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Is What We Need a Vaccine for Stupid?

Dear Editor: I have previously written about the major role vaccines play in preventing the diseases that they are specifically targeted for. However, ongoing research is showing that the benefits of various vaccines may go much further than preventing only the diseases that they were designed to prevent. For example: A University of Texas study has shown that adults over age 65 who receive the annual high-dose influenza vaccine demonstrate a 55 percent lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that influenza vaccines reduced major cardiac events by 36 percent overall and 55 percent in patients …

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Reflections on May Day, 2026

Nearly everywhere else in the world, the First of May is celebrated as International Workers Day. Here in the U.S., of course, May Day will be pointedly ignored. Strange, since this is where it began. On May 1, 1886, 200,000 workers across the country held a general strike, demanding an eight-hour day. Cops did their job: beating workers on behalf of the bosses. Workers persisted. On May 4th, things literally blew up. Show trials followed and four anarchists were hanged. That, in brief, is why, from 1890 to this day, on May Day, workers remember the workers who once fought for their rights—everywhere, that is, …

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Volume 270, No. 17

We were aware of today’s national May Day protest, but we did not deviate from our usual routine. Why? Because, in publishing this newspaper, putting workers over billionaires is what we do. As proof, we offer our issue dated May Day, 2026. To read it, just give this link a click.

Two Kings or None?

Two men named Thomas, born a century and a half apart, had the vision to see what this country might some day become. Thomas Morton overthrew the leaders of a group of settlers sent by Ferdinando Gorges to found the short-lived Merrymount, in what is now Quincy. Morton called himself “Mine Host,” and declared himself the equal of all the former indentured servants in the group. As long as they were able, they cohabited peacefully with the area’s indigenous people. Settlers and natives all celebrated May Day of 1627 together by dancing around a May Pole topped with a set of antlers. Such fun could …

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Fri, May 1

2022—The Union Leader reports that its late publisher, arch-conservative William Loeb, had sexually molested his daughter and his step-daughter. 1999—The New Hampshire Gazette resumes regular (fortnightly) publication in Portsmouth. 1989—“Bill” Gardner, Secretary of State for Life, assigns rights to the trade name New Hampshire Gazette to a collateral descendant of the founder. 1975—Tom Polgar sends CIA’s last cable from Saigon: “…we have lost.…Let us hope…that we have learned our lesson. Saigon signing off.” 1960—Gary Powers’ U-2 is hit by a missile, but he doesn’t hit the eject button. The plane’s crew had tipped him off: it was rigged to destroy him along with the plane. …

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Thurs, April 30

2011—The Department of Defense adopts CONPLAN 8888-11 “Counter-Zombie Dominance”. 1993—The first website goes online. 1981—Vatican police collar Don Novello, aka Father Guido Sarducci, for impersonating a priest. 1977—The Clamshell Alliance assembles at Seabrook to fight the nuke. 1975—The Commies take Saigon. 1973—Rabid Nixon supporter Rev. Sun Myung Moon gets a green card. 1973—Announcing their resignations, Richard Nixon calls felons-to-be John D. Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman “two of the finest public servants I have ever known.” 1971—Medal of Honor recipient Dwight H. Johnson is shot to death while robbing a Detroit grocery store. 1956—Former Vice President Alben Barkley concludes his keynote speech to the Washington and …

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