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…

I remember the spring and summer of 1973 vividly. I was on our yearly family vacation to Florida when I got sunstroke on the first day, and I was confined to bed for the two-week trip to Panama City. I also remember spending each day glued to the TV watching…

Most people are at least vaguely familiar with the behaviorist BF Skinner.  If not, he can be looked up.  Decades after Pavlov founded CLASSICAL conditioning using dogs(more canine talk in a moment) as his subjects, Skinner founded OPERANT conditioning using…

Eversource is looking to replace 49 miles of transmission capacity in “western New Hampshire,” and it’s got the Maine Office of the Public Advocate all bent out of shape about shared costs. If you don’t know who they are, The Office of the Public Advocate’s…