IN THE HUGELY PROFITBLE BUSINESS the do-gooders so euphemistically call "the nursing home industry," people who like to keep track of what's going on in this fantasy world of old people and their keepers ae oftimes the subjects of scholarly reports said to be authoritative studies of what life is like in the warrens.  Authors of ...

In this week's New Hampshire Sunday News (April 12) the editors had a hissy fit over governmental issues that they rightfully aregued were being given the silent treatment by public bigwigs.  In their editorial titled, "Right to know zilch," they argued that the chief of police of the town of Hooksett, a classic example of the ...

Over our early morning cup of coffee at Travers Eatery the other morning, three of us were entertain-ing ourselves with stories about some of the craziness that has marked our lives in the Granite State. Oh, sure, there was plenty of material--the usually terrible weather, the daffy routines of the people we choose to lead us, or the unyielding ...

WELL, THE POND SUCKERS are at it again. The New Hampshire Sunday News carried a front page story reporting on a situation in which the state's legislators are fanning the fires of who's gonna pay how much and for what level of long-term care we're willing to ante up for the few years left to our loving elderfolk. According to the news ...