09/27/18 Weirs Times by The Weirs Publishing Company

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, September 27, 2018

VOLUME 27, NO. 39

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

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by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

Craft Beer & Wine Festival Saturday, Sept. 29th

financial and overall wellbeing. Guests will be able to sample craft beer and wine, enjoy delicious bites to eat from Crescent City Kitchen,Sal’s Pizza, and Common Man. In addition, there will be a live and silent auction, raffles, FREE car show, entertainment from the

Bob Pratte Band, and vendor booths. Most importantly, we will honor our veterans throughout the day with tributes to each branch. To buy tickets visit www. vetscount.org/nh. For additional information please contact Christine Pederson at 603.621.3429. For more than 10 years,Veterans Count has provided critical and timely financial assistance andservices when no other resource is available to veterans, service members, and their families, to ensure their dignity, health,and well-being.

The Lakes Region Chapter of Veterans Count is hosting the 3rd Annual Red, White & Brew: Craft Beer & Wine Festival on Saturday, September 29, at Funspot in Laconia, NH. This fun and patriotic event, made possible by Belknap Subaru, will take place from 1-4pm, with a special VIP hour from 12- 1pm. All proceeds benefit Veterans Count, a program of Easterseals NH, which provides emergency financial assistance to veterans,service members and their families to ensure their dignity, health,

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Dan Schroeder is an admitted “Stoogeaholic” and his love for the comedy trio has led to him being the featured speaker at the National World War II Museum on Wednesday, October 3rd. Schroeder is bringing one of his Dan Schroeder holds the title card six-part series “The from the Three Stooges’ “You Nazty Three Stooges Take Spy”. Schroeder has been asked to on The Axis Powers.” present Part One of his program to the New Orleans “The Three Stooges Take On The museum after it was Axis Power” at the National World proven successful War II Museum in New Orleans. as part The Wright Museum’s popular itself. lecture series. “They did comedy shorts Dan, who has worked as a docent at the Wright that made fun of Hitler, Museum in Wolfeboro for the Axis Powers and the ten years, always knew he Japanese,” said Schrowanted to create a lecture eder. “They also did one about the home front.” of his own. The first short “You Nazty “One day I came home and put on the TV and they Spy” was done before the were showing the Stooge’s United States even entered short ‘You Nazty Spy’ from World War II. They were 1940,” said Schroeder. “I the first to poke fun at thought ‘there’s my lecture Hitler and the Axis Powers series.’” See STOOGES on 39 Schroeder began to research the Stooges and lete Edition Available O omp nli C ne s found that not only did hi they do eight comedy shorts that dealt with the war years, but they also ww did a tremendous amount om w.Th eWeirsTimes.c of work for the war effort

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SEPTEMBER Through October 31st “Manufacturing Victory, The Arsenal of Democracy” – Exhibit Wright Museum, Center Street, Wolfeboro. At the beginning of WWII, the US mobilized the entire economy and industrial structure to produce the most powerful “Arsenal of Democracy” the world has ever known. This exhibit will detail these enormous efforts on the home-front during WWII. The Military arsenal and machines of Allied victory depended on a work-force willing to do whatever it took to arm and outfit the U.S. and Allied forces. While soldiers faced the actual fighting around the world, those at home built an unprecedented machine of war in factories all over the United States. www.WrightMuseum.org or 569-1212

Through Oct. 7th “Farm to Table” – Fall Harvest Art Show

VynnArt Gallery, 30 Main Street, Meredith. Opening Reception is Friday the 21st from 4pm-7pm. This show features pieces from over 25 local artists. Inspired by the bounty of the fall harvest, life on the farm and seasonal splendor, works are in oils, watercolors, pastels, acrylics and mixed media. From fruits and vegetables, animals and livestock, to barns and farm landscapes, it’s a show not to be missed. VynnArt is open 11am to 5pm Wednesday through Sunday. 279-0057 Through Oct. 8th

