Echos of rich history and an uncertain future mark 2024 NH primary
By Tom Brennan As the 2024 New Hampshire primary winds up, it’s First In The Nation status faces the most serious threat it has ever faced, and the country is in a dark mood. The leading candidates in both major parties, an aging incumbent and his controversial predecessor, constitute a kind of finger trap. The public is deeply unhappy with the choice, but the harder they try to pull out the tighter the trap gets. There is just enough uncertainty, […]
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The Envelope Please
by Tom Brennan It is forgotten now, but Granite State press lord William Loeb was angry with President Richard Nixon in 1972, and thought he should be replaced with his Vice President, Spiro T. Agnew. Agnew is mostly forgotten too, half a century after he resigned as Vice President of the United States, a step ahead of the sheriff, but his story is important, and has profound relevance to today. Nixon was reelected crafting a large conservative majority. Bill Loeb […]
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The Buckley/Bozel Contradiction
By Tom Brennan L. Brent Bozel IV was convicted last week for his part in the storming of the U.S. Capitol, as part of an effort to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 presidential election. It was a large mob, and such trials have become commonplace. Sadly, so is our acceptance of this profoundly unAmerican turn in our politics. What makes the Bozel verdict notable is who his great uncles were. A month before the Bozel verdict, […]
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RE-LAUNCH UPDATE: Covid Pause, Henry A. Sanders, Tara Reade, and Mary Meyer novel
It seems like years ago, rather than months ago, that the Granite State Observer (GSO) launched amid the home stretch of a presidential impeachment and competitive New Hampshire Presidential Primary. In short order, the Primary results became irrelevant and Granite Staters, along with the rest of the world, coped with a stealthy, dangerous and historic global pandemic. This has put commerce, civic culture, and most other human interaction on hold. We picked an interesting time to launch this enterprise and […]
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