Volume 265 | No. 10

To the Editor: Many of us were greatly saddened to hear the news that Hank Aaron had passed away. He was not only a baseball superstar but a great American. As a teenager in the early sixties, I became one of his fans, not knowing much about his personal life and challenges, I only knew that he was a fantastic all-around baseball player. That was enough for me. In the meantime, after reading the July 23, 2007 Sports Illustrated article about his quest to break the home run record of Babe Ruth (714), and reading his own auto-biography, I Had a Hammer, published in 1991 …

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To the Editor: [Note: The following screed may contain typographical errors; our 100 Proof Department will have nothing to do with Mr. Ewing. — The Ed.] After years of silence as Democrat activists rioted in American cities killing dozens and physically, emotionally, and financially injuring thousands of innocent people; destroying billions of dollars of public and private property, and attacking the White House, Capitol, and Supreme Court Building; it’s nice to finally see Democrats condemn, rather than support, violence. [Note: “Democratic activists…destroying billions of dollars of public and private property” — The writer has supplied not a whit of evidence backing up this accusation. – …

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To the Editor: Do we govern from our Town Meetings, or no? The state considers it beyond our legal authority when we attempt to use our local governing process to protect our communities from state-issued permits that allow any number of harmful activities such as water extraction, landfill expansions, waste to energy incinerators, sludge application, mining, fossil fuel pipeline infrastructure, even unsustainable “renewable” energy projects; or when our communities attempt to create sanctuary and equity for all inhabitants, including rights for Nature. Why are we denied the right to protect our health and safety, and not able to create the kind of communities we envision …

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By Patrick Rosenstiel I think most people agree that our presidential election system needs to be reformed. In New Hampshire, S.B.43 is a bill to replace the state’s winner-take-all system of awarding electoral votes with a system that allocates electors by congressional district. It mimics Maine and Nebraska’s system and does not require a constitutional amendment to be enacted. The sponsors of S.B.43 and I agree that the shortcomings of the current system present a clear threat to the future of American democracy. The idea of battleground states versus flyover states delivers chaos, instability, and tribalism, and it shakes the very foundation of trust in …

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To the Editor: December 7, 1941 and January 6, 2021 are days that will “Live in Infamy.” One was a clear sneak attack by a foreign power; one was a home-grown attack on our democracy by a delusional, misguided group of domestic terrorists trying to discount and nullify the votes of millions of Americans in numerous states and overthrow our government. As I write this, Washington, D.C. has become an armed camp of thousands of National Guard troops and police sent to protect the peaceful transfer of power when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are sworn in on January 20, 2021. How did America get …

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