Aubuchon Hardware Supports The Loon Preservation Committee Aubuchon Hardware, Route 25, Moultonborough. Visit Aubuchon Hardware and check out LPC’s educational display, make a donation or maybe even enter a raffle or two! On Saturdays during the fundraiser you can chow down on a delicious hotdog and cold soda for a small donation. Aubuchon will generously match all donations collected at the Moultonborough location up to $5,000. www.Loon.org or 476-5666 Thursday 27th

Yin/Yang Restorative Yoga Class w/ Tekla Frates

Frates Dance Studio,171 Fair Street, Laconia. 10:30am. This class is for persons of all levels of experience. The sequence guides us through the most gentle movement and then settles us into deep stillness or propped asana. Just the right combination to rejuvenate and realign! Classes are $15pp. Join the YOurGA Facebook page to sign in to class ahead of time for a $5 discount!

Three Dog Night Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH.com or 5362551

Scotty McCreery Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Ocean Blvd., Hampton. www. CasinoBallroom.com or 929-4100

Partnership for Public Health 2018 Annual Meeting Lakes region Community College, 379 Belmont Road, Laconia. 8am. The agency will share highlights from the past year and share it’s vision for the year ahead as it works to support a healthier community for those who live in, work in, or visit the Lakes Region. The central theme of the meeting will revolve around the critical issue of the region and state’s substance misuse crisis and what strategies are being implemented or what work is underway to manage and mitigate the issue. The event is free and open to the community and includes breakfast, raffles and a silent auction. Pre-registration is required at

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Healthy Living Expo

YMCA of Strafford County, 35 Industrial Way #106, Rochester. 10am-2pm. Cornerstone VNA is pleased to present the 6th Annual Healthy Living Expo, a free community event that will provide attendees of all ages the opportunity to learn more about health, nutrition and self-care. Free and open to the public. 332-1133

“A Golden Thread of History: The Sephardic Experience in Spain” Lecture Bethlehem Public Library, 2245 Main Street, Bethlehem. 7pm. Program will be presented by noted speaker and researcher Geoffrey Brahmer and is free and open to the public.

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Jean’s Playhouse, 34 Papermill Drive, Lincoln. Admission runs from $20pp to $32pp. For tickets and showtimes visit www.JeansPlayhouse.com or call 745-2141

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Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls Be More Kind Tour Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Ocean Blvd., Hampton. www. CasinoBallroom.com or 929-4100

Dueling Pianos Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. Serious fun as YOU pick the music and join in the show! www. PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Saturday 29th Red, White and Brew Craft Beer and Wine Festival to Benefit Veterans Count Funspot, Route 3, Weirs Beach. VIP hour from 12pm-1pm, general admission 1pm-4pm. Enjoy craft beer, wine, food, live music, car show, auction and more all while raising money for NH Veterans, service members and their families! All admission includes commemorative mug or wine glass, while supplies last. General admission is $25pp, VIP is $40pp. www.VetsCount.org/nh

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Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH.com or 5362551

Kaleo Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Ocean Blvd., Hampton. www. CasinoBallroom.com or 929-4100

Tribute Night at Patrick’s Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. Every Saturday will feature a tribute to a different band or singer. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Union Congregational Church’s Annual Fall Concert Union Congregational Church, 80 Main Street, Union. 4pm-6pm. A variety of performers, music styles and talents will be presented for your enjoyment. Refreshment s to follow concert. A free will donation will be accepted to benefit Women’s Fellowship programs. 473-2727

Local Author Elmer Hebert at Annie’s Book Stop Annie’s Book Stop, Union Ave, Laconia. 11am-1pm. Meet Elmer, better known as “Al” to associates and friends, who was born in Florida but spent his life moving between Florida and New Hampshire. Al has written multiple books based on his favorite western tv shows and his favorite author, Ralph Compton. Learn more about Mr. Herbert by visiting www.

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Halloween Costumes, Seasonal Clothing and Decorations - Sale

Farmington First Congregational Church, 400 Main Street, Farmington. 9:30am-2pm. If you are looking for great Halloween costumes, look no further than Blessed Bargains in the basement of Farmington First Congregational Church. You will find Halloween costumes for children and adults for just $2. A wide variety of seasonal clothing and decorations will also be available. 755-4816

20th Annual Autumn Craft Festival on the Lake Mill Falls Marketplace, 312 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith. 10am5pm. Over 75 juried Artisans from all over New England will display their American Made work. Free admission. Rain or shine. Friendly pets on a leash are welcomed. www.

