Posts Tagged ‘Elections’
The worst thing about democracy…
A lot of people are upset about “the government.” And there’s a lot to be upset about, from the lack of personal ethics displayed by state legislators like Sen. Phil Rockefeller, sponsor of the “title only” tax bill (that is, it’s blank—they’ll write it later) that had its “public hearing” in today’s legislative session, to [...]
Live from Manchester (almost)
After wandering in at least two circumnavigations of part of downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, I ended up in Hooksett for the night. I remembered along the way that exactly ten years ago I was in Manchester in the final days of the all-important New Hampshire presidential primary. And that got me thinking about the debate over the Granite [...]
Live from Augusta, Maine
Turns out it's cold in Maine this time of year. My hop from Newark into Boston was almost canceled because of snow in the latter, which made the drive north take a little longer. One thing I did notice: lots of signs for Scott Brown as I wound my way from Boston through Salem and finally to Interstate 95 (given the time, I'd never use the [...]
