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Report to Readers: Among free weekly papers, ‘The Concord Insider’ is tops

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Boy, there’s a lot of congratulating to be done today. Yesterday, just as Ben Conant and Keith Testa were putting the finishing touches on their giant annual Cappies Awards edition of The Concord Insider, they got word that they, too, had won a big award. The Cappies, for the uninitiated, are bestowed upon the winners of an annual reader poll – best dry cleaner in the Concord area, best pizza … 0

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 … 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 – … 1

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Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. speaks as Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., stands at left during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Washington Memo: I voted to improve background check system

Monday, May 6, 2013

Out-of-state special interests are running false advertisements attacking me and even lying about my efforts to prevent gun-related violence. I want to set the record straight: I support effective background checks and in fact voted recently to improve … 2

Report to Readers: In early voting, KenKen takes the lead!

Monday, May 6, 2013

As you might have noticed in this morning’s paper, the Monitor today kicked off a reader contest to help us choose a new word or numbers puzzle to add to the daily mix. Amazingly, readers started chiming in on Sunday, even before we’d shown them the options. Readers … 0

My Turn: On torture, a bipartisan lack of indignation

Monday, May 6, 2013

Buried under the avalanche of news stories about the Boston Marathon bombings was the release of an important new report about the use of torture by the George W. Bush administration. The timing for the release of this report could not have been worse. It vanished because the … 1

On Main Street, reasons to cheer

Sunday, May 5, 2013

I hope the re-born Viking House will carry those great Swedish candles that the old Viking House sold. We don’t have much room in our overstuffed small house for additional decor. But oh, those Delsbo candles! They’re made of 100 percent stearin, the package brags. Apparently stearin is … 10

Grant Bosse: New Hampshire politics in the age of professional outrage

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Much like the amplifiers used by Spinal Tap, political discourse in New Hampshire this year has been turned up to 11. And just as an over-modulated sound system will distort your music, it’s been pretty hard to hear any reasonably discussion of politics over the din of partisans … 15

Battle doesn’t belong at national level

Friday, May 3, 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments in cases involving the federal Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, and California’s Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment adopted by referendum to ban marriage between homosexual couples. The major question that all of us should be concerned about is not … 1

Demonstrators chant outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, as the court heard arguments on California's voter approved ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Column: Same-sex marriage is an equality issue

Friday, May 3, 2013

“[T]he freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.” Loving v. Virginia,  388 U.S. at 12 (1967) Generally speaking states get to … 2

Report to Readers: Help us pick a puzzle!

Friday, May 3, 2013

If you’re a regular Monitor reader and a fan of brain-teasers, you’ve no doubt already mastered our daily puzzle offerings: Sudoku, the Jumble, the hard crossword puzzle, the less difficult crossword. We’ve had the same lineup for many years – and it’s time to shake things up. We’re … 2

** FILE ** In this July 14, 1997 file photo, a volunteer crew works on New Hampshire's famous landmark, the Old Man of the Mountains, 1200 feet above the valley floor in Franconia Notch, N.H. Viewed from the opposite side of the profile typically seen, climbers David Nielsen, top, near the Old Man's cheek bone, and his wife Deborah Nielsen, bottom, apply epoxy to cracks in the granite. The outcropping in front of the top ledge is the profile's brow. (AP Photo/Andrew Sullivan, File)

In Her Own Words: Old Man of the Mountain was born in fire, sculpted by ice

Friday, May 3, 2013

Second District Rep. Annie Kuster entered a statement into the Congressional Record in honor of the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Old Man of the Mountain yesterday. Here’s what she said: I rise today in remembrance … 0

Slate: Sandra Day Late

Friday, May 3, 2013

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor should never have retired from the Supreme Court. She is an 83-year-old with plenty of energy, which she expends hearing lower-court cases, giving speeches, and making me want to tear my hair out by talking like the sensible moderate-liberal she refused to be on … 3

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