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The Save America March - What I Witnessed by Tim Carter

Syndicated Columnist

“No way. I didn’t see ANYONE wearing a helmet!” I was sitting safely in my hotel room miles from the US Capitol building talking back to the TV as I watched live local news coverage of the aftermath of the mayhem that had erupted just five hours before in Washington DC. The media sharks were frothing at the blood in the water blaming Trump supporters for breaching the Capitol building after the Save America March. Conflicting thoughts were swirling in my head watching raw video footage of young men attacking the Capitol police and trying to break windows at the Capitol. I thought, “Those are NOT Trump supporters. Everyone I saw and talked to down at the Ellipse was happy, the mood was festive, and people were obeying the law. Something else is going on.”

According to Tim Carter of Meredith, these two young patriots were a perfect example of the mood of the entire crowd that he encountered at the Save America March in D.C. last week. “Everyone was happy, excited, and full of patriotism. No one I saw was angry or grinding an axe,” said Carter. TIM CARTER PHOTO

MY RENDEZVOUS As Ronald Reagan said in his historic A Time For Choosing speech, my rendezvous with destiny in DC started many months before. I’m a member of the working press and have come to loathe many of my peers who are sharing half-truths with you about current events and countless other topics. A half-truth is a whole lie. I decided, along with tens of thousands of other citizen journalists armed with our own video cameras, that I was going to witness the truth with my own eyes and record it for history’s sake. I, like you, have a lot to lose and when my granddaughter asks in the See CARTER on 22

The author at home wearing the same patriotic pants and red shirt he wore to the DC Save America March. He’s sporting his mud-stained boots and holding his DC Metro subway pass card, both trophies of the historic trip. KATHY CARTER PHOTO

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From State Rep. O’Hara To All Fellow New Hampshirites: State Representative for Belknap - 9, would like their fellow New Hampshirites’ public record to show that NH Republicans (NHGOP) did vote down a Rule Amendment for training; We had already taken it in the past week, so why would we require the Majority to retake it? We trust the Democrat Caucus will do the same soon. Next, he would like the record to show that NHGOP introduced a rule in committee to protect the real purpose of unanimous consent speeches, an important topic that would allow the “unanimous” body, a supermajority is needed to allow the speaker to continue. (Record to show that NHGOP does NOT have a supermajority, only an 11 seat majority.) Along with this, he would like the public record to show that the NHGOP did vote down a Rule Amendment, “No alcoholic beverages or illegal substances shall be consumed or used in the house…”. “[I] llegal” is already illegal; also, the Speaker should always hold the chamber to order and proper decorum. Lastly, he would like the record to show that NHGOP did vote down a Rule Amendment to not allow “deadly weapons” in the house; we can NOT allow unconstitutional rules in our house; we would be hypocritical if we did not allow it to

become the Rule of the Land. This rule would also make us easier attacks from political violence as we have sadly seen from any ideology when pushed far enough. While NHGOP is holding the Majority, we still condemned political violence that was reported to be republicans. To do this, we reached across the party line to introduce this resolution while the violence is still ongoing. In his opinion, this shows the public that NHGOP will stand firm on our foundation no matter who is committing the violence and will not allow our beautiful country to get destroyed by anyone domestic or abroad. Always remember our Nation’s Motto; “E Pluribus Unum.” Travis J. O’Hara New Hampshire State Representative Belknap District – 9

Reply to Scott Letter To The Editor: I would like to comment regarding “Massive Evidence of Voter Fraud” Letter to the Editor with “I can only hope that Peter Navarro is not your only source of News or Information regarding.. well anything. I do find it interesting that according to Peter., voter fraud only seems to exist in states that Trump lost and he felt that Trump should have won. When the writer states that over half the legal American

voters believe there was massive voter fraud.. would that be Trump voters? If so.. in states that Trump lost and other Republicans won, were those votes illegal or voter fraud as well? I will admit I don’t have the best understanding of what socialism is and what it’s not. Can you help me understand what Socialism looked like back when the Constitution was written? I see a lot Dictatorships and Monarchies during that period in history. Socialism? I’m missing it. Regarding Socialism... Would farmer’s receiving Subsidies be Socialism? Anyone receiving the first and second Stimulus Check (and not mailing them back) would that be Socialism as well? Any declared disaster (state or local government) seeking help from the Federal Government, is that Socialism? I could go on with more examples if you would like, but I’m just trying to understand what Socialism looks like?? I see a lot of what I think could be Socialism all ready going on and accepted by those benefiting from it. John Brennick Rochester,N.H.

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1937 Old Farmer’s Almanac. and lots of other statistics and weather forecasts. The larger ones contain a lot of other information useful to farmers and curiosity seekers. Some almanacs of the past, like Brown’s, which was published in Concord, New Hampshire, had blank pages in which one could write notes or reminders. Brown’s had sections available for the owner to write on for every day of the year in 1846.

The owner of the copy I have, belonged to a prominent citizen in New Hampton, Stephen S. Magoon, and has some revealing notes by the man. Stephen was a merchant and his almanac looks like a ledger with one page listing expenses on a trip to Boston and New York City. I’ve tried to put together the pieces of the few notes Stephen made about his trip and use my imagination to reveal what it was like to make

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Those words were at the head of January’s calendar in the 1937 issue of The Old Farmer’s Almanac by Robert B. Thomas. That particular Almanac is called old because it began publication in 1793 and has probably outlasted its former competitors because it has more to it then the others did. The 1937 edition says it is by Robert Thomas even though the last edition that he personally edited was in 1846 and the last year that his family was in charge of the almanac was in 1877. The farmers’ almanacs all have astronomical calculations and information about sun risings and settings as well as those of the moon, length of days

