Fighting Back for a Change

The Fortnightly Rant for March 25, 2011, from The New Hampshire Gazette, Volume 255, No. 13, posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2011. For many a fortnight now we have used this space to report on the unrelenting efforts of the rich and powerful to gain control over those small scraps of money and influence that have as yet eluded their grasp. We have taken that approach for a couple of reasons: there is never a shortage of material because they are always up to something, and you cannot cover the defensive side of a Class War unless someone is fighting back. Now that neo-feudalism looms …

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Charging Into the Past

The Fortnightly Rant for March 11, 2011, from The New Hampshire Gazette, Volume 255, No. 12, posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2011. Nearly three million American families went into foreclosure last year. The figure would have been even higher if the foreclosure processing system weren’t jammed up due to the heavy workload. But don’t complain — at least there are jobs in the foreclosure racket. The employment rate is at nearly nine percent and that’s good news, because it had been higher for so long. Still, for every available job opening, five people are looking for work. The national economy is so shaky that a …

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Royalty Sighted

Monday, March 7, 2011 — We are not in the habit of fawning over royalty. We have not had a known monarchist on our staff since Daniel Fowle sent his counterfeiting nephew Robert Luist Fowle packing 230 some-odd years ago. That being said, we recognize that some royal visits deserve attention and respect. Kate the Great is in town, and is available on tap now at the Portsmouth Brewery. Don’t tarry — it will probably be gone before 6:00 p.m. In honor of this felicitious occasion the Brewery’s Retail Store Manager, Liz Barrett, rode her little pony for a while in the front window of …

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