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Sunday 30th Carter Mountain Brass Band Concert

First United Methodist Church, 18 Wesley Way, Gilford. 3pm. Old favorites directed by Debbi Gibson, this regional band delivers stirring and melodious tunes accompanied by introductory narrations. Homemade refreshments available after the performance. Suggested donation of $8pp at the door. Free for students. 524-3289

20th Annual Autumn Craft Festival on the Lake Mill Falls Marketplace, 312 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith. 10am4pm. Over 75 juried Artisans from all over New England will display their American Made work. Free

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Fall Craft Festival In Lincoln The Village Shops and Town Green along Main Street in Lincoln, NH will burst into color and flavor for the 22nd Annual Lincoln Fall Craft Festival on Saturday October 6, Sunday October 7 and Monday October 8 (Columbus Day). Enjoy the crisp autumn air and glorious mountain foliage while viewing the works of over 125 Juried Artisans of traditional American made Arts & Crafts. Sample Specialty Foods such as Gourmet Oils, Fudge, BBQ sauces, Kettle Corn, Pastries, Roasted Nuts, Salsas, Herbal Dips, Finishing Sauces, Maple Syrup, Pickles, Chutney, Relish, Candies, Chocolate and more. The Lincoln Summer Craft Festival is free admission and held rain or shine.Friendly pets on leash are welcome. Festival Hours are Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday10am to 5pm, Monday (Columbus Day) 10am to 4pm.

Needlework Art Demonstration In Wolfeboro Jill Vendituoli will be demonstrating her Needlework Art at The Art Place during The Arts Festival in Wolfeboro on Saturday, September 29th, from 5 to 7 p.m. The event is free and refreshments will be served. During the month of October, Jill’s artwork will be on display at the Wolfeboro Congregational Church. She is also teaching a workshop October 12 to 14. Contact Jill for more information at www.jillavendituoli.com.

The Hardtacks: “Songs From The Civil War Era” WOLFEBORO - On Tuesday, October 2, The Hardtacks will perform songs from the Civil War era as part of the Wright Museum’s 2018 Lecture Series, sponsored by Ron Goodgame and Donna Canney. Entitled “Rally ‘Round the Flag: Songs from the Civil War,” the event will provide a musical look at the politics, personalities, and perspectives that remade a nation in the Civil War era. According to Mike Culver, museum executive director, the folksongs, ballads, and bawdy tunes from that era helped create a bond between the men fighting the war and the greater efforts that won the war between the states. At the “lecture,” audience members will be encouraged to sing along in an engaging, exploratory forum as The Hardtacks bring new life to lyrics, documents, and visual images from primary sources. Through camp songs, parlor music, hymns, battlefield rallying cries, and fiddle tunes, they examine the folk-song as a means to enact living history, share perspectives and influence public perceptions of events. “Rally ‘Round the Flag: Songs from the Civil War” takes place form 7 to 8 p.m. The Wright Museum’s Lecture Series takes place every Tuesday through the end of the season, which concludes Oct. 31. Admission is $3 for members and $8 for non-members. Seating is limited, and reservations can be made by calling 603-569-1212. Wright Museum is open daily through Oct. 31 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, visit www.wrightmuseum.org.

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Government Regulation? To The Editor: Good government is a balancing act. For example: a majority of voters believe that Facebook and Twitter are too powerful. Yet voter polling seems to show about 1 in 5 of us want the federal government to regulate social media. The difference between believing tech companies are too powerful, which is a concern, and acquiring the requisite political motive force for legislative and/ or regulatory action, is skepticism about fair, effective and efficient government action. Less than 1 in 5 of us trust the federal government to do the right thing while more than half believe government regulators would be even more biased than the social media companies they would regulate. Simple distrust of government however is only part of the discussion. Most Americans recognize government is not the only tool we have to address such issues. Each of us can take steps to protect ourselves from the power of companies like Facebook. We can use them less. We can delete our accounts. We also have the ability to pass on privacy tips and other guidance to friends and family. If Facebook doesn’t respond to its customers’ concerns, competition will arise diminishing Facebook’s influence, a competing platform will arise. Remember Myspace? Today it may be hard to imagine competition for Facebook but think about

