Filed under: General — shadow @ 11:02 pm
2008 Republican presidential candidate discusses the use of torture in interrogating detainees, closing Guantanamo Bay and how to convince voters that he is conservative but also supporting an immigrant guest worker program, campaign finance reform. Full Story
Filed under: General — shadow @ 11:01 pm
Joe McQuaid has been associated with New Hampshire’s largest and only statewide newspaper, The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News since he was 15. He started as a news office boy under his father, a co-founder of the New Hampshire Sunday News and former editor in chief of the Union Leader. Later he moved to sports reporting, became an award winning editor and in June of 1999, took over the helm as Managing Editor, Editor-in-Chief and General Manager of the paper. McQuaid’s positions at the Union Leader has made him influential in the media, in New Hampshire politics and as a national influence in New Hampshire’s “First in the Nation Primary”. We continue our 25 in 25 series with Joe McQuaid and talk with him about the Union Leader, the primary and how New Hampshire politics, media and thought has changed in the past quarter century.
Filed under: General — shadow @ 5:01 pm
Gov. Jon S. Corzine left the hospital on Monday after a serious car accident, asking for forgiveness and saying he ’set a very poor example.’
Filed under: General — shadow @ 5:00 pm
One of the more curious moments at last week's Democratic debate was Bill Richardson's answer when asked by moderator Brian Williams to name his model Supreme Court justice:
"GOV. RICHARDSON: It would be Justice Whizzer White.
"MR. WILLIAMS: How about someone who is among the living? (Laughter.)
"GOV. RICHARDSON: It would be — and in this particular case, Judge Ginsburg, who said that this was an erosion of a woman's right to choose and degraded the ability of a woman to protect herself health-wise."
So Richardson's second choice is Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the dissenter in this month's partial-birth abortion case, who fears the court has now done serious damage to the right to an abortion first recognized in Roe v. Wade. But Richardson's first choice is Byron White, one of only two dissenters in . . . Roe v. Wade. [Roe was decided with another case, Doe v. Bolton, where White filed a dissent covering both cases. He also joined then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist's dissent written in Roe.]
More in this post, from which the title to this one is taken.
UPDATE: Ginsburg succeeded White on the court — so they are linked in that sense. And, for what it's worth, when Ginsburg spoke in Colorado in White's honor, she, too, expressed admiration. From a local account of the speech:
"Before she was appointed as White's successor, Ginsburg argued six sex discrimination cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. She won five of the cases, each significantly advancing women's rights. 'I would have won all six of them if it had been up to White,' Ginsburg said."
Filed under: General — shadow @ 5:00 pm
For Immediate Release
Encourages NH Citizens to Help Flood Victims
CONCORD - Gov. John Lynch today urged victims of the recent floods to begin registering with FEMA to find out if they qualify for individual assistance.
In order to qualify for federal flood assistance, citizens must register with FEMA - even if they have already registered with the Red Cross, or other organizations. FEMA’s central office will walk flood victims through the registration process, and then field teams will be dispatched to do follow-up work.
New Hampshire residents with flood damage should call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week. Those with speech and hearing impairments may call TTY 1-800-462-7585. Registration is also available online at www.fema.gov.
“The only way to qualify for FEMA assistance is to register with FEMA, and I encourage New Hampshire citizens who were impacted by the floods to begin the registration process as soon as possible. FEMA’s financial assistance can be an important help to our families as they begin to rebuild their lives,” Gov. Lynch said. Full Story
Filed under: General — shadow @ 5:00 pm
A woman apologized Monday for outing a former top State Department official as a client of her escort service but said it was necessary to prove her company was doing legal business. Deborah Jeane Palfrey was indicted in March on charges of running a prostitution ring in the nation’s capital. She maintains her escort service did not engage in prostitution.
Filed under: General — shadow @ 5:00 pm
Joe McQuaid has been associated with New Hampshire’s largest and only statewide newspaper, The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News since he was 15. He started as a news office boy under his father, a co-founder of the New Hampshire Sunday News and former editor in chief of the Union Leader. Later he moved to sports reporting, became an award winning editor and in June of 1999, took over the helm as Managing Editor, Editor-in-Chief and General Manager of the paper. McQuaid’s positions at the Union Leader has made him influential in the media, in New Hampshire politics and as a national influence in New Hampshire’s “First in the Nation Primary”. We continue our 25 in 25 series with Joe McQuaid and talk with him about the Union Leader, the primary and how New Hampshire politics, media and thought has changed in the past quarter century.
Filed under: General — shadow @ 11:03 am
Iran’s nuclear weapons program unlikely to come up in talks on reining in sectarian violence in Iraq, secretary of state says. Full Story
Filed under: General — shadow @ 11:03 am
For Immediate Release
Encourages NH Citizens to Help Flood Victims
CONCORD - Gov. John Lynch today urged victims of the recent floods to begin registering with FEMA to find out if they qualify for individual assistance.
In order to qualify for federal flood assistance, citizens must register with FEMA - even if they have already registered with the Red Cross, or other organizations. FEMA’s central office will walk flood victims through the registration process, and then field teams will be dispatched to do follow-up work.
New Hampshire residents with flood damage should call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week. Those with speech and hearing impairments may call TTY 1-800-462-7585. Registration is also available online at www.fema.gov.
“The only way to qualify for FEMA assistance is to register with FEMA, and I encourage New Hampshire citizens who were impacted by the floods to begin the registration process as soon as possible. FEMA’s financial assistance can be an important help to our families as they begin to rebuild their lives,” Gov. Lynch said. Full Story
Filed under: General — shadow @ 11:02 am
