We have met many presidential primary candidates over the years. We have always let our readers know who we thought to be the best choice among the many contenders.

We already let you know that Nikki Haley is our choice on the Republican ticket. Some of you may be handed a Democratic ballot on Tuesday and if so, you should consider Dean Phillips.

 
Saturday, July 05, 2025

A recent “best and worst-run” American Cities ranking by the WalletHub group compared 148 municipalities for their operating efficiency. Don’t let it go to your head, Manchester, but you rank third.

Thursday, July 03, 2025

The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776 to announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states.

WHEN, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent …

Saturday, June 28, 2025

TAKING OUT Iran’s mad pursuit of nuclear weapons is a very good thing. So good on Donald Trump and our Israeli allies for the effort. If it hasn’t obliterated Iran’s ability to make such weapons, it has surely degraded its capacity to do so and, just as important, it appears to have lessened…

Saturday, June 21, 2025

There is no turning back from casino gambling in New Hampshire, to be sure. But why should its operators be granted such a huge cut of the purse, as opposed to the charities that the casinos smartly used to gain their initial foothold?

There has been much rumbling about one of the truly crucial issues of the day. We don’t mean war in the Middle East or armed troops on the streets of Los Angeles. We speak, of course, of the Red Sox trading Rafael Devers.