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it. 20 years ago government officials were convinced nobody would ever compete with Microsoft, Amazon was selling books from a south Seattle warehouse, Google was under construction and Zuckerberg was in high school. Companies need to pay attention to their customers or they will be challenged… if we keep the government out of the regulatory business. The relationship between public identification of an issue and reaching sufficient motive force to spur governmental action applies to just about every facet of our lives today. About 4 in 5 of us believe that everyone who is willing to work should be guaranteed a minimum wage job. But, that doesn’t mean we support a federal jobs guarantee. It turns out about 1 in 3 people do. That’s because our economy already provides the needed assurance. About 3 in 4 of us believe anyone who is healthy and willing to work can find a job. With respect to health care 1 in 5 of us thinks government regulation is the best approach while about half of us believe more competition is the best way to bring down the cost. With respect to the quality of care, most of us are counting on technology to provide answers. We are not looking to more new government policies, legislation or regulation to provide healthcare answers. The point is that even those who think the federal government should “help” the economy are not pining for a bigger government role.

This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. The new Weirs Times was re-established in 1992 and strives to maintain the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee and the Cocheco Valley area with the new Cocheco Times. Our newspaper’s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in today’s paper which are taken from Calvert’s historic publication.

Increased government help means decreased freedom, increased cost and less disposable income for each and every household. Most citizens think America is a good place to live; one where there is opportunity. At the same time, we recognize our nation is not perfect. We encounter problems big and small daily. That means we have the opportunity to solve them. Businesses are problem solvers. They are vehicles to identify and meet needs, to provide solutions to problems. Just because we see a problem doesn’t mean government has to or should provide a solution. The best solution is almost always the most local solution. No one is more local than small business. Marc Abear Meredith, NH.

Notkin Thanks To The Editor: By conventional measures, I lost in last week’s primary for Republican State Representative. On the other hand, I received 39% of the votes cast in Gilford (12% overall). A reasonable showing for someone who’s only been in his new home for less than 2 1/2 years. I would like to thank all of the voters in Meredith and Gilford who thought that I would represent them well in the NH House. Your confidence is very much appreciated. Rick Notkin Gilford, NH.

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I recently heard the song “Thinking Out Loud” by the popular Ed Sheeran. He sings, in what I first thought was a love song, that he would love the object of his affection until “we’re seventy.” If I heard this song in my twenties, I would have imagined he was proclaiming a lifelong commitment to the one who stole his heart. Today, at almost 63, I see it as a bitter promise to only stick around until his maximum Social Security benefits kick in, which at that point, he would no longer need the help of this women who he used only for her additional financial support for all these years. Of course, by the time Ed Sheeran is 63, the age for maximum Social Security benefits will probably be bumped up to something like 85, if there is anything left in the system at all. But Ed won’t have to worry about that since he’s British and also very rich. Social Security is just one of the considerations we think about in the Smith household whenever the “R” word happens to be mentioned. Other savings and investments we have - as well as the possibility of winning the Powerball jackpot - are also part of the discussion on how we will support ourselves through our upcoming

“golden years.” Of course, there is still the possibility that someone in Hollywood will be buying the rights to my book “The Flatlander Chronicles” for a high six figures to produce for a major motion picture. (I will consider low six figure offers as well as any other figures.) At 62, I can collect Social Security now, but I would still have to continue to work some. In fact, just browsing the Social Security Administration website to try and figure out how much I can earn while collecting a Social Security paycheck every month has more rules than a bag of Cheetos has ingredients. For instance, a section on the website reads “If you claim benefits before your full retirement age, your benefits are reduced a fraction of a percent for each month before your full retirement age. If you also continue to work, your benefits will be reduced if you earn more than the yearly earnings limits. If you are under full retirement age for the entire year. we deduct $1 from your benefit payments for every $2 you earn above the annual limit blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.” To someone who works in, say, the Social Security office, I’d imagine this seems simple. To someone like me, a guy who writes and makes stuff up for a living, reading it makes me feel as though I have just eaten that entire bag of Cheetos. There is a great deal of concern by some folks in Washington that Social Security is in trouble and will run out of money very soon. I hear a couple of senators and congressmen are concerned as well. It’s possible that all of

