Monthly Archives: August 2017
Executive Councilor Joe Kenney: Sununu Needs To Do More Outreach On Northern Pass
It’s my judgment that he needs to go into the North Country on a listening tour to speak to people directly about this project. Whether they are for or against, they expect representation on the issue. And I have not … Continue reading
Revaluation riles Portsmouth taxpayers
The retired 89-year-old loves Portsmouth, and the only time he left is when he served four years in the U.S. Army. But the former city councilor worries that he may soon be forced out of his home if property tax … Continue reading
State Rep from Keene, NH Promises Full Body Wax if $50,000 Raised for Hurricane Victims
Earlier this year, New Hampshire state representative Joseph Stallcop of Keene became the second sitting state rep to flip to the Libertarian party, and the first democrat to do so nationwide in two decades. Now, representative Stallcop has announced a fundraiser for the … Continue reading
Professor Calls For Selective Censorship to Reign in ‘Cheap Speech’
In an August, 18th Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, Richard L. Hasen, the Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at UC Irvine, offered his insight into the problem of “cheap speech.” Framing the context in an opening paragraph that fingers … Continue reading
Keene State professor on How to Talk to Students About Charlottesville
“…as the school year gets underway, teachers in cities and towns across New Hampshire are preparing to talk with students about what happened in Charlottesville. Tom White, coordinator of educational outreach for the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies … Continue reading
NH Judge Tosses Voter Fraud Case
A judge has tossed out the voter fraud case against a Sunapee man alleged to have altered an email just prior to the March 2016 school board elections which ended in a victory for his wife. Judge Gregory Michael ruled that prosecutors … Continue reading
Antifa: Dartmouth stands behind censure
Dartmouth College is standing behind its statement that lecturer Mark Bray is “supporting violent protest” in comments made to the media about antifa, the far-left activist movement that has clashed with white supremacists in recent months. … Dartmouth President Philip … Continue reading
Girard at Large: On Air News Read for August 30, 2017
New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald and Secretary of State Bill Gardner issued a statement yesterday saying that archived copies of the state’s voter database won’t be turned over to the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity or available to the … Continue reading
Dartmouth Professors Show Support for Lecturer After Antifa Interviews
More than 100 faculty members at Dartmouth College have signed a letter to Philip J. Hanlon, its president, asking him to retract a statement that disavows comments by Mark Bray, a lecturer. Since this month’s deadly rally in Charlottesville, Va., Mr. Bray … Continue reading