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Mon, Dec 1

2020—In Wuhan, China, “Patient Zero” begins developing symptoms. 2017—Top Trump aide General Michael Flynn does the perp walk. 2007—Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, at Federal Cigar in Portsmouth, refuses to autograph a New Hampshire Gazette for counterman Dave McNicholas, but agrees to sign a photo of himself—which he takes with him when he leaves. 2003—Howard Dean, leading the pack in polling, tells Chris Matthews he’ll “break up the giant media enterprises;” giant media enterprises soon label Dean “unelectable.” 1969—The U.S. Selective Service effectively guts the anti-war movement by instituting a draft lottery. 1968—The Walker Commission reports that the Chicago PD rioted during the Democratic Convention. 1964—Lured …

Sun, Nov 30

2016—Trump spox Scottie Nell Hughes—pro-gun despite a brother, aged eight, lost to an armed 12-year-old—says “There’s no such thing, unfortunately, anymore, of facts.” [sic] 1999—Anarchists cancel a World Trade Organization meet in Seattle. 1974—Rep. Wilbur Mills (D-Ark.) appears onstage at Boston’s Pilgrim Theater with stripper Fanne Foxe. 1972—Nixon spokesdrone Ron Ziegler says with a mere 27,000 Americans left risking their lives in Vietnam, the White House will no longer update the nation on withdrawals. 1965—Defense Secretary Robert Strange McNamara offers LBJ two Vietnam options: get out now, or go all-in, suffering 1,000 KIAs per month and perhaps losing anyway. 1961—Liberal hearthrob JFK OKs plan for …

The Genocide Continues—With Our Help

To the Editor: The World Jewish Congress has given its highest recognition, the Theodor Herzl Award, to Representative Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), largely for her outspoken support for the state of Israel. Stefanik, honored at the most recent award ceremony, declared: “I am proud to be one of the foremost champions of the Jewish people in the United States Congress, ensuring Israel’s right to defend herself and fiercely opposing efforts by some of my colleagues to undermine it.” But using starvation as a weapon of war cannot be justified as self-defense. Notably, at a January 13, 2024 press conference, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remarked, “We …

Redefining Progress

by Jean Stimmell Driving to an early morning appointment in Boston, my son and I got mired in rush-hour traffic made worse by an accident: the trip took over 2 1/2 hours. Miles of backed-up cars, holding their passengers hostage in exhaust-polluted paralysis, the opposite of the sparkling air and open spaces we left behind in Northwood. It was the final straw for me. What an idiotic way to live. In that instant, I saw how absurd our modern world has become. In my mind, the main villain is our blind devotion to progress. It is, without doubt, our secular religion, preaching that our lives …

Long-time readers may have noticed that at this newspaper, we tend to expect the worst.* Even so, count us among those who did not expect the President to threaten to hang Maggie Goodlander. This seems as good a time as any to raise a formal complaint: if our government is going to run as if it were a Monty Python sketch,† why is it not funnier? Sadly, current events force us to turn aside from John Cleese, Eric Idle, and the rest of that merry gang, and turn to a grimmer Englishman. If you really want to be frightened, imagine trying to navigate today’s world …

Volume 270, No. 6

It seems like a milestone worthy of note: this was the fortnight when the President began issuing barely-veiled death threats against Members of Congress. We’re happy to announce that the bad news is pretty much limited to official business. This issue includes some reportage on citizens’ response to the administration’s constant flood of inanity. You can download a pdf of this issue by clicking on this link: https://www.nhgazette.com/pdf/270_06.pdf