susan the bruce

NH Writer, Blogger, Gadfly

Friday, July 27, 2007

More Testosterone than Taste

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The NH GOP is in deep doo. They lost big – lost almost everything last November. With their typical arrogance, they failed to take noti...
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Thursday, July 12, 2007

Overheated, Overpopulated, and Underwatered

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The Union of Concerned Scientists released a report this week, titled “Confronting Climate Change in the US Northeast.” This is a ...
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Thursday, June 28, 2007

Radical Change Required

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Michael Moore has a new movie. The movie is called SiCKO, and is being released nationwide on June 29. SiCKO is about health car...
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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Getting the Lead Out

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An announcement was made this week that the state of NH is fining the Dept. of Transportation over $300,000 for the illegal dumping of...
Thursday, May 31, 2007

Nanny State Neocons

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The NH Senate has been debating the passage of a law mandating seatbelt use in our state. NH is the last state in the union that does n...
Thursday, May 17, 2007

Deal or No Deal

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Rural northern New England is a dead end on the information super highway. The development of fiber optic systems has been begun in so...
Thursday, May 03, 2007

NH State Employees

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This past Tuesday, May 2, the NH State Employees Union (SEIU) had a demonstration in front of the NH State House. About 700 people came...
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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Hot Air Vipers

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Unless you’ve been living in a wilderness cave, you’ve heard that radio and television personality Don Imus, recently lost his job for ...
Friday, April 06, 2007

Stonings, Beheadings, Executions - Oh My!

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It’s springtime, when many a not-so-young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of execution, here in NH. Last week the legislature vot...
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Thursday, March 22, 2007

Peace

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This past Monday marked the 4th anniversary of the war in Iraq. The weapons of mass destruction did not exist. The oft-touted “mushroom...
Thursday, March 15, 2007

HB 791

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On March 14, the NH House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on HB 791, a bill that would grant civil marriage to NH's gay couples. Thi...
Thursday, March 08, 2007

The Sin Eater

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Anna Nicole Smith has finally been laid to rest in the Bahamas. For weeks the media has been breathlessly following the story of her de...
Thursday, February 22, 2007

The Partisan Press

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In this interest of full disclosure, there’s something I need to confess before I begin this editorial. If you’ve been watching televis...
Thursday, February 08, 2007

NH Senators Fight to Perpetuate Poverty

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The 110th Congress got off to a busy start, with the new House laying out an ambitious 100 hour agenda of bills they wanted to pass. At ...
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Thursday, January 25, 2007

The Return of the Hydra

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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...
Thursday, January 11, 2007

Lives are Ruined

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Remember Richard Jewell? He was working as a private security guard at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, in 1996, when a bomb went of...
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Thursday, December 28, 2006

The 2007 Legislative Session Begins

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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...
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