Despite the claims of New Hampshire's leaders, towns are not to blame for high property taxes • New Hampshire Bulletin In an opinion piece published April 12 by NH Journal, Republican House Majority Leader Jason Osborne and Senate Majority Leader Regina Birdsell chastised the state’s towns and cities, all of them, for...

A new one from me, on the true cause of New Hampshire’s high property taxes. NHPolitics

Here’s the thing—especially on April 15: cutting the IRS isn't some abstract budget trim. It's a tax cut delivered through weaker enforcement. And it mostly goes to people with the most scope to hide income.

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A new column: New Hampshire Republicans are still working hard to keep certain voting groups from having a voice, all in the name of "election integrity." Their own data, and words, unmask the lie. #NHPolitics

Gather 'round, kids: New Hampshire wants you to know that the future is your problem • New Hampshire Bulletin Last month, Gov. Kelly Ayotte rejected bipartisan legislation to establish a paint stewardship program, a decision punctuated by a Trumpian veto message clearly shaped by reflex rather than thoughtful...

Kicking the can down the road: How one veto is New Hampshire in a nutshell. #NHPolitics

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At 'No Kings' rallies across New Hampshire, crowds protest Trump administration, war in Iran • New Hampshire Bulletin To sum up what brought her out to Lincoln’s Main Street for the ‘No Kings’ protest on Saturday, Karen Cote just pointed to her granddaughter. “Doesn’t that say it all?” said the Ellsworth resident,…

At "No Kings" rallies across New Hampshire, crowds protest Trump administration, war in Iran. #NHPolitics

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The Good Trouble Band covers Barry McGuire’s Vietnam-era “Eve of Destruction” outside of the State House in Concord. #NoKings

If it feels like times are tough in New Hampshire, maybe you’re just reading the wrong lists • New Hampshire Bulletin I’m a big fan of lists and rankings, and for a lot of different reasons.

A new one from me, on how much New Hampshire Republicans love lists and rankings — but probably not all of them. #NHPolitics

FREEDOM TO COVER A WAR: Federal Judge Paul L. Friedman in a stunning decision has voided a Pentagon press policy that said DOD could evict reporters who reported unauthorized material; outlets gave up credentials rather than comply
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More words of hate in New Hampshire, and the policies to match • New Hampshire Bulletin Even before the New Hampshire House failed to meet its deadline to vote on dozens of bills last week, Speaker Sherman Packard was in a tight spot.

A new one from me, on a far-right thread running through the New Hampshire Legislature. #NHPolitics

How New Hampshire’s House majority leader is leading Republicans’ backward charge • New Hampshire Bulletin The architect of New Hampshire’s current Republican legislative agenda, House Majority Leader Jason Osborne, seems to have a different perspective on the concept of local control, among other things.

A new one from me, on NH House Majority Leader Jason Osborne and how he is leading his party's bleak pursuits. #NHPolitics

An income tax was proposed in New Hampshire — and you’ll never guess what happened next • New Hampshire Bulletin On Tuesday, a longtime advocate for public school funding in New Hampshire gamely touched the third rail of New Hampshire politics: a state income tax.

An income tax debate in New Hampshire? Well, not quite. A new column on the state of New Hampshire's stuckness and the GOP's demolition destination. #NHPolitics

Ayotte blocks ICE — but she had a lot of help from protesters, looming midterms, and a NIMBY GOP • New Hampshire Bulletin You’ve got to hand it to New Hampshire Republicans. Sure, their platform is largely shaped by an aversion to established science and fanciful budget math, with a touch of bigotry and paranoia, but the...

A new column, on Ayotte, ICE, and the craven NIMBYism of the GOP. #NHPolitics

The killing of Nickenley Turenne by Manchester police 'demands far more than condolences' • New Hampshire Bulletin We join Nickenley Turenne’s family, loved ones, and the broader community in ongoing grief following his killing by three Manchester police officers on Dec. 6, 2025. This loss is devastating, irrepara...