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the journey late in that year of 1945. It was on November 10, 1845 that he paid $3.00 for his fare to Concord, presumably by stagecoach. The stage route went through New Hampton, possibly right by the house that Mr. Magoon lived in, so I wonder if he could have boarded there or maybe went to the regular stopping location. Stagecoaches are listed in 1934 as going through New Hampton six times a week on a route that ran between Concord and Haverhill. Mr. Magoon’s trip would have been just a few years before train service reached the area. He paid 75 cents for dinner and another $3.50 for the ride to Boston where he spent 50 cents for the cabman. Cab-man? Yes, a cabman in 1846. I can’t tell you if it was a yellow cab or not, but we do know that a cab in 1845 was a cabriolet, and that a cabriolet is a type of horse-drawn carriage with a folding cover used for public transportation. Today the term cabriolet is applied to a convertible automobile. I wonder if his wife was riding with him because on the way Magoon paid $2.50 towards a bonnet and $3.25 for a hat. He paid 37 and ½ cents for the See SMITH on 26

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It was a year of firsts and high numbers for many Christmas Bird Counts across the Granite State. Significant firsts included boreal chickadees on the Peterborough-Hancock Count, a red-headed woodpecker and long-tailed duck in Keene, and a gray catbird in Laconia. Not to mention the sage thrasher found in Hinsdale during the Brattleboro (Vermont) count. Keene, part of the original Christmas Bird Count in 1900, boasted a record 62 species of birds found. That topped the previous record of 61, which had been recorded four times. The Christmas Bird Count is the nation’s longest-running community science bird project. It was originally proposed by Frank Chapman, who encouraged people to count birds instead of kill them during the traditional Side Hunt. In 1900, the first CBC took place and included 27 birdwatchers in 25 different areas. There are now hundreds of areas covered throughout North America and thousands of volunteers doing the counting. There are more than 20 counts in New Hampshire alone and a few Vermont counts that include parts of

For the first time, some boreal chickadees were found in southern New Hampshire Christmas Bird Counts. CHRIS BOSAK PHOTO the Granite State. Phil Brown, the compiler (or organizer) of the Keene Count, said the 9,478 individual birds counted on that overcast day in December was also a record high. While red-headed woodpecker and longtailed duck showed up for the first time, yellow-bellied sapsucker, swamp sparrow and rusty blackbird made their second or third appearances. In Peterborough, birdwatchers tallied 52 species (the record is 55) and more than 6,000 individual species. The highlight of the count was the first-ever recording of a boreal chickadee for the Peterborough-Hancock CBC. In fact, two

were found on count day. Record high numbers of red crossbills, white-winged crossbills, northern cardinals, red- and whitebreasted nuthatches, titmice, merlin, redshouldered hawks and Cooper’s hawks were also found. Pam Hunt, compiler for the Laconia count, was surprised it took this long to find a gray catbird on a count that has been going on for 70 years. But it’s finally in the books. Laconia birders found a total of 57 species, aided by some open water that yielded several waterfowl, including 12 bufflehead. In all, 25 birders braved the weather in and around Laconia.

Hunt said it was cold and windy, which may have kept some birds hunkered down. Hunt said she also missed the sense of camaraderie that usually accompanies the CBC, but COVID restrictions forced the birders to spread out and cancel the traditional in-person compilation. Hunt noted a nice mix of northern finches being found on the count, including pine grosbeak and common redpoll, which were widespread. Birders did find 12 evening grosbeaks, but Hunt thought that number would be even greater as the handsome finches have been fairly prolific throughSee BOSAK on 28

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Disconnected Brendan is off this week. This column, originally published in March of 2017 after Winter Storm Stella hit, is also in his new book by Brendan Smith “I Really Only Weirs Times Editor Did It For The Socks - Stories and Tales On Aging” coming out this spring. Last week I gave some ideas in using famous movie quotes to help new transplants, otherwise known as Flatlanders, in adjusting to their first winters here. I had no idea at the time what was about to befall us that Tuesday. If I had known in advance about the coming snowstorm, I would have included another famous movie line once shouted by Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire: “STELLA! STELLA!” Of course, this wouldn’t have helped in adjusting to the storm, but it would have provided some good old fashioned primal scream therapy to at least help get through it. My household was fortunate enough in not having to endure a prolonged power outage like so many others did; in fact, we didn’t have any at all. Though we did lose our TV and Internet for about a day. If I had been given a choice before the storm of which I would rather endure, no lights and heat for three or four days or longer, or no TV or Internet, the choice would have been simple. Still, as some suffered through the former, those who only had to endure the latter still did not know enough to count their blessings. Finding my way online using just my cell phone (how advanced and yet primitive, depending on your age) I kept track of the progress, or lack thereof, by the cable com-

pany in getting life returned to normal - as far as normal is nowadays. I had the opportunity to read the various comments by others, most sitting on comfortable couches in their lit and heated homes, moaning and groaning about the cable workers who weren’t working fast enough through downed trees and power lines, howling and dangerous winds and subhuman freezing conditions in getting them back on Facebook and Netflix fast enough. These folks were, obviously, connected to the Internet, but not in the way they would like. The inconvenience was apparently unbearable. In all fairness, there were some businesses without Internet who depended on it to operate, so their concerns were real. In reading other comments, it became clear that the supposedly advanced civilization we are living in is basically doomed if a few satellites and power grids go down. One of the commenters on the site was complaining about the fact that he had just started his vacation and he had planned on spending it playing some kind of online video game.“What am I going to do now?” he wrote for all who cared to see. Another complained that he wouldn’t be able to watch the Bruins game and might even lose sleep over this. I’m sure many others were upset for not being able to chime in on social media with their latest pithy comments about the goings on in politics Maybe the one that got me to thinking the most about all of this was one girl who seemed beside herself because without Internet connection she would never be able to finish her homework. What now?? This last comment got me to thinking about an incident that happened bout twenty-five years ago, even before the Internet

