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Creating a democracy where there wasn't one before
By Paul Henle Can you imagine trying to create a democracy where none existed before? As you read these words, more than 6 million Libyans are taking on that herculean task. Closer to home, and on a much-smaller scale, so are thousands of New Hampshire residents. As the people living in NH’s 98 resident-owned manufactured-housing communities know, the work isn’t easy, and it never stops. But at least when their communities switched from autocracies (in which one person possesses unlimited power...
36 weeks 1 day ago | more
Ian Paisley’s hard-learned lesson should guide co-ops
By Paul Henle Ian Paisley said farewell to politics this week. For over 40 years, Ian Paisley epitomized belligerence, confrontation and antagonism. As the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland he steadfastly stood in the way of any attempt to unite Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland. He was arrested many times and his oratory and demands caused days of rioting on several occasions. No one ever accused him of being a good cooperator. Until 2007. In that year...
1 year 2 weeks ago | 1 Comment(s) | more
Feeling erratic? Try being a little boulder
By Paul Henle The Madison Boulder was in the news again last week. The Town of Madison and the NH Department of Resources and Economic Development reached an agreement to share the management of the 17-acre Madison Boulder Natural Area. Not that the Madison Boulder needs much management. It is a 5,000-ton rock measuring 83 feet in length, 23 feet in height above the ground, and 37 feet in width. It has been in its current location since the last ice age, and probably isn’t going anywhere...
1 year 37 weeks ago | more