View From Away
TRAVEL · POLITICS
September 15, 2026
People sometimes ask if, in our
retirement, we go south for the
winter. Although we often get as
far…
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You’re So Vain
POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS · POLITICS
September 15, 2026
Donald Trump wants a 250-foot golden
Trump Arch in Washington.¹ Carly
Simon spent half a century leaving…
In Case of Democracy, Break
Glass
LOCAL · VOTING RIGHTS · LAW AND COURTS
September 15, 2026
The guardrails held at the Supreme
Court yesterday. The question is how
many more times they’ll be tested.
In…
Maybe we’ve been looking at the
wrong envelope.
I’ve spent the last few weeks
writing about the Trump…
As Goes Texas, So Goes New
Hampshire?
SECESSION MOVEMENTS · STATE SOVEREIGNTY
August 26, 2026
Texas and New Hampshire both
entertain secession debates,
reflecting political frustrations
but face legal and practical
barriers to independence.
Texas has always liked to remind the
rest of us that it once was its own
country. New Hampshire has always…
All That Glitters
PRESIDENTIAL LEGACY · WHITE HOUSE RENOVATIONS
August 26, 2026
Plans for a grand presidential
palace were scaled back to avoid
monarchy; Trump’s extensive White…
The $25 West
PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT · WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
August 26, 2026
The Bureau of Land Management sold
68 Oregon wild mustangs for $25
each, losing track of their fate…
Don’t Censor the Story. Fire
the Reporter.
PRESS FREEDOM · MILITARY · CENSORSHIP
August 26, 2026
The Pentagon dismissed Stars and
Stripes’ editor, reporter, and
publisher amid concerns over
military control and editorial
independence.
The Pentagon seems to have found a
modern answer to an old censorship
problem. Crossing out a newspaper…
Front-Runners
LOCAL · VOTING RIGHTS · ECONOMY
August 13, 2026
Four candidates vie for New
Hampshire’s 1st Congressional
District, each with distinct…
Can Common Ground Pass a
Bill?
BIPARTISANSHIP · CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
August 11, 2026
Andrew Shue’s New Hampshire Forum
seeks to translate citizen consensus
into bipartisan legislation amid
entrenched political divisions.
Andrew Shue is betting that ordinary
citizens are less divided than the
political system representing them.
The New Hampshire Forum will be…