was a big deal. Still, it stuck in my mind ever since as a clue to where things are today. I was working as a manager at a local restaurant and one of the weekend breakfast waitresses, a young high school girl, was waiting behind a couple of other waitresses to use the adding machine. She was bit agitated as she waited and I asked her what was wrong. “I forgot to give a table their senior citizen ten percent discount and they are in a rush,” she said. “Can’t you just figure it out yourself?” I asked. She looked at me as if I had three heads. “I have no idea how to do that,” she said. It was then that the adding machine became available and she hurriedly tapped in the numbers to figure out the ten percent. I had an inkling then and there that technology, as great as it was in some forms, was taking away a lot of basic skills. Today, it has become a lot more complicated than simple math; it has become for so many a minute-to-minute way of life, every bit of information you could need only a click away. When it goes away, for even a few hours, some folks don’t know what to do. Maybe go to the library and open a dusty old research volume, play actual chess face to face, maybe listen to the game on the radio. The horror! The horror! Don’t get me wrong. I depend on technology myself for business as well as quick answers to questions and when it is slow or down for a minute I get upset: “Stupid Internet” I cry. Still, if it’s suddenly not around for a couple of days I can easily adjust. I guess I’m just getting old and that’s to my advantage.

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The Zuckerberg Heist You were warned. In September 2020, right here in this nationally syndicated newspaper column and on a subsequent report on my Newsmax show, “Sovereign Nation,” I sounded the alarm over Silicon Valley’s hijacking of our election system through a private nonprofit called the Center for Technology by Michelle Malkin and Civic Life In October, I tipped off the White House Syndicated Columnist and publicly urged the FBI and Justice Department to investigate. Nothing was done. Not a single federal official objected. So, the Zuckerberg Heist will happen again and again in this farce of a constitutional republic. Free and fair elections in America are a pipe dream. In case you were snoozing, as far too many citizens in this country are, CTCL is the deep-pocketed liberal advocacy group subsidized by Big Tech oligarchs and radical philanthropists. The center received $350 million from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. Election information-rigging Google is a top corporate partner. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Democracy Fund (founded by “Never Trumper” billionaire and eBay former chairman Pierre Omidyar) also pitched in. There are unknown other wealthy donors to the 501(c)(3) “charity,” but I can’t tell you who and how many they are because their identities are protected by IRS rules. I was able to tell you last fall how CTCL solicited over 1,100 applications from across the country for the group’s purported “COVID-19 Response Grant Program” to “provide funding to U.S. local election offices” that steered voters toward alternatives to traditional voting. The pandemic provided a handy ruse to sabotage our regular Election Day experience through less transparent, more manipulable absentee and vote-by-mail mechanisms. I showed you how there is nothing “nonpartisan” about CTCL’s enterprise. The Center’s top staff (many of them Barack Obama campaign tech gurus) come from a now-defunct liberal nonprofit called the New Organizing Institute, whose far-left donors include George Soros’s Open Society Foundation, the Ford Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies. CTCL director Tiana Epps-Johnson is a former Obama Foundation fellow. Former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe, author of “The Citizens’ Guide to Beating Trump,” worked for Zuckerberg’s foundation. Chicago political activist See MALKIN on 28

How Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds Of Thousands of Americans

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the media have spilled barrels of ink over mistakes by the federal government. We’ve heard endlessly about the failure to quickly ramp up testby Ben Shapiro ing, the confusion over Syndicated Columnist mask-wearing and the debates over proper lockdown policy. But when the history of this time is written, the fundamental mistake made by the United States government won’t be rhetorical excesses by the president or conflicting public health advice. It will be the same mistake the government always makes: trusting the bureaucracy. We now know that the miraculous Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 had been designed by Jan. 13, 2020. That was just two days after the sequencing of the virus had been made public. As David WallaceWells writes for New York magazine, “the Moderna vaccine design took all of one weekend. ... By the time the first American death was announced a month later, the vaccine had already been manufactured and shipped to the National Institutes of Health for the beginning of its Phase I clinical trial.” Meanwhile, for six weeks, Dr. Anthony Fauci assured Americans that there was little to worry about with COVID-19. Fast-forward to the end of 2020. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died. Tens of thousands of Americans continue to die every week. The Food and Drug Administration has still not cleared the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, which costs a fraction of the other vaccines (about $4 per dose, as opposed to $15 to $25 per dose for Moderna’s vaccine or $20 per dose for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine). The FDA approval process cost us critical months, with thousands of Americans

dying each day. As Dr. Marty Makary of Johns Hopkins University told me this week, “Safety is their eternal excuse. They are entirely a broken federal bureaucracy ... Why did we not have a combined Phase I-Phase II clinical trial for these vaccines?” This is an excellent question, of course. Phase I trials involve small numbers of participants, who are then monitored. Phase II trials involve larger numbers. Huge numbers of Americans would have volunteered for a combined Phase I-Phase II trial. And even after we knew the vaccines were effective, the FDA delayed. Data was collected by late October that suggested Phase II/III trials had been successful. The FDA quickly requested more results, which it did not receive until November. It then took until Dec. 11 for the FDA to issue emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine. The Moderna vaccine wasn’t cleared until Dec. 18, nearly a year after it had first been produced. The disgrace continues. The government continues to hold back secondary doses of the vaccine, despite the fact that the first doses provide a significant effect. As Makary says, “We’re in a war. The first dose gives immunity that may be as high as 80 to 90 percent protection, and we can probably give half the dose, as Dr. Moncef Slaoui suggested ... We can quadruple our supply overnight.” Meanwhile, states continue to be confused by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance on how to tranche out the vaccines. It took until nine days after the FDA authorized the Pfizer vaccine for the CDC to release its recommendations. Those recommendations were still complex and confusing and often rife with self-defeating standards -- even though it was perfectly obvious from the start that the solution ought to be based on age. Americans have relied on the government -- a government supposedly comprised of wellSee SHAPIRO on 28

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Islamic terror has been trending down for five years. Some American officials said this would xxnever happen. America has by John Stossel failed to properly Syndicated Columnist f i g h t t e r r o r i s m , said former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, so it “has spread, gaining countless new adherents.” Others said fundamentalism’s demand for religious obedience over individual freedom means “peace is not possible.” Muslims

