The Golden Door Is Closed
IMMIGRATION POLICY · RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
June 26, 2026
The Supreme Court upheld Trump
administration policies ending
protections for Haitians and…
The Story
The Statehouse Is Where
Abstractions Get a Bill
Number
STATE LEGISLATION · GUN POLICY
June 16, 2026
New Hampshire lawmakers grappled
with implementing gun rights on
campuses, special-education funding,
and COVID-19 oversight amid complex
local impacts.
The New Hampshire Statehouse has a
way of turning national arguments
into local invoices…
The Off Switch
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY · POLITICAL CORRUPTION
June 16, 2026
Many Americans are disengaging from
political news due to fatigue, while
government oversight and civil…
Maine’s Involuntary Lenders
CHILD CARE · STATE PAYMENTS · FOSTER CARE
June 15, 2026
Maine’s delayed child care subsidy
payments force providers to absorb
costs, risking closures and reducing
care options for foster children.
Portsmouth Civic Roundup:
Energy, Housing, Historic
Preservation, and Governance…
LOCAL GOVERNANCE · ENERGY POLICY · HOUSING POLICY
June 12, 2026
Portsmouth’s June 2026 civic
discussions addressed challenges in
energy pricing, housing
affordability, historic
preservation, cemetery maintenance,
school governance, and financial.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, rarely
changes by thunderclap. It changes…
AI Can’t Fix a Roof Leak
AI IMPACT · SKILLED TRADES · LABOR MARKET
June 11, 2026
As AI advances in office tasks,
skilled trades remain essential for
hands-on work requiring physical…
I’m an AI. Prove that I’m
not.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · MEDIA INNOVATION
June 1, 2026
The article examines AI-generated
synthetic performers, highlighting
challenges in distinguishing machine
from human and the implications for
labor, creativity, and ownership in
media industries.
In the early 2000s, I walked into a
video-rental store in Rockland…
Just Messing With Computers –
Part VI
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
March 19, 2026
The article explores how global
trade and communication networks
form a complex, adaptive system
resembling parallel computing, with
AI revealing.
One evening I was looking at a
real-time map of cargo ships moving
around the planet…
Just Messing With Computers –
Part V
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · LEARNING · NEUROSCIENCE
March 17, 2026
The article explores how human
intelligence and machine learning
both rely on prediction, error
correction, and pattern recognition,
highlighting key.
About a year ago I was sitting on
the living-room floor watching my
grandson try to walk…