the money you’ve been giving to the government in your paycheck every week to hold onto, since they figured you weren’t intelligent enough to save it for yourself, will be gone by the time you are old enough for them to give the money back they’ve been saving for you. It’s sort of like being forced to give half your paycheck to your father every week and he just blows it at the racetrack. The only difference is, the old man had at least a chance of maybe coming out ahead. There’s a lot to consider for retirement, but no matter the financial end of things, I don’t think I’ll ever officially retire. I’d imagine I’ll always find the time to sit at my computer, or whatever we are using in the future, and cobble together a few words to try and convey my particular take on things. Still, it would be nice to do what I want, when I want (as long as I can be in bed by nine). I am counting on life being full for many more years for my wife, Kim and I. I’m not too concerned about what will happen when we’re seventy, like the song implies. I’m waiting, as the Beatles suggested years ago, to first see how things go “when I’m sixty-four.” One day at a time, I guess. Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chrocicles” and “Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” which are available at his website www. BrendanTSmith.com.

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‘Believe Women’ Is Perilous Baloney I have a message for virtue-signaling men who’ve rushed to embrace #MeToo operatives hurling uncorroborated sexual by Michelle Malkin assault allegaSyndicated Columnist tions into the chaotic court of public opinion. Stuff it. Your blanket “Believe Women” bloviations are moral and intellectual abominations that insult every human being of sound mind and soul. A certain class of never Trumpharumphers are leading the charge on behalf of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s memoryaddled partisan accuser Christine Blasey Ford -- who cannot recall the year she was allegedly traumatized, where it happened, who threw the party that paralyzed her for nearly four decades, how many were in attendance during her claimed assault, how she got there or how she left. No matter! Bush campaign hackturned-ABC News analyst Matthew Dowd doesn’t need any data to analyze. “Enough with the ‘he said, she said’” storyline,” he declared this week. “If this is he said, she said, then let’s believe the she in these scenarios. She has nothing to gain, and everything to lose. For 250 years we have believed the he in these scenarios. Enough is enough.” Clinton/Kerry flack Peter Daou echoed the unthinking sentiment: “To everyone on the right who says I’m being selective, I BELIEVE WOMEN whether the accused is a Republican or Democrat. And yes, that includes all the names

you’re throwing at me. My default in these situations is to BELIEVE WOMEN.” Ivy League poobah Simon Hedlin asserted: “Accusers go public not because of any supposed benefits but despite the immense costs.” He argued: “When somebody is credibly accused of sexual misconduct, the default should be to believe the accuser.” That is a dumb and dangerous default. The costly toll of “believing women,” instead of believing evidence, can be seen in the hundreds and hundreds of cases recorded by the University of Michigan Law School’s National Registry of Exonerations involving innocent men falsely accused of rape and rape/murders. One of those men whose plight I’ve reported on for CRTV and my syndicated column, former Fort Worth police officer Brian Franklin, spent 21 years in prison of a life sentence after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 1995 who had committed perjury on the stand. Franklin vigilantly maintained his innocence, studied law in the prison library and won a reversal of his conviction in 2016. The jury took less than two hours to acquit him. But his name is still not clear. He recently submitted a 200-page application for a pardon for innocence and cannot do what he wants to do -- return to law enforcement -- unless the members of the Texas board of pardons and paroles (along with Texas constitutional conservatives who pay lip service to truth, justice and due process) do the right thing. In Philadelphia, Anthony Wright also served more than two decades behind bars like Franklin. He was convicted in 1993 for a brutal rape and murder of an elderly woman.

