As Goes Texas, So Goes New Hampshire?
SECESSION MOVEMENTS · STATE SOVEREIGNTY · REPUBLICAN PARTY
Texas has always liked to remind the rest of us that it once was its own
country. New Hampshire has always liked to remind us that nobody tells it
what to do.
Lately, those two traditions have begun to sound oddly alike.
The Republican Party of Texas now says the state retains a right to secede
and wants voters asked whether Texas should “reassert its status as an
independent nation.”¹ In New Hampshire, we are nowhere near that point, but
legislators have considered independence proposals in 2022, 2024 and again
this year.
The first would have amended the state constitution to declare New…
PRESIDENTIAL LEGACY · WHITE HOUSE RENOVATIONS
Plans for a grand presidential palace
were scaled back to avoid monarchy;
Trump’s extensive White House
renovations raise legal and.
Don’t Censor the Story. Fire
the Reporter.
PRESS FREEDOM · MILITARY · CENSORSHIP
The Pentagon dismissed Stars and
Stripes’ editor, reporter, and
publisher amid concerns over military
control and editorial independence.
The Pentagon seems to have found a
modern answer to an old censorship
problem. Crossing out a newspaper
story with a blue pencil looks crude,
and closing the newspaper looks
worse. Both leave fingerprints. It is
much tidier to promise that the paper
is independent, put the people who…
Armida’s Chicken Parm with
White Sauce
FOOD · LOCAL · RESTAURANTS
Armida’s Chicken Parmesan features a
distinctive white sauce with nutmeg,
served alongside linguine and…
We’re Solving the Wrong Energy
Problem
ENERGY POLICY · RENEWABLE ENERGY
Declining costs of solar panels and
batteries challenge traditional grid…
Four candidates vie for New
Hampshire’s 1st Congressional…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · LEARNING
The article explores how generative
AI will shape childhood learning,
highlighting risks of dependency and
the loss of essential developmental…
PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT · WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
The Bureau of Land Management sold
68 Oregon wild mustangs for $25
each, losing track of their fate
amid broader…