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will never embrace Enlightenment ideals like individual freedom and separation of church and state. But Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, of the group Ideas Beyond Borders, calls that view “ignorant.” He says Middle Eastern young people are moving away from fundamentalism. Surveys do show Middle Eastern youth are becoming less religious and less trusting of religious leaders. Faisal credits the internet. “Facebook, the social media entry to the Middle East, has been kind of revolutionary.” It introduced young people to American sitcoms. “Friends” and “Seinfeld,” subtitled

in Arabic, “show you what good life looks like.” Faisal grew up in Iraq and had a very different upbringing. “I was told, ‘you cannot hold hands with this woman... cannot listen to that music.’” That leads young people to “develop a lot of resentment against the establishment.” But until social media was invented, most didn’t know about alternatives. After Faisal escaped Iraq and discovered the freedoms of America, he started Ideas Beyond Borders, which translates articles and books about individual rights into Arabic. They also make short videos about

these ideas. His social media following grew quickly. One of his Facebook pages has 3.5 million likes. “People were searching for it,” he says in my newest video because, “This was the first time the ideas of freedom and liberty were available in Arabic.” He asks his audience what videos they would like to see and what books “that if you publish yourself, you might get blown up” they would like translated next. “They often say Steven Pinker,” he says. “What does Steven Pinker say that deserves being blown up?” I See STOSSEL on 29

COVID Crisis Devastates Global Health, Stability The global pandemic has devastated health standards, the economy, and through stress and the undertow of uncertainty and hardships by John J. Metzler has affected the Syndicated Columnist sanity of citizens worldwide. Lockdowns, arbitrary regulations, school closings are taking their toll on the social fabric. Now as a second wave of the Wuhan Covid virus is sweeping Western Europe, and spiking in places as varied is South Africa, India and Brazil, Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO’s Regional Director for Europe warns, “This moment repre-

sents a tipping-point in the course of the pandemic, where science, politics, technology and values must form a united front, in or to push back this persistent and elusive virus.” He added, that “more than 230 million people are living in countries under full national lockdown, and more governments are expected to announce lockdowns.” Last year more than 26 million COVID-19 cases were confirmed throughout Europe. Dr. Kluge added “This is an alarming situation, which means that for a short period of time we need to do more than we have done and to intensify the public health.” Earlier in the crisis people assumed and were told, “Europe got it right in treating and isolating”

the virus. Maybe for a while; but since the Autumn countries ranging from France to Spain, Germany and Italy are in the deadly crosshairs of Corona. The United Kingdom faces a particularity lethal “second strain” of the virus which has prompted Prime Minister Boris Johnson to practically shut the country down as the outbreaks surge from London. Given the lockdown people in England, Scotland and Wales must stay home and only can go out for limited reasons such as food shopping. Britain’s National Health Service is strained to the breaking point with new hospital admissions. In France lockdowns have closed cafes and restaurants, and restricted travel. The Macron government has mandated a curfew

in major cities to control the outbreaks; the 6 PM to 5 AM curfew has strained nerves and shattered small businesses. France has seen numbers surge off the charts with expanding daily infection rates despite the lockdown. New cases rose by 15,944 daily to stand at around 2.78 million since last year. Europe’s grim numbers are worth noting; the United Kingdom has seen 81,000 deaths, Italy 78,000, France 67,000 and Germany 40,000. Significantly the USA still faces a staggering fatality rate from Covid; over 372,000 American have died in less than a year. A Vaccine to the rescue? We have finally have the tool if not silver bulSee METZLER on 27

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a healthy 70-yearold woman. The only prescription medication I take is for dry eyes. I recently visited my new primary physician for the first time, and she had me do a breathing test, where I exhaled into a tube to measure airflow. I was told to breathe deeply and exhale completely into the tube three times in succession. It took less than a minute to complete. It is apparently a routine test she orders for new patients. She then told me I have COPD, on the basis of that test alone. She asked if I had ever smoked or been exposed to secondhand smoke. That was her only question -- coughing or shortness of breath was never mentioned. I have never smoked, but my father was a smoker when I was growing up. I actually do have a slightly productive cough most mornings. I probably walk about 10 miles a week, and I do notice some shortness of breath on long uphill sections, though I can walk briskly in level areas for miles with no problem.

She said it is not advanced enough to require an inhaler at this time. I am bothered by this very easy “diagnosis” on the basis of one simple test. I wonder if I should ask to be referred to a pulmonologist for a more thorough evaluation. -- O.P. ANSWER: The test your doctor performed is called office spirometry, and it is useful for monitoring known pulmonary diseases, especially COPD and asthma. However, by itself, it is inadequate to make the diagnosis of COPD, which I am not sure you have. The diagnosis of COPD is made in people with persistent respiratory symptoms, usually shortness of breath or coughing. Spirometry will usually show obstruction to airflow. Formal pulmonary function testing, which is an extensive process taking an hour or so with a skilled and experienced technician, is ideal for determining severity. The problem with getting a breathing test in someone who has no significant symptoms is that you can find someone whose test results are at or just below the lower limit of normal,

and the diagnosis is unclear. The prognosis for people with mild airway obstruction but with no symptoms of COPD is much better than for people with COPD and who continue to smoke. For this reason, using spirometry as a screening test for everyone is not recommended. Without knowing the exact results of your spirometry, I suspect you do not have COPD, given your absence of smoking and your extremely mild symptoms. A comprehensive exam by a pulmonologist would be definitive and may help you be less anxious about the results you have now. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: I saw your recent column on enlarged prostate, and I have the same problem. I have no history of cancer, but I do have a high PSA and symptoms of frequent urination. Because of other medications, I cannot take ibuprofen, so I am curious if Tylenol has the same anti-inflammatory effect. I do occasionally use Tylenol for headaches and arthritis pain. -- J.B. ANSWER: The exact mechanism of how Tylenol reduces pain re-

