Nice “made you look” newspeak/spin newsletter here by NHPR. “Would a Trump Win Mean ‘Rock-Bottom’ for NH’s GOP?” What?, I thought. Most of the people I know who are/were members of the NHGOP already think it has already hit rock bottom … and did years ago. Then I scrolled down to the links and see … Read more

Hey, national media covering the Flint, MI, water issues: Try something new – really look at the issue of why there are problems in Flint. It goes beyond a Republican governor who has been in power for about six years. Really, seriously, trace the problems back and look at what you’ll find … First, local … Read more

Jeb’s PAC is flailing around at everyone. This is really getting embarrassing. Where’s the anti-Jim Gilmore mailer, so he can try and peel away at his 0.05%?

For those of you watching – and worrying – about the markets this morning and the past few days, like the loss of $1.5 trillion in value literally overnight (which means it really didn’t exist in the first place, it was just paper), don’t … this correction was coming, everyone knew it was coming, it … Read more

Here’s something that’s been bugging me a lot lately and it is making me really dislike some people in the journalism/online news clickable fields – this inability to move away from the spin. Take this graphic, as an example, that was Tweeted out during the Powerball fever by the Vox.com “graphics reporter.” After compiling data … Read more

It finally looks like Christmas …

Note to Jeb PAC: This isn’t how you grow your candidate from sixth place (8.3% RealClear ave.) in the polls in NH to Christie’s 11.3% fourth place position, no matter how bad a governor Christie has been. SMH…

Very interesting … something to, ahem, chew on…

Interesting data here from the Seattle Times: The incredible shrinking middle class While we all know things are harder – not economically better – the data doesn’t appear to show this. In fact, it’s showing that during the last 40 years, while the middle-class has shrunk, people have become more affluent not poor. Look at … Read more

Operation Santa Claus, the program by the retired New Hampshire state employees to provide presents for needy kids in the state, fills my heart with joy every time I participate. We did this as kids and now, I think for the last 10 to 12 years, I’ve been doing it, too. Sometimes, my kids join … Read more