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By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Last March there was a Broadway revival of the musical Parade. It starred Ben Platt, who played the role of Leo Frank, the only Jewish person ever lynched in the United States. That happened back in 1915. Weirdly,...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. With fascism very likely on the ballot in November (and I am talking about you, Donald Trump) the question emerges: how do Democrats maximize their voter turnout to guarantee electoral victory? I would suggest that...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Part of the conservative counter-revolution against wokeism is un-learning lessons learned about racism in America from the civil rights movement and Black liberation movement of the 1960s and 1970s. In that era,...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. My sister, Lisa Baird, was an immigration attorney. Before she died in 2009, she had a very active private practice in Philadelphia where she represented people who were seeking asylum and trying to avoid...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. One news story that failed to garner much traction over the last week or two was the House Democrats’ report on how during the Trump presidency his businesses obtained $7.8 million from foreign governments. This...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Part of the legacy of racism and white supremacy in America is the failure to recognize and acknowledge key Black leaders in the Black freedom struggle. Paul Robeson is one such leader. In my own informal poll of...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. In understanding what makes Donald Trump and his MAGA movement unique, I would argue it is both their incitement to violence and their dehumanization of opponents. That rhetoric echoes fascist tradition that sees...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Back in November, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a new code of conduct. The announcement came in response to mounting criticism of the unethical behavior of certain justices, particularly Clarence Thomas. His...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. My mom was not the most political person. Although my grandfather used to call her “the Russian,” I never understood that. Both my parents were liberal Democrats but I wouldn’t say politics played a big role in...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. As a 1960s person who has nursed high expectations for social change, it is hard not to be extremely depressed at the state of our politics. Hopes of an evolution toward a less militaristic, ecologically sensitive,...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. For anyone concerned about the advance of authoritarianism in America, there has been plenty to worry about. In spite of his multiple criminal prosecutions, the Republican presidential front-runner appears to be...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. For any close observer of the MAGA movement, the last week or two has been extremely revealing. Donald Trump and the MAGA movement are telling us exactly what they intend to do if they regain power. Shredding the...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. I would bet that if you asked most regular people who Leonard Leo was, the overwhelming majority would say they never heard of the guy. Leo first came to public attention when former President Donald Trump was...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. In November, the Supreme Court will be hearing a case, United States v Rahimi, about whether the Second Amendment invalidates a federal law that prohibits possession of a firearm by an individual subject to a...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. I expect that many Americans remain uncomfortable with the notion that Donald Trump and his MAGA movement are fascist. The word “fascist” is a political football. Both sides of the political spectrum toss it around...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. The stories about corruption at the U.S. Supreme Court keep mushrooming. We first heard about Justice Clarence Thomas accepting expensive gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow that Thomas never reported. After Thomas...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Lately I have been reading Naomi Klein’s brilliant new book “Doppelgänger.” It offers some acute analysis about the increasing role of conspiracy theories in our lives, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Without...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. There are periods in American history that don’t get much attention. One such period is the 1840s-1850s. Although it is not remembered now, there was an ongoing battle before the Civil War about the matter of...

By TOM SCHAMBERG and THOMAS OPPEL

NH State Representative Tom Schamberg, D-Wilmot, introduced legislation in the 2023 session to end the “water’s edge” method. Thomas Oppel, Canaan, consults with the Coalition for a Prosperous America, a 503(c)3 based in Washington. “We point out that...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Many commentators have remarked upon the multitude of lawyers intertwined inside the political and business dealings of Donald Trump. When Jack Smith indicted Trump in Washington D.C., at least five of his six...