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The Politicization of the Kavanaugh Sexual Abuse Allegations Damages #MeToo This week, Judge Brett Kavanaugh was hit with accusations of sexual abuse from Christine Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto Uniby Ben Shapiro Syndicated Columnist versity. According to Ford, some 36 years ago, when Kavanaugh was 17 and she was 15, Kavanaugh took her into a room at a pool party -- along with another high school classmate, Mark Judge -- and then proceeded to lie on top of her and try to disrobe her, even putting his hand over her mouth to prevent her from screaming. These are serious allegations. Kavanaugh has denied them completely. He denies he was at such a pool party; he denies he has ever engaged in such behavior. Ford, for her part,

only came forward months after sending letters to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and contacting the Washington Post. She originally didn’t want to reveal her name or her story. Feinstein didn’t ask Kavanaugh about it in writing, or in closed or open hearings; she didn’t inform her fellow Democratic senators about the allegations; now she’s reportedly attempting to prevent Republican senators from asking questions of Ford. So, how in the hell is Kavanaugh supposed to defend himself? This has always been the key question the #MeToo movement has adamantly refused to answer: What should the standard of proof, or even the standard of believability, be? Should the standard be criminal liability? Presumably not, since most accusers are emerging to

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dents, Prime Ministers, Kings and Potentates have converged in New York for the 73rd UN by John J. Metzler General AsSyndicated Columnist sembly. The annual rite of Autumn brings together world leaders from 193 member states to discuss and hopefully try to solve key global crises ranging from the wars in Syria and Yemen, to the pressing refugee tragedies in Burma and the Middle East. The role of proactive diplomacy in solving current crises and as importantly, preventive diplomacy in averting new outbreaks, will be highlighted in the upcoming ten day debate. Addressing the media on the eve of the Assembly, Secretary General Antonio Guterres stressed the possibility that a last minute ceasefire would save three million civilians in the besieged Idlib province of Syria. Just weeks ago it appeared that the region would be attacked by Syrian regime and Russian forces thus causing a humanitarian and refugee tragedy for neighboring Turkey. And contrary to last year’s Assembly the specter of a possible nuclear war with North Korea and the flow of Rohingya refugees from Burma into Bangladesh, did not dominate his Press conference. Rather the Secretary General

cautiously praised the ongoing process in defusing in tensions on the Korean peninsula where both the U.S. and South Korean governments have striven for a diplomatic solution over North Korea’s nuclear proliferation. He stated, “President Trump and Kim Jong Un, were very committed to a process in their summit in Singapore, and I was very happy with that fact, and I praised their courage and their determination. And I hope that it will produce the result we all want.” A particular point the Secretary General stressed was the pivotal importance of UN Peacekeeping, “ Our aim is to build on the peacekeeping successes of the past and to help our missions succeed in todays protracted and volatile conflicts.” He conceded, “Peacekeepers are facing increasing threats while seeking to implement frequently large and complex mandates. Peacekeeping fatalities are at the highest level in a generation.” U.S. UN Ambassador Nikki Haley spoke about the Assembly as “the forum to highlight the U.S. role and relationships in the world.” She said the multilateral meeting would allow her to “put U.S. interests in the spotlight,” something she has tirelessly done during this month’s American presidency of the fifteen member Security Council where she has focused on crisis situations from Nicaragua and Venezuela to Syria and Yemen. President Donald Trump will address the Assembly as well as chair a meeting of the Security

Council to deal with Iran. Moreover the President shall meet with leaders from France, Israel, South Korea and Egypt among others. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shall be working with delegations

on the wider North Korean issue where tough U.S. and UN economic sanctions have pressured the Pyongyang regime to negotiation. President Trump’s speech before See METZLER on 47

Prices Should Rise Officials in states hit by Hurricane Florence are on the lookout for “price gouging.” People who engage in “excessive pricing” face up to 30 days jail time, by John Stossel said North CarSyndicated Columnist olina’s attorney general. South Carolina passed a “Price Gouging During Emergency” law that imposes a $1,000 fine per violation. “Gouging” is an issue during every disaster because when supplies are short, some merchants raise prices. These are “bad people,” said Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi angrily during a previous storm. Bad people? I thought Republicans were the party that believed the market determines prices. “Gougers deserve a medal,” Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman once told me. That’s because higher prices are the best indicator of which goods people want most. This is a hard concept for people to understand. