TAKE ME TO YOUR LYING LEADER

Will America make it to November? With politicians spreading distrust and hatred in an already contentious electione, who wins? You can't trust the candidates, they say. You can't trust corporations. You can't trust your friends.

You know it’s one of "those days" when you find yourself reading some tacky chain email letter instead of getting your work done. And why not? It’s a glorious day in New England. Tourists are sucking up the perfect weather and you – the native -- are pounding away at the back-end of a web site in a dark room with the shades drawn.

You know it’s one of "those days" when you find yourself reading some tacky chain email letter instead of getting your work done. And why not? It’s a glorious day in New England. Tourists are sucking up the perfect weather and you – the native -- are pounding away at the back-end of a web site in a dark room with the shades drawn.

They're not just pets anymore

We have crossed the line. It has not been a month since we added a puppy to the household, and already we are full-fledged members of the seacoast dog culture.

Honoring the "Negro Burying Ground"

Portsmouth has a rare chance to tell the world how it feels about the city's checkered past of slavery and discrimination. Locals met recently to discuss repatriation of ancient remains discovered under city streets. Why not make this moment count.

Your great- great- grandparents
didn't know the half of it

Monorails whiz overhead. A subway from Ogunquit Center drives underground to the sea. Zeppelins whoosh by. That’s how one artist imagined the Seacoast in the 21^st century.

Shuffling a 90-year old deck
can deal a surprising hand

When I was in second grade I started piano lessons with a woman named Mrs. Pond. Her house in Grafton , Massachusetts, with its dark Victorian parlor was not far from the schoolyard, so I could walk there and then home after a private class. There is nothing much to the memory now besides a deck of cards that the teacher gave me, perhaps because I was sad. Our family was moving to New Hampshire and I did not want to go.

The Needs of the Few are Mighty Loud

Are the needs of a very few "historians" more important than the public education of generations of Portsmouth-area children? A rabid preservationist says -- No. The time has come to replace an outmoded armory building with a modern public library.

Who destroyed the beloved Old Man of the Mountains? An exclusive NH Gazette video interview with Sen. John McCain offers a surprsingly candid -- though fake -- connection to the Bush Administration. This clip has to be seen to be believed.