"Nickenley’s death cannot be understood as an isolated incident. It reflects a persistent and well-documented pattern of police violence that falls most heavily on Black people and unhoused community members." Commentary from Grace Kindeke and Tanisha Johnson #NHPolitics

House passes bill banning ‘leftist indoctrination’ and LGBTQ+ teaching in public schools • New Hampshire Bulletin New Hampshire House Republicans are moving forward with a new attempt to regulate teaching on race, history, and LGTBQ+ issues in public schools. On Thursday, the chamber passed a bill that would ban…

NH House Republicans are moving forward with a new attempt to regulate teaching on race, history, and LGTBQ+ issues in public schools. On Thursday, the chamber passed a bill that would ban certain types of instruction and punish teachers who carried it out. From @ethandewitt.bsky.social #NHPolitics

Why pay for New Hampshire schools when you could just methodically destroy them? • New Hampshire Bulletin In New Hampshire, there are two fundamental kinds of policies: Some attempt to directly address a problem and others aim to redefine, often fallaciously, the nature of the problem itself.

A new one for me, on the issue that has been front and center throughout my 30-year journalism career in New Hampshire, with no progress to speak of. #NHPolitics

Remembered seeing Jesse Jackson as a student at UMaine but had a hard time pinning down the date. Finally found it in a partial Maine Campus article in the digital archives. April 23, 1991. That last quote hits hard given where we are now.

A reckoning awaits New Hampshire Republicans — but beware the far end of the redemption arc • New Hampshire Bulletin I don’t know how much worse things are going to get for this country in the months and years ahead, but I do know this: A lot of Republican politicians are going to spend the rest of their careers dis...

A new column from me, on the coming Romney-ization of MAGA-enabling Republicans and why the redemption arc toward the center-right still leaves N.H. and the nation in a bad (and familiar) spot. #NHPolitics

New Hampshire Republicans’ grand plan got its start on a cocktail napkin • New Hampshire Bulletin In Republican-dominated New Hampshire, every year brings predictable policy initiatives.

A new one from me, on the old economic myth that still forms the policy foundation of the New Hampshire GOP. #NHPolitics

Life seems harder for New Hampshire families than it did 60 years ago. I think that’s because it is. • New Hampshire Bulletin When my parents married in 1965, my mother was making $75 a week and my father was taking home $73. For the first year, they were a two-income household, but my mom left the workforce the next year — ...

Here’s a new one from me, which took shape yesterday with an early morning text to my mom. I’m trying to understand why life seems harder for families now, in so many ways, than 60 years ago. Here’s where I landed. #NHPolitics

Another Minnesotan shot and killed by feds • New Hampshire Bulletin Over 10 shots can be heard in the video, but it’s unclear if more than one agent fired a weapon.

Federal immigration officers shot a third Minnesotan in as many weeks, according to video posted to social media and confirmed in a post by Gov. Tim Walz. From @madisonmcvan.bsky.social and @michellemgriff.bsky.social via @minnesotareformer.com

Being documented vs. undocumented is a spectrum. Lots of the people being detained and deported by ICE have permission to be in the U.S. — pending asylum claims or visa applications.

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Anybody have ‘school segregation’ on their 2026 New Hampshire bingo card? • New Hampshire Bulletin Boy, New Hampshire Legislature, you sure know how to make a national impression.

New Hampshire Rep. Kristin Noble's comments last week in support of school segregation reveal a lot about her world view — and something about the nature of the Republican coalition, too. #NHPolitics

How’s life on Easy Street treating you, New Hampshire? • New Hampshire Bulletin Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s not wrong about New Hampshire’s collection of accolades from think tanks and special interests, but what she doesn’t mention is the tyranny of averages underlying her rosy picture.

A new one: In NH, politicians like to use the tyranny of averages to convince people their financial struggles are illusory. While real solutions require real effort and collaboration, tapping into a national reservoir of hatred is easy. And for the GOP, this is the golden age of that kind of easy.

Here's something brief I wrote on Friday morning about Renee Good. It's not a column, really, but something between a dream and a prediction.

Beautifully written (as yr. readers have come to expect). The "frame-up" reveals another sick aspect of current US society-- the insistence that people obey *self-proclaimed* lawmakers. I supervised a couple hundred OSHA inspectors at one time. We had enforcement powers, but we were not the police.