mains a mystery. However, it is not an antiinflammatory drug like ibuprofen, so would not be expected to have the benefit in prostate symptoms that some men get from taking an ibuprofen at bedtime. Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual questions, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu. (c) 2021 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Like many others, I try different methods to avoid catching a cold or flu during the winter months. Despite my best efforts, I often get a little “under the weather” during the month of January. This year I’ve decided to work on ways to boost my immune system before the worst part of the cold and flu season hits. “One thing to remember is that simple diet choices can boost our immune system,” said Susan Mills-Gray, Nutrition and Health Education specialist with University of Missouri Extension. Here are a variety of ways to help your immune system to work at peak performance. -- Get plenty of liquids to help prevent viruses and bacteria from taking up residence in your body. According to Dr. Riva Rahl of the Cooper Clinic in Dallas: “The mucus in your nose is actually one of the key physical barriers that keep germs out of your body. When you’re not well-hydrated, it dries up and doesn’t provide that barrier.” -- Protein is a building block for a healthy immune system. Choose lean red meats, poultry and fish, dried beans and soy. You also can choose protein-rich plant sources with heart-healthy fat, like peanut butter and nuts. -- Choose foods rich in vitamins C and E. These antioxidant-rich

vitamins protect cells -including those of your immune system -- from damage by toxins in the environment. Choose citrus fruits/juices, melons, mangoes, kiwi, peppers, tomatoes, berries, broccoli, cabbage, sweet/white potatoes, winter squash, leafy greens, almonds, hazelnuts, peanut butter, sunflower seeds, safflower oil, whole grains and fortified cereals several times a day. -- Eat probiotic foods to help build up the good bacteria in the intestines. These bacteria play a role in helping fend off illnesses. Any fermented food is rich in this type of good bacteria, so choose yogurt,

sauerkraut, tofu, brinetreated pickles and aged cheese at least daily. -- Add a zinc-rich food to your daily diet to increase production of white blood cells in your body. Research shows this can reduce the number of days you’ll suffer from a cold. Foods rich in zinc include yogurt, lean red meat, poultry and fish, almonds, pumpkin seeds and fortified cereals. THAI HOT AND SOUR SOUP Thai hot and sour soup contains spicy hot chile and a burst of citrus to provide a boost to your immune system and some relief for cold and flu symptoms.

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If you’ve been contributing for many years to your 401(k) or similar retirement plan, it may be your largest pool of money. So, if you are facing a financial need, you may think about tapping into your account. After all, it’s your money – why not use it?

place to start.You might also look at selling investments to free up some cash. However, before making this decision, you may want to consult with a financial professional to discuss the pros and cons. Another cash-generating option is a 401(k) loan, assuming your plan permits such loans. Unlike a direct withdrawal, a 401(k) loan is not taxable if it’s repaid on time. (If But touching your 401(k) before you retire it isn’t, you could also incur penalties.) And, may not be a good idea, as it can lead to some although the loan may have some fees, the unwanted consequences. interest on it will be paid to your account, First, taking funds out of your 401(k) now rather than to a bank. However, you won’t could increase the risk of running out of earn investment returns on the loan balance, money during retirement, which could last because you can’t use this money to invest. for decades. And if you leave your job before you’ve fully repaid the loan, you’ll likely have to come up Also, withdrawals taken from your 401(k) with the remaining balance quickly. before age 59½ may be taxed as ordinary income and are generally subject to a 10% You could also consider using your credit penalty for early withdrawal, although there cards to generate cash, but these types of are some exceptions. And a sizable taxable loans or advances can be quite costly. Instead, withdrawal from your 401(k) could bump you you may want to look at other possibilities, into a higher tax bracket. such as a home equity loan, the cash value of a life insurance policy, the “margin” on Therefore, if you are facing a financial your investment accounts or a personal crunch, you may want to explore some loan. Again, you should talk to a financial options before tapping into your 401(k). For professional to discuss the tradeoffs of taking starters, see if you can cut your expenses out these loans and to develop a payoff where possible and explore financial strategy, if you decide to use any of them. assistance programs that service providers, such as utility companies, might offer. Your 401(k) is a long-term investment designed to meet a long-term goal: your Also, if you have an emergency fund, now may be the time to use it. For most folks, it’s a retirement. So, if you think you might require good idea to keep three to six months’ worth these funds before retirement, explore all alternatives first to find the right decision for of living expenses in such a fund, with the money kept in a liquid, low-risk account. But your needs. even smaller amounts can help in a financial This article was written by Edward Jones crunch. for use by your local Edward Jones Financial You might also find another source of cash Advisor. © 2020 Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. in your taxable investment accounts. Any All rights reserved. Member SIPC. uninvested cash in these accounts is an easy

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NBA ENTHUSIASM GAP So, in case you haven’t noticed, another NBA season is underway. It’ll be a 72 game season, as opposed to 82. So far, the games have been played sans fans. So with a shortened season and no gate receipts, will L.A. Laker star LeBron James take a cut to his $40 million annual salary? He also makes $55 million from endorsements. You’d think he’d be a fan of free enterprise and capitalism, as opposed to being an apologist for Communist China, but we live in interesting times. So you’re perhaps sensing an enthusiasm gap here, from this longtime basketball junkie? Last year’s NBA’s rank politicization certainly contributed to my enthusiasm gap. The NBA’s embrace of a Marxist BLM movement which dissed law enforcement certainly didn’t enhance my hoop passion. In the wake of disastrous 2020 TV ratings, the NBA backed away from some of the divisive politics. Commissioner Adam Silver may be a longtime lefty, but he can read a bottom line. Pro sports have dealt

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noise on TV despite empty stadiums?) So what can get oldfashioned Celtic fans like me excited again about the NBA? Boston basketball victories might be a tonic. An elixir. A stimulant. Time will tell. And as that wise lady used to say, “Time heals all wounds.” Sports Quiz The 1998-98 NBA season was shortened to 50 games due to collective bargaining strife. How long was the 2011-12 NBA season, which was also shortened by collective bargaining strife? (Answer follows) Born Today That is to say sports standouts born on January 14 include American race car driver Don Garlits (1932). Sports Quote “We grow old by de-

serting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.” – Humanitarian American businessman Samuel Ullman Sports Quiz Answer The NBA ran a 66 game schedule for 2011-12, as opposed to the usual 82 game slate. State Representative Mike Moffett was a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord. He co-authored the critically-acclaimed and award-winning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A WarriorActor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” which is available on Amazon. com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@comcast. net.

