Hampton New Hampshire Mad Dog Democrat

"The trouble with life is the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt." --Bertrand Russell “Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. The grave will supply plenty of time for silence.”--Christopher Hitchens

Monday, June 29, 2026

Mad Dog and The Odyssey

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T his week's New Yorker carries an article by a critic, David Denby, which I started reading thinking it was a review of the new IMAX...

Rape/Defamation Judgment Stands: Trump Vows Mexico Will Pay

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T he Supreme Court of the United States, or at least what passes for the SCOTUS nowadays, after the rape of that institution by Mitch McC...

Sunday, June 28, 2026

Greening the Swamp: Reflections in a Green Haze

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E very day, it gets better and better. The man who promised to drain the swamp just created a big swamp in front of the memorial to the P...

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Reflections in Algae Green

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O f all the Trump follies, my favorite is gelling as fast as the soup green algae of the Reflecting Pool. Even the name is ironic, as it ...

Sunday, June 21, 2026

The Preservation of Self in Every Day Life

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A fter 17 years of battling ingrained New Hampshire prejudices, mores, intransigence, Scott Bogle, the director of Transportation Planning...

Saturday, June 20, 2026

The K-Nut At the Reflecting Pool

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S o many wonderful stories from the Trump era will, if our nation survives, enter into the pantheon of folktales, Bible stories, parables,...

Friday, June 19, 2026

What Bill Burr Knows the Democrats Don't

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"You only see the President twice a week. I don't understand why everybody's so upset. Like: What's going to happen? If y...

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