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Photos: New Hampshire Primaries, Friday, January 6th, 2012

Ron Paul and Rick Santorum speak to packed houses
Ron Paul and Rick Santorum speak to packed houses in New Hampshire for the first day of the weekend primary.
By JEREMIAH ROBINSON | January 09, 2012

By | January 01, 0001

Everybody must get Stone(henge)d

At America's Stonehenge, you can snowshoe your way, by candlelight, through thousands of years of archaeological history. But first, you'll have to pass by some alpacas.
When I went to Stonehenge in the UK last year, it was hard to get a picture of just the rocks without some tourist being in your frame. After a couple of minutes waiting in line, I just wanted to be done with it, post the pictures on Facebook, and officially say I'd been there.
By JASMINE LYWEN-DILL | November 09, 2011

Photos: America's Stonehenge

Salem, New Hampshire
At America's Stonehenge, you can snowshoe your way, by candlelight, through thousands of years of archaeological history. But first, you'll have to pass by some alpacas.
By JASMINE LYWEN-DILL | November 09, 2011

Tapping into the world of Chuck Palahniuk

Bookclub of the Damned
Chuck Palahniuk inspires the kind of trembling adulation reserved for Morrissey and Robert Pattinson. His official Web site is called "The Cult."
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | October 26, 2011

Photos: 2012 Republican Presidential candidates debate at Dartmouth College

October 11, 2011 | Hanover, NH
The 2012 Republican Presidential candidates debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH on October 11, 2011.
By JOE DIFAZIO | October 17, 2011

Mitt's best week ever

Romney's presidential quest is looking better than ever - no thanks to his own campaign
The quadrennial farce known as the Ames Straw Poll has once again made its mark on the race for the Republican presidential nomination — by rewarding the candidate smart enough to avoid it.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | August 17, 2011

Cruelty, compassion, and a capuchin, a decade later

The baby in the box
I had tried not to look at the monkey's tits — the result, Janet told me later, of a glandular disorder. They bounced whenever the monkey moved. If you shaved them, they would have been a pretty nice set.
By S.I. ROSENBAUM | August 04, 2011

Painting – and video – of the American landscape

Manifest destiny
"Painting the American Vision" — 45 rapturous paintings from the New York Historical Society — surveys the Hudson River School painters, dubbed for the upstate New York river where they spent their summers prospecting for sights to transform into ravishing canvases in their Manhattan studios each winter.
By GREG COOK | August 02, 2011

Whatever happened to Danville's giant mystery monkey?

Unfinished (monkey) business
The giant monkey of Danville was my symbol, back then, of the fin-de-siècle nadir in media fluffery, thankfully obsolesced in one grim morning.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | August 04, 2011

Gamers gather for retro glory in New Hampshire

Cathode-ray dreams
A person prone to dumbass assumptions might have confused this past weekend's 13th annual International Classic Video Game Tournament with a four-day-long exercise in retro-fetishism.
By BARRY THOMPSON | June 10, 2011

Photos: Arcade revival at Funspot in New Hampshire

Analog junkies descend on New Hampshire
June 5, 2011 | Funspot, Laconia, New Hampshire
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | June 14, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

Anyone but Mitt

Romney vs. the GOP
Political leaders don't always rally around the front-runner for their party's presidential nomination, but they normally at least offer deference and respect. That doesn't, however, seem to be the case with Mitt Romney.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | May 25, 2011

Interview: Eternal Earth-Bound Pets founder Bart Centre

Because there’s no doggie door to Heaven
Pets — no matter how cuddly — lack souls. While their pious masters are frolicking with Jesus, loyal puppies, adorable kitties, and stalwart goldfish will find themselves alone in a terrifying hell on Earth.
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | May 19, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

Romney rides again

To win the GOP nomination, Mitt will need to do things differently this time. Here's how.
Mitt Romney has been running for president more or less nonstop for the past seven years — and still hasn't figured out how to do it.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | April 14, 2011

Choosing sides

New Hampshire's GOP operatives have lined up for the 2012 primary, and are ready to do battle
Over the next two weeks, New Hampshire will quietly transform into a proving ground for the Republican 2012 race to recapture the White House. At least 10 potential candidates, from heavyweights like Mitt Romney to obscurities like Fred Karger, are scheduled to visit this month.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | April 14, 2011

Is same-sex marriage the 2012 comeback kid?

Crystal ball
A few years ago, the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders — a Boston-based legal advocacy organization — launched a "6 x 12" campaign to secure marriage rights for gay couples across New England by 2012.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | April 14, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

What's behind the curtain?

Gubernatorial scorecard
Here's our third Gubernatorial Scorecard, in which we score Governor Paul LePage on political savvy, and on whether what he's trying to do is good policy. Note the running total.
By EDITORIAL | March 30, 2011

Steampunk's not dead

In which our hero attends a convention
Two hours after listening to a talking ape named Rupert Cornelius swat down inane inquiries from a panel of probable drama-club alumni, I watched a guy shove a needle through his face.
By BARRY THOMPSON | March 31, 2011

Photos: Steampunk Industrial Revolution Convention

A collective urge to glorify the past was, for a change, used for good instead of evil
Photos from the Steampunk Convention in Nashua, NH
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | March 31, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

Bachmann overdrive

Turn off the dark
Standing in the parking lot moments before the Michele Bachmann fundraising brunch on Saturday, my guts seized up as miasmatic gusts shot from the revolving doors of the Nashua Courtyard Marriott. A sepulchral mist of Lovecraftian horror seemed to rise from the hotel.
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | March 16, 2011

The GOP's top dog? It's T-Paw, not Mitt.

Pawlenty tops our list
Whatever the reason, the field of Republican presidential candidates is failing to form, just a year away now Iowa and New Hampshire voting in the nation's first presidential caucus and primary.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | February 05, 2011

All Asia no more?

Yet another endangered species for your list
Let’s hope the All Asia can relocate to a new building. I used to shit-talk the place . . . until I heard it might close.
By BARRY THOMPSON | January 24, 2011

The Road to 2012: The New New Hampshire

Mitt Romney and the rest of the GOP field are about to find a whole new set of players standing between them and first-in-the-nation primary victory
For Mitt Romney and other likely presidential contenders, 2011 will be a busy year of campaigning and preparation for the first caucuses and primaries of the nominating process in early 2012.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | December 29, 2010