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The Wright Receives Grant Award From McIninch Foundation WOLFEBORO - The McIninch Foundation recently awarded $3,000 to the Wright Museum of WWII, which Executive Director Mike Culver said will “significantly enhance” its curatorial department. “We are so grateful to the McIninch Foundation for this grant because it goes to ‘behind the scenes’ operations,” he said. “The grant will greatly impact what the public sees both at the Museum and online, and it will also be instrumental to the work of staff and to researchers who can’t come to The Wright.” Justin Gamache, curator at The Wright, said he is “thrilled” at the award.

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“As a result of this grant, we’ll be able to upgrade our collections management software to a newer cloud-based program that will help us streamline our collections process,” he said. “As we embark on a reorganization project in our archives, this new software will allow us to produce more detailed records and better track items in our collection.” Culver added, “The software will also enable us to more easily share images of collection items on our web site and social media platforms.” Other items covered by the grant award include a camera, lightbox and scanner, all of which will enhance The

Wright’s ability to digitally capture and share its collection. “Not everyone can visit us, so the grant helps our collection become more accessible to everyone through digital channels,” Culver said. “We can reach more people with our collection as a result of this grant, and we are truly grateful for that.” The region’s leading resource for educators and learners of all ages on World War II, The Wright features more than 14,000 items in its collection that are representative of both the homefront and battlefield. To learn more about the museum, which reopens May 1, visit wrightmuseum.org

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service. Now, fifteen years later, I spend a lot of my time dispelling some of the many myths associated with being a full-time guide. It Must Be Nice To Fish Whenever You Want If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone tell me how lucky I am that I get to fish every day, I’d be loaded with nickels. Honestly though, I thought the same thing at one point. Part of the reason I wanted to be a guide is because I thought it would enable me to fish every day. The problem is, in order to be a full-time guide, I need to run trips at least five days a week. If you’re guiding five days a week for a number of years,

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HOLDERNESS – Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is hosting its popular Wild Winter Walks again this year, which showcase the natural beauty of New Hampshire animals in winter. Wild Winter Walks are walking tours of the live animal exhibit trail guided by staff naturalists. As well as seeing the animal ambassadors dressed in their winter coats, participants will learn how these native animals are well adapted for winter in New Hampshire. Fur coats, hibernation, and migration are just some of the ways animals survive the cold. Many people are interested to learn that the animals at the Science Center stay in the same place during the winter, just as they would in the wild. If needed, snowshoes

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Tuesday, February 23; Thursday, February 25; Saturday, February 27; Sunday, March 7; Saturday, March 13; Saturday, March 20. The mission of Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is to advance understanding of ecology by exploring New Hampshire’s natural world. Through spectacular live animal exhibits, natural science education programs, guided Squam Lake Cruises, public gardens, and a naturebased Montessori early learning center, the Science Center has educated audiences of all ages since 1966 about the importance of our natural world. Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is located on Route 113 in Holderness, New Hampshire. For further information, visit www.nhnature.org or call 603-968-7194.

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Most folks have a deep appreciation for bees. Obviously, we respect distance as a bee sting hurts and reminds us to be alert and careful. Although there are many types of bees, it is the honey bee that we should most value. It helps to cross pollinate plants by gathering that yellow sticky stuff from flower to flower, known as pollination. This sticky pollen is brought back to the hive in sacks on the bee’s legs and deposited into the honey comb chambers to become ‘bee bread’ or honey. It is also what the baby bees feed on to get their energy. Honey is nature’s natural sweetener and plays a roll in the focus beer we examine today from Littleton, NH. Resilience Brewing happens to be a wonderful side project from Shilling Beer Company in quaint and artsy Littleton, NH. Shilling is the collaboration of four brothers and a dad who took a gander at the craft brewing industry back in 2013. They converted an 18th century grist mill on the Ammonoosuc river into the initial brewery and eatery. Around 2015,

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An American Flag and a flag celebrating the Just about every tree down at the Ellipse had people in it like this who wanted a better view of President TIM CARTER PHOTOS second amendment waved by a Trump supporter. Trump speaking. No doubt they had the best view of all. CARTER from 1 future sitting on my knee what I did on this historic day, I don’t want to tell her I was shoveling snow in New Hampshire. I drove from my home in Meredith the day before the rally complet-

ing the 8.5-hour drive just before dusk. The next morning I drove from my hotel near the BWI International Airport to the northeast end of the red line Metro subway. From there it’s a fast 25-minute ride into Union Station

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, January 14, 2021 — CARTER from 22 WHAT I SAW Once I reached ground level, I proceeded south to the Capitol Building. For me, it’s a talisman. My heart swells with patriotism and awe each time I’m next to this majestic structure. I was stunned to see the entire building was surrounded with crowdcontrol fencing. Grim police officers spaced 100 feet apart stood guard. Never before in all my previous visits had I seen this and it troubled me. Patriots carrying flags of all types and wearing Trump apparel were everywhere. We were all drawn by the magnetism of the swelling crowd forming 1.5 miles away at the Ellipse. I walked at a leisurely pace with the growing crowd down the National Mall. Long before arriving at the Ellipse I could hear the

This photo doesn’t show all the people spilling down from the Washington Monument down to the TIM CARTER PHOTOS Ellipse. Flags were everywhere.

