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Our Turn: Lottery history should guide support for casino

Monday, May 20, 2013

We are truly fortunate to be living in such a great state. Each year, we are at or near the “Most Livable” list. Crime is low. Education value is high. Quality of life is high. Years ago, a debate raged about gambling, and critics spoke loudly about protecting our great state from a bad idea: “If more and more gambling is to be the official state policy, then we shall … 0

Our Turn: Federal law to extend state sales taxes to out-of-state businesses is not fair to New Hampshire

Monday, May 20, 2013

Bravo to Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly  Ayotte for their bipartisan opposition to the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act recently passed by the Senate and now headed to the House of Representatives. So far, the debate over this legislation – where MFA supporters urge federal action to stop “unfair” tax treatment of bricks-and-mortar retailers and opponents decry a new tax on the internet – … 0

My Turn: A show of courage from New England College

Monday, May 20, 2013

The front-page headline (above the fold) of the Sunday Monitor provided an interesting commentary on how we choose to interpret events in the current partisan atmosphere. “Grads protest Ayotte,” it read. This, of course, is nothing new. Everyone seems to be protesting Sen. Kelly Ayotte lately. As I read the article, however, it mentioned that Ayotte was being given an honorary degree by … 4

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State House Memo: Casino bill will help us solve critical problems

Sunday, May 19, 2013

I have served the people of New Hampshire in a variety of positions. I’ve been a county attorney, city councilor and state representative. All along I’ve followed the same guiding principle: The people I represent elected me to deal with challenges, issues and problems and work on solutions. … 1

State House Memo: Senate should kill this dangerous gun bill

Sunday, May 19, 2013

A bill before the New Hampshire Senate would enable citizens to leave loaded guns scattered about their unlocked house without fear of liability if the guns are taken and used in a murder or some other crime. HB 388, only one sentence long, states: No person who stores … 6

State House Memo: Here’s why I’ll vote against casino bill

Sunday, May 19, 2013

The state of New Hampshire has a revenue problem. That is not something new. I was first in the Legislature in 1992. We had what is called a structural deficit, and we still do. We have always had … 1

Iraq is about to become Obama’s problem all over again

Sunday, May 19, 2013

As American troops were pulling out of Iraq in 2010, the U.S. effort to stabilize the country resembled the task of an exhausted man who had just pushed a huge boulder up a steep hill. Momentum had been painstakingly built up and the crest approached. Was it safe … 1

Grant Bosse: The left abandons the First Amendment

Sunday, May 19, 2013

The left’s simmering disdain for free speech went public last week. The Obama administration’s abuse of power finally turned much of the left-leaning press corps against this increasingly Nixonian White House. The final straw was the revelation that the Justice Department secretly seized two months of phone records … 25

Katy Burns: Watergate? Are you crazy?

Sunday, May 19, 2013

It was inevitable. In a short press conference Thursday, a downy-cheeked young reporter – couldn’t have been more than 35 – asked President Obama: How do you respond to these comparisons of you with Richard Nixon and Watergate? The president smiled a bit ruefully. “I’ll let you guys … 4

Katy Burns: The IRS, then and now

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Among the manifold sins of Richard Nixon 40 years ago was a blatant attempt to use the IRS, then more directly under presidential control, to punish the 37th president’s many enemies and to reward a few of his friends. For instance, not only did he demand access to … 3

Report to Readers: Starting today, a new focus on health care

Sunday, May 19, 2013

If you read the Sunday Monitor in order, from front to back, chances are you’ve not yet come across Sarah Palermo’s new column on the Your Life page – and I want to make sure you don’t miss it. Palermo has a hybrid reporting mission in the Monitor … 0

Obama is down but not out

Sunday, May 19, 2013

I take issue with a Politico story last week suggesting that President Obama has lost Washington. Washington is not monolithic. It is composed of many power centers, tribes and stakeholders. They almost never move in unison, either for or against a president. And while Obama is down, I … 2

GOP continues to anger Latinos

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Amid scandal-mania, it has gone somewhat under the radar that the Florida state director of Hispanic outreach for the Republican National Committee, Pablo Pantoja, recently resigned his position and left the GOP. Indeed, Pantoja changed his party affiliation to Democrat. His reasoning: For all the focus on outreach … 1