This week on Right Side Up, Alison & Mike talk about 2 school bills in the Senate and H.70, a bill that would amend a “bad” land preservation bill. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are…

Effective this week, I have tweaked the podcast programming/schedule. I have tried to deliver some local content every night of the week, but a few changes are in order. I like providing an outlet for that material, but if my readers and viewers aren’t interested…

Governor Kelly Ayotte recently signed HB323 into law, which strengthened voting identification requirements. College IDs are no longer sufficient. This greatly concerns Democrats, who love out-of-state liberal college students tipping elections their way.…

Today, on the Morning update, it’s another edition of FAFO. Another retailer has had all it can take, and it’s not taking anymore. They are closing another store, leaving another neighborhood. And the neighborhood, along with its so-called political leaders…

Many people today consider the prospect of a socialist utopia to be very appealing. Even if they do not believe such a utopia is achievable in its purest sense, they believe it is something we all ought to work towards. For many liberals who flirt with socialism…

Mike Vrabel is the coach of the New England Patriots, and after leading the Patriots to the Super Bowl in his first season, after returning to the team as head coach, his stature was elevated to more than human. Vrabel had a tremendous career with the Pats…

On April 29, the US Supreme Court ruled in Louisiana v. Callais that the state’s congressional voting districts constituted an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry promptly suspended congressional elections there, pending the creation…

Decades ago, Marshall McLuhan observed, “The medium is the message.” As print and electronic media penetrate more and more aspects of life, their influence grows significantly in shaping public views and behavior. The power of the media is a mixed blessing.…

The Democrats have been very clear about what will happen if they win in November. They will go to war. Pro-Tip: They will go to war if they lose, but if they lose, you have a much better chance of winning across every political issue, for years or decades…

WWe, for those who eschew both Arabic numerals and Roman numerals A modest proposal: since reading the Roman numeral II has apparently become a load-bearing skill our political class can no longer be trusted to perform, let us retire the old notation entirely.…

“Governor Gerrymander” was coined in 1812 by combining then-Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry’s surname with the word salamander. Governor Gerrymander signed a bill that re-drew election districts within the state to favor his own political party.  The…

Today, on your Morning Update, securing your own supply chains makes sense for more reasons than not, so why did we give them up to our enemies and others, and why would anyone object to doing everything in our power to get them back? 00:00 The Illusion of…

Youth mental health has become one of the defining public policy concerns of our time. Anxiety, depression, isolation, and behavioral struggles among children and teenagers are rising, and families across New Hampshire are searching for answers. Governor…

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This handbook is the ultimate ballistic weapon for the modern intelligence operative. It shatters the wall of silence and delivers a lethal blow to the ignorance that cripples the Western security apparatus. For decades, the intelligence community operated…

Republican Governors in New Hampshire like to veto bills that have anything to do with men in women’s safe spaces unless it’s to pass a law allowing it. That was Chris Sununu. HB1319. A bill we were more or less told he’d never sign. Three years later, Sununu…

This week, on The Independents with Caral Gericke, A 20-year CIA veteran reportedly says analysts pointing to a lab leak were overruled. If true, this is bigger than COVID. This is about consent. Who consented to gain-of-function research?Who consented to…

This is supposed to be an election integrity measure, protecting voters from “…bribery, intimidation, threats, coercion, or other means…” by those attempting to influence how — or preventing them entirely — from voting at a polling place. Sounds good. But…

If you haven’t seen the 1991 Steve Martin film, LA Story, this isn’t about that, so no need for spoiler alerts. Amusing film, though, and worth a watch; it makes fun of 1990s LA, which is to say it makes fun of LA, and there isn’t enough of that, so here’s…