The Village Skeptic Blog
It’s Time to Drive a Stake Through the Heart of Electronic Voting Once and for All
Editor’s Note: This is an updated and expanded version of my original article on Granite State Taxpayers. Electronic voting without paper ballots is a terrible idea. It destroys confidence in…
AI Will Send the Cost of Education to (Practically) Zero
What is the cost of an “adequate” education? The state pays approximately $3,800 per student, while the average district spends over $19,000. Several NH school districts are suing the state,…
Why the FITN Is Bad for New Hampshire
In NH, it’s sacrilegious (not to mention crazy) to suggest that its First In The Nation (FITN) primary is anything other than a national treasure and your sacred duty to…
Help Wanted: CEO for Manchester School District
This article was featured as an opinion editorial in NH Union Leader and also referenced extensively in a staff editorial, School job: Manchester’s needs. With Dr. Goldhardt’s resignation, Manchester School…
Driver’s Ed Teacher Delivers Lesson in Government Dysfunction
There are (at least) three ways government gets almost everything wrong: corruption, equating inputs with outputs, and equating credentials with expertise. This is a story about all three. This week,…
Parents Are In Charge of Education In New Hampshire
This article was featured as an opinion editorial in the NH Union Leader. A recent Washington Post editorial headline read, “Parents claim they have the right to shape their kids’…
Manchester’s Halloween Movie Franchise
This post was featured as an opinion editorial in the Union Leader on Oct-5-2021. In the Halloween movie franchise, the antagonist, Michael Myers, is “killed” no fewer than 128 times…
Manchester Tax Revaluation Calculator
The 2021 property revaluation in Manchester has dramatically altered the tax burden. This calculator will help Manchester residents estimate the impact on their tax bills. Instructions Go to the Vision…
The Social Media Exodus Is a Bad Strategy
Big Tech censorship is real, it’s over the top, it’s unfair, and it’s unhealthy for the country. Conservatives, frustrated over censorship of their viewpoints, are attempting to organize a mass “exodus” from Facebook and Twitter to MeWe and Parler. While I’m sympathetic to this reaction, I have a problem with the strategy. It’s going to backfire.