susan the bruce

Bad legislation takes on a hydra-like quality here in NH. A bad bill may be slain in one session, but it will come back again in the n...

Remember Richard Jewell? He was working as a private security guard at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, in 1996, when a bomb went of...

The NH legislature will be back in session on January 3, 2007. The new session begins with the Democrats holding the majority of seats i...

The November elections brought many changes, and for many of us, brought hope for a new national conversation about health care. Most workin...

We’re into the Christmas retail season – and the annual accusations of a “war against Christmas” have begun. A cynical person might ...

The elections are over and the spin has begun. The recently deposed party and their media mouthpieces would have us believe that the re...

The mid term elections are only days away. The ballots show more candidates, and provide more choices than I can ever remember since mo...

The mid-term elections are in less than three weeks. Political action and debate is hot and heavy all over the state. The sign wars are bein...

This past Saturday, a peace march was held in Concord. It was a collaboration of peace organizations and the faith community. There were wel...

So, you’re worried about your health care. If you have it, you’re worried that you’re going to keep losing parts of it (the ever increasing ...

September 12 is the NH state primary election. Primaries in non-presidential election years are sorry affairs, with a small percentage of ou...

The economy of Berlin, NH has been collapsing for decades. Twenty years ago, it was a thriving place, with a population of 20,000, people wh...

Any English teacher, any book on writing or grammar tells us the same things. Write clearly. Be precise in the terms that we use. Strunk and...

As hurricane season kicks into gear and the Gulf Coast is still a mess, more Americans are losing health care, housing and energy costs skyr...

Twenty-two years ago I moved to the valley. The weekly commute to Concord provides ample time for observation and reflection on the changes ...

As I turned on to North Main St. in Concord, I knew something big was going on. It was the last day of voting in the legislature, and the pl...

It’s party time! Time for NH political parties to fundraise for the upcoming elections, that is. Last week, the Carroll County Democrats had...