Shopping for Long-Term Care
My parents don't think about making choices the way economists do and policy is the worse for it.
The Making of a Small-Town Library: The Lempster Free Public Library
The 19th century origins of our library are a microcosm of local, state, and national history
A Human Connection: There’s something oddly comforting in a real live pole-tester
In rural New Hampshire, every electric utility pole gets an in-person wellness checkup
The Herring Sheriffs of Buzzards Bay
Two lovable geezer guardians of a herring run tell how they placate fishermen and protect the herring from over harvesting
Big Chain Pharmacy Can’t Fill the Prescription
An independent, druggist-owned pharmacy and a big chain franchise are different planets.
Building the Lempster Wind Farm
Installing wind turbines on a mountain top in a town with gravel roads is no easy feat.
In NH, A Great Way to Vote
Election Day is a friendly town affair.
How the Town Got Its Meeting
The long-running debate about whether mothers should have careers
Ad Missions: How Insurance Companies Sell Ideology
The insurance industry's ad campaign to convince us it's wrong to help sick people
Of Alms and the Woman
How white women social reformers wrote their class and race prejudices into welfare policy