Trump supporters begin to congregate to hear President Trump speak. crowd cheering and music playing. I stood at the west end of the National Mall just above 15th St NW for a few moments munching on

the delicious eye candy. Thousands were surrounding the base of the Washington Monument. The circle of US flags guarding the giant obelisk were flap-

ping in the wind. They were complimented by countless other US and Trump flags. It was surreal and reminded me of battle scenes in the US Civil War were

23 advancing troops always carried flags and banners. It was time to dive into the vibrating crowd in the Ellipse. It was overflowing with freedom and liberty-loving patriots. I wanted to be able to say I stood shoulder-to-shoulder with those who made the pilgrimage to the altar of freedom. So many people were there, the grass was trampled into an oozing muddy mess. It was so crowded, I felt like I was inside a stuffed sausage casing. Families with young children, people of all ages, men and women of many ethnicities were talking, laughing, and having a great time. It was a giant party. I decided to get as close as I could to where President Trump would speak, but the mass of humanity would not yield. I only See CARTER on 24

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CARTER from 23 made it to within 150 feet. WHAT I DIDN’T SEE Looking back I think what I didn’t see is just as important as what I saw. I didn’t see one port-a-let open to the public. I did see some sequestered from us behind fencing at the Ellipse. I thought this was very strange as

eleven years ago at the Taxpayer Rally in DC I saw hundreds of them. Each Fourth of July and for the Right-toLife March there are thousands of portable toilets scattered over the National Mall and Capitol grounds. Why didn’t the mayor of DC allow them this time? I didn’t see many open public buildings. I didn’t see anger, des-

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the restroom. Little did I know that I was the tip of the spear advancing towards the Capitol Building. By the time I walked out of the restroom, I was too tired to go to the Capitol one last time. You know what happened next. Reagan closed his famous speech wondering if “we’ll preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we’ll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.” Only time will tell, but it ain’t talkin’, as Kenny Chesney sings in his famous song. To see all the photos and videos Tim Carter recorded while in DC, please point your browser to: GO.timcarter.com/ dcrally

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SMITH from 3 stage to a destination I couldn’t decipher and 25 cents for another before buying tickets to New York. Stagecoaches, which could carry nine passengers inside the coach when each was allowed just 15 inches of seating space (no social distancing there), had curtains to put over the windows in cold weather. They were open spaces during the warmer months. If needed another six or so persons could be carried on top of the stage which was pulled by four or six horses. On November 14th, Magoon bought tickets to New York for $6.50, paid $1.50 for supper and lodging and another $2.00 for steamboat fare “to Hudson.” Maybe that meant on the Hudson River. Why Stephen Magoon made that trip I

Robert Thomas- Original publisher of The Old Farmer’s almanac. can only guess, but my guess is that he was purchasing items for the store he ran out of his home because on other pages with other dates he had lists of different items that could have been bought to re-

sell, or possibly for his own use. Back home in New Hampshire Magoon wrote in his 1846 Brown’s Almanac some notes about serving on a jury in August of 1851. He listed the members of a twelve-man jury

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part black lead. Melt the sulphur and add the lead. Pour out and cool and put on the crack & soder with hot Iron.” Probably the most unusual almanac I have seen is really a calendar though published as an almanac. It was copyrighted in 1888 by S.W. Atwood and reveals all the days of the week from January 1, 1800 to January 1, 1955 if you can figure out how to use it by properly following the directions. By turning a wheel with months and days of the week marked on it and then matching it with a chart showing years and days in a month on it one can find accurate dates for the 155 years. There is also a chart showing the number of days from any one month of the year to any other month. It shows which

years a presidential election was held and what years are Leap Years. If my calculations are correct in using this almanac I was born on a Thursday. The 1933 Old Farmers Almanac gave some advice under the heading, To Destroy Musquetoes. It reads, “Take a few hot coals on a shovel or chafingdish and burn some brown sugar in your bedrooms and parlors, and you effectually destroy the musquetos for the night. The experiment has been often tried by several of our citizens, and found to produce the desired effect.” Leavitt’s Farmer’s Almanac of 1920 had a section called “Some of Luther’s Proverbs.” One was “Bees find the flowers, not because they are symmetrical and beautiful, but because they have honey in them. If sinners are ever attracted to the churches, it will not be by the observance of stated and stately forms, or by the display of gaudy paraphernalia, but because there is honey in them.” Leavitt’s 1933 Almanac had this commentary: “We shall not mourn the passing of 1932, a year of unemployment and actual want, not only in our own country but in all parts of the world. Our only regret at its passing is that it finds us all one year older, just one year by the calendar but many years in wisdom and experience, for haven’t we all learned something from the experience, that we are our brother’s keeper and we shall not let him suffer if the power of human agencies can protect him from want.” Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr., welcomes your comments at danahillsmiths@yahoo.com

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, January 14, 2021 — METZLER from 7 let to stop the Covid spread. America’s much maligned Operation Warp Speed delivered and has fast tracked and helped develop a safe vaccine for the USA. But many state governments and politicians are acting like the proverbial Keystone Cops in directing and misdirecting and repurposing vaccine distribution. New York state has stumbled with changing regulations and priorities. But look at the data. Vaccine distribution in Israel, the United Kingdom and the USA, lead the world in the number of vaccine doses administered; as a percent of the population vaccinated, the American rate stands at about three times higher than most other European countries such as Italy and Germany. Vaccine shots, or jabs as the Brits say, are not moving well or quickly in France given that bottlenecks plague the massive national health network as well as the population’s lingering hesitation to take the vaccine. Further afield, Iran Ayatollahs say no to the Anglo/American vaccines so they are probably looking to China for the jab. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes unsubstantiated claims that the American and British vaccines were “untrustworthy.” He decreed, “importing vaccines made in the US or the UK is prohibited.” So far 56,000 Iranians have died during the pandemic. Let’s face it, Iran’s clerical elite will probably get a U.S. vaccine! Islamic Iran has

banned imports of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines. In a strange twist, Argentina who should know better, has decided to use the Russian Sputnik vaccine! Argentina became the first country in Latin America to use the Russian shots. But in a bid to get an additional 15 million vaccines, Argentina’s socialist Fernandez government is currently in talks with China to procure the Sinovac vaccine. China’s President Xi Jinping said that his country is “ready to work” with Argentina to boost cooperation. But the depth of the global crisis goes beyond borders. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned, “We are at a 1945 moment, but this is not 1945. Today’s war is against a microscopic virus. Tomorrow’s could be against terrorists in cyberspace. “ John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China.

