Tea for Who?

Saturday, March 28, 2009—We’ve just uploaded a 3.2MB pdf of our paper of Friday, March 13. In the Fortnightly Rant, we consider the case of local entrepreneur Marshall Malone, who recently angled for some free publicity by donating tea to one of several Santelli-inspired astroturf “tea parties.” He succeeded, but whether it does him any good or not is another question. In this issue’s News Briefs, we try to keep up with New Hampshire’s suddenly-entertaining senior Senator, Judd Gregg. We’ve also added an article or two to our Memorial Bridge page.

Did It Again

Friday, February 13, 2009—It may not seem like that big a deal, but at our age, just getting out onto the street again is kind of a thrill. Our Vol. CCLIII, No. 10 is being distributed right now. Fortunately, not all the sidewalks in town look like the one at right today. But even if they did, our stalwart distribution crew would no doubt take it in stride. In other self-referential news, a pdf (2.8 MB) of our previous issue has just been posted here. In it, we cover the Inauguration we feared might not happen, noting that Obama’s address to the nation echoed, among …

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New Paper’s Out

Friday, January 30, 2009—Just a quick update: Today’s paper is on its way to the Post Office, and being distributed here in town and in the surrounding towns of the mighty Piscataqua. We had even more fun that usual with this issue, what with it being Regime Change time and all that. Also, our paper of January 16 is now available on the Free Downloads of our 2009 Papers page. Or, for your convenience, you can download it right here.