susan the bruce

Good news. Election Day is fast approaching. No more ads, no more robocalls or polls, no more emails, and no more debates. The...

On February 7, 2011, newly minted Speaker of the New Hampshire House, Bill O’Brien had this to say: “ We are committed to bringing trans...

Let me know if you want one/more. Every woman in the state should have one on her car. 

I took an elderly friend for a walk today. She had a stroke a few years ago, and still has one leg that drags a bit, so walking on a flat su...

This is my favorite picture of former NH Governor John H. Sununu. Here he is as Poppy Bush's Chief of Staff (he's the short guy wit...

Gubernatorial candidates Hassan and Lamontagne had another non-debate event (I don't know what to call these things) where they discusse...

Meet Michael Garcia. He's running as a Democrat, in Hillsborough District 34. Members of the Free State Project became as popular ...

From our friends at Granite State Progress: Legislator Report Cards It’s hard to know whether our legislators are doing what we...

The NH Advantage. This is the phrase constantly invoked by the trickle-down Republicans and defined as: no state income tax and no...

The Fryeburg, ME Water District met on Tuesday night. The Water District is an independent board that was created in 2005 by the Maine ...

Because you can't be fighting like hell to maintain the status quo while calling yourself progressive. From Dictionary.com: pro·gres·siv...

Ovide Lamontagne has taken the Cornerstone Family Resources organization's pledge Concord Monitor: A conservative New Hampshire group un...

The primary on September 11 was the first election since the implementing of the Voter ID bill passed this year by the legislature. This is ...

Can one credibly be progressive and regressive at the same time? How can NH Democrats take the NH GOP pledge, while claiming the progressiv...

If you see any problems today with the new Voter ID law, be sure to speak to the moderator at the polls. Take pictures. Take video if you ca...

and I still haven't had a single email from the Kennedy for Governor campaign. I signed up for his email list on August 24, and haven...

The Conway Daily Sun newspaper endorsed Jackie Cilley for governor. Here are some of the salient points for those of us who live in the top...

Some years back, the Conway Daily Sun was fined an enormous sum of money by the NH Dept. of Labor. They'd changed their payday schedule ...