John McCain: Standing Strong against Zealots

07.30.2017 ________________________________________   DATELINE 07.27.2017: I remember when, in 1999, not long before his landslide primary win in New Hampshire over Continue reading →

The Alt-right is not All-right. It’s deplorable.

09.18.2016 ________________________________________ A former New Hampshire state representative not long ago bemoaned the fact that “Dixie” was no longer played Continue reading →

Beware Pundits of Power and Privilege

03.13.2016 ______________________________ How self-gratified some elements of the right-wing pundit class must have been in 2009 when, shortly before his Continue reading →

Should Abraham’s children be building walls?

02.28.2016 ______________________________ I was having dinner with friends at Exeter’s 11 Water Street, a restaurant I favor for juicy medium-rare Continue reading →

Deconstructing Ben Carson’s Pyramid Scheme

11.08.2015 _____________________ I first visited the Pyramids in 1969 when I arrived in Cairo to attend a concert by famed Continue reading →

Memo to GOP: It’s Not About You!

07.05.2015 _____________________ This past week, outside an antique shop along New Hampshire’s Seacoast, I walked past a van festooned with stickers, Continue reading →

Ebolisis: Fear and Loathing in America

10.26.2014 _____________________ The road to my driveway is festooned with signage: Maggie Hassan, Carol Shea-Porter, Jeanne Shaheen and many others, some Continue reading →

Right Wing’s Opposition to President Obama Continues

06.15.2014 _____________________ In 2009 President Barack Obama inherited a badly broken world — damaged way beyond Colin Powell’s Pottery Barn Continue reading →