Thankful for Low Oil Prices Feb20

Thankful for Low Oil Prices

At about this time in 2011, after purchasing home heating oil for $3.50 a gallon, the second highest price paid since 2003 when I moved back to New Hampshire, I did some analysis on my blog about usage and costs. I requested a complete purchase spreadsheet from our oil company –...

De-Politicize Supreme Court Nominations Feb14

De-Politicize Supreme Court Nominations

Mitch McConnell’s reaction to the death of Antonin Scalia, that any nomination should wait until the next president is elected, is just another glaring example of what is wrong with the Supreme Court nomination process. President Obama is required to make a nomination; it’s part...

This writer nails a lot … Feb13

This writer nails a lot …

Trump’s America: There’s nothing irrational about Donald Trump’s appeal to the white working class, writes Charles Murray: they have every reason to be angry. Photo posted on Patch courtesy of Jeffrey Hastings/Frame of Mind Photography. FrameofMindPhoto.com.

Well, I was close … Feb11

Well, I was close …

I thought for sure that the polls before New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary would tighten … but, they didn’t. Actually, they widened, and voters gave Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders decisive, massive victories, while voter turnout was the highest in the...

#FITN2016 Predictions Feb09

#FITN2016 Predictions

Predictions … Since I was completely wrong on Iowa, why not try again? First, the GOP: Trump by at least 10 percent. I think the polling is high but not that high. It’s been a 15 to 20 point lead for many, many months. I don’t see it collapsing even with so many people...

Did Hillary ‘Steal’ Iowa? Feb08

Did Hillary ‘Steal’ Iowa?

Well, well, well … What I saw in Iowa convinced me Hillary Clinton is the best qualified candidate to lead a broken, corrupt system

It’s Almost Over … Feb08

It’s Almost Over …

Thankfully… and, no, this is not all the mailers I received for the 2016 New Hampshire primary; it’s just some of them…

Goodbye to The Boston Courant Feb07

Goodbye to The Boston Courant

Karma, sometimes, is a bitch. Goodbye, The Boston Courant, or, The Back Bay Courant, when I worked for it in the late 1990s: Back Bay newspaper’s famous refusal to put up a Web site has driven it out of business I could write a very, VERY long blog post or maybe even a short book about...

Dirty Tricks Didn’t Help Cruz or Hurt Carson Feb06

Dirty Tricks Didn’t Help Cruz or Hurt Carson

Iowa is a maelstrom which is why a lot of folks advise presidential candidates to ignore it entirely and focus on trying to get wins in other states, like New Hampshire, to build the delegate count. Vote fraud and dirty tricks, of any kind, are always an unknown. However, I don’t know...

Prediction: Trump, Sanders will win Iowa Feb01

Prediction: Trump, Sanders will win Iowa

I wrote this on a Facebook thread this morning and figured it was worth a quick post. I’m going to be busy for the next few days but here are some thoughts about Iowa. Let’s see how I do tonight: Predictions: For the Dems: Sanders over Clinton by 8%-ish. I’m going to suspect...