losses in the quintillions. Birds need insects. Georgetown University’s bird researcher and conservationist Dr. Peter Marra says, “You don’t publish a paper on the loss of three billion birds and go back to your day job.”

My ‘favorite album cover’ calendar: Part 1

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Well, I had a dream that began a few years ago: To create a calendar featuring my favorite album covers; they had to be someone else’s favorites, too and I could make a bundle. But here it is 2024 and all I’ve done is choose my album covers. What’s stopped me is knowing that the artwork is owned by individual artists/corporations/businesses all of whom own the rights of usage and knowing the endeavor will cost lots of money.