MOORE from 15 Can It Be? One common misconception is that any good angler can be a good fishing guide. There’s a lot more to it than just being a good angler. In fact, some days being a good angler has nothing to do with being a good guide. I have found that being good with people and being a good teacher are often the most important aspects of my job. Being able to meet clients on their level, carry on an engaging conversation, explain things in a way the everyone can understand without talking down to people, keep spirits high when the bite is tough and not get frustrated, make sure everyone is comfortable and safe. Oh yeah, and putting your clients on fish. There is a lot that goes into a successful guided trip beyond just catching fish. To be successful, you need to be a good angler and you need to be good with people. It’s Only Fishing. Why Are You So Tired? Being an ice fishing Guide is a grind. The days are long, often beginning when it’s dark, and ending when it’s dark, and it’s cold. You could literally just stand still on the ice all day and they’d be tired at the end of the day. The average human burns 2000 calories a day under normal circumstances. You can increase the number of calories burned to around 4000 per day on the ice! Even though I am dressed warm, my body is still working to keep my head, feet, and hands warm, plus I’m burning calories taking care of clients, drilling holes, moving gear,

etc. My normal days is twelve hours long, with eight of those hours spent on the ice. By the time I get home at the end of the day of “just fishing” I’m exhausted. After I string five or so days like that together I’m usually cross-eyed I’m so tired. The Good News Yes, there is good news. It’s easy to sound dull, discouraging, or ungrateful when clarifying to someone that guiding isn’t as easy as they think. At the end of the day, it’s still a job, and it’s a tough one, but it has many more pros than cons. I may not be able to fish as much as I used to, but I’m on the ice almost every day. I’ve seen more amazing sunrises than I can count, I’ve helped make memories for countless people that will last a lifetime, I have been personally responsible for numerous personal best catches, I’ve had the good fortune of spending days on the ice with some amazing and inspiring people, I’ve made lasting friendships, my work as a guide has intro-

duced me to some of the best people I’ve ever known, and I get to use the best gear on the market. All the work and grinding it out aside, I have the best job on the planet. I’m still trying to figure out how to make being an ice fishing guide easy. Until then, there’s nothing I’d rather be this tired from. Tim Moore is a fulltime professional fishing guide in New Hampshire. He owns and operates Tim Moore Outdoors, LLC. He is a member of the New England Outdoors Writers Association and the producer of TMO Fishing on YouTube. Visit www.TimMooreOutdoors.com for more information.

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MALKIN from 6 Jay Stone, The Amistad Project of the Thomas More Society, and watchdogs in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania all filed lawsuits prior to Election Day against CTCL’s partisan grant scheme to affect battleground states’ and counties’ election results. This week, just as I prepared to file this column, The Amistad Project filed a new suit against Fulton County, Georgia (home of the pipe burst shenanigans that shut down absentee ballot counting on Election Day) for using dark money CTCL funds in both the general election and the Jan. 5 Senate runoff elections. “The sanctity of our electoral process is being violated by the unprecedented infu-

sion of private money,” Phill Kline, director of the Amistad Project, warned. “Instead of being distributed equally, as the law requires,” he noted, “election funding is now being doled out by private interests seeking to influence the process for partisan advantage.” According to The Amistad Project, the money that Fulton County has accepted from CTCL “is nearly equal to the amount the county received from public sources for the 2020 general election.” Grant recipients must abide by Zuckerberg/CTCL’s requirements on how many polling places and absentee ballot drop boxes it supplies. Election judges have been subsidized with Big Tech/ Democrat operatives’

money. The grants have reportedly been used to facilitate illegal “curing” of flawed ballots while GOP observers were blocked from doing their jobs. Questions raised by Amistad that remain unanswered: -- What conversations has Mark Zuckerberg and/or those on his staff had with David Plouffe and/or Plouffe’s colleagues? Was funding to CTCL specifically discussed? Will Zuckerberg share related emails? -- What strategic discussions has Zuckerberg had with CTCL’s leadership? How does he monitor CTCL’s progress? Will he share emails pertaining to these matters? The Democrats like to say that “your voice is your vote.” When tech

oligarch Mark Zuckerberg (net worth: $100 billion) has the unregulated and unmitigated ability to dictate how America’s elections are run, who runs them, how we cast our ballots, and who counts them, what voice do we have left? Michelle Malkin’s email address is MichelleMalkinInvestigates@ protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

SHAPIRO from 6 meaning experts -- to get us through a pandemic. The government not only failed with conflicting information and incoherent lockdown policy but also actively obstructed the chief mechanism for ending the pandemic thanks to bureaucratic bloat. If Americans’ takeaway from the COVID-19 pandemic is that centralized government is the all-purpose solution, they’re taking precisely the lesson most likely to end in mass death in the future. Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-inchief of DailyWire.com.

BOSAK from 4 out New England this winter. Both crossbills were found as well. The Laconia count also boasted recordhigh numbers of redtailed hawk and bald eagle, although only one American black duck was spotted. Congratulations and thanks to all the birders who participated in the Christmas Bird Count. These birdwatchers make a significant contribution to the study of bird populations. If you missed the CBC, don’t forget about the Great Backyard Bird Count coming up in February. Chris Bosak may be reached at chrisbosak26@gmail.com or through his website www.birdsofnewengland.com

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