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CARINE HAJJAR

If you can’t trust your barber, who can you trust?

Lessons from New Hampshire on what keeps Trump’s supporters coming back for more.

Latest NH Commentary Headlines

COMMENTARY

These days, even a ski bum needs a spreadsheet

It used to be that getting down the mountain was the hard part. Now it’s trying to figure out which advance-purchase ski pass to buy. The options are dizzying, and a lot of money is at stake.
Renée Loth

Electric vehicles are a new flash point in the culture wars

Good luck finding a public charging station in the Deep South or the Great Plains.
SCOT LEHIGH

Donald Trump goes full fascist in his rhetoric

Watergate whistleblower John Dean: The media must call out the former president.

SCOT LEHIGH
Vivek Ramaswamy is not ready for prime primary time
A debate in New Hampshire shows a candidate with hollow answers.

JOAN VENNOCHI
Not all young people view the 2024 New Hampshire primary the same
Whether you attribute that to selfishness or the very real challenges of life in 2023, it’s a warning to Democrats.

Alex Beam
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — full of nonsense but good for the presidential race
Cool it, Kennedy kiddos: Let Bobby run.

SCOT LEHIGH
On the presidential trail with N.H. voters
In a state where residents once loved to talk presidential politics, it’s hard to get a full name in voter interviews because of fears of retaliation about their views on Donald Trump.

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SCOT LEHIGH

GOP presidential campaign in New Hampshire shows signs of life

Nikki Haley has overtaken Ron DeSantis in the race for second place in the Republican presidential nomination.

COMMENTS

Letters to the editor of the Globe Magazine

Live free or die in New Hampshire, a ‘50s book ban with parallels to today, and more.

Carine Hajjar

Chris Christie takes on mission impossible in GOP presidential nomination race

Though it’s not likely the New Jersey governor will win the nomination, the questions he raises about fellow Republicans resonate with New Hampshire voters.

LETTERS

‘What did you learn in school today?’ (asking for a political stakeholder)

Those who are calling for "parents’ rights" are doing nothing of the sort; rather, they are fighting for the right of a small group of people to impose their views on others.

IDEAS | JOHN GOVE

Extreme weather forces New England farmers to be more collaborative than ever

Our farm has bountiful tomatoes and squash but an iffy corn crop. Next door the story might be the opposite.

SCOT LEHIGH

New Hampshire, please consider Asa Hutchinson

The former Arkansas governor may need Granite State help to make the stage for the second GOP debate.

COMMENTARY | WILL STEWART

Manchester needs a unified plan to functionally end homelessness

A mayoral candidate who is an alderman in Ward 2 says homelessness in Manchester is a humanitarian crisis — and should be treated as such.

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

How to expand, rather than obliterate, history

The imposing 25-foot granite statue of Hannah Duston was erected in Boscawen in 1874, on the site where she became a folk hero for a daring escape from Native American captors nearly 200 years before.