Bloodlines & other precious bodily fluids
By Tom Brennan I was going to title this piece “The difficulty of being fair to Robert Kennedy Jr.” I was advised that was too clunky. Late in 1963, when notions of Camelot were the height of fashion, a Stanley Kubrick movie titled Dr. Strangelove made it’s way into public consciousness. A year after the world nearly blew up in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the movie told a darkly hilarious tale of a rogue American general who unilaterally starts a […]
Read MorePersonal experience of ex NH legislator informs support for Ukraine in US interest
By Peter Somssich and Imre Somssich We both left our homeland Hungary during the 1956 Revolution at the age five and six year. At the time Hungary was a satellite state of the Soviet Union. The fight for Hungarian freedom was brutally put down. For various reasons, our family faced a grim future, even possible arrest. We had the good fortune to be sponsored by an American company and were allowed to emigrate to the United States. It was not […]
Read MoreLegislators take aim at “Live Free or die” ethic
By Linds Jakows I just celebrated my 9-year New Hamshire-versary, and have lately reflected on my path through New Hampshire. When I moved here in 2014, I was a newly out nobinary person who felt unsure about making New Hampshire my home my home. Since managing the campaign in 2017-18 that updated state law to include transgender people, I have come a long way in growing my connections with other LGBTQ+ Granite Staters, and the vast majority of this state […]
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