According to a column in the Crimson by the staff editorial board, the reference to “Puritans” in the school’s song was not a concern for members of the Harvard community before the announcement that the change would be made.
Despite this, a task force working to make Harvard more “inclusive” announced their decision to get rid of the reference to “Puritans” in the alma mater song. | More…
CONWAY, N.H. (AP) — A corrections officer has been indicted, accused of bringing a bag of methamphetamine into a New Hampshire county jail.
Late October (when the 120 days will be up) is a month PAST the legally required deadline for the President to send his 2018 refugee determination to the Hill. (Here is one of many posts on the ‘determination’ for new readers.)
In September, how will the White House handle that wrinkle SCOTUS has handed them? | More…
A pickup truck ran over a British anti-fracking activist who was standing in the middle of a road as a form of protest Wednesday.
Witnesses said the man was knocked over by the truck and sustained minor injuries while slowly walking down the middle of the street to impede traffic to a fracking site. Fellow activists filmed the incident near a fracking site in Lancashire, England. | More…
| The DC
Canada can and should play a leadership role in advancing initiatives that foster real change in the lives of women globally.
However, we have real concerns with plans announced Tuesday by the Liberal government to hand $241.5 million over to the Clinton Foundation to “support projects that will provide critical sexual and reproduction health (SRH) services” around the world. | More…
Water quality monitors had to go out in drizzly rain and negotiate slippery rocks on Tuesday morning to collect river samples this week, according to George May, who submitted this information to Patch. What they found were moderately high E. coli counts in the downtown sections of Wilton and Milford, where storm drains were draining runoff into the Souhegan River. E. coli levels remained high through Milford and Amherst but moderated to acceptable levels finally in Merrimack. | More…
| Patch
Five hundred and forty-eight Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees have been terminated since President Donald Trump took office, indicating that his campaign pledge to clean up “probably the most incompetently run agency in the United States” by relentlessly putting his TV catchphrase “you’re fired” into action was more than just empty rhetoric.
Another 200 VA workers were suspended and 33 demoted, according to data newly published by the department as part of VA Secretary David Shulkin’s commitment to greater transparency. Those disciplined include 22 senior leaders, more than 70 nurses, 14 police officers, and 25 physicians. | More…
| The DC
To me being pro-life means respecting the right to life for all human beings. It isn’t being against abortion. Although, I oppose imposed death in all forms, from abortion to euthanasia and so-called assisted suicide.
Rather being pro-life is about respect and honor of the innate worth and value of every human being on the face of the earth, regardless of his or her size, location, level or state of development, their specific method of conception, or their environment. | More…
It’s a moot point – at least for the moment. But for the record, former state Supreme Court associate justice Chuck Douglas has officially opined that a two-thirds majority of the New Hampshire House and Senate would be required to call state lawmakers into a special session.
Douglas responded to an inquiry by New Hampshire House Clerk Paul Smith about the required threshold. | More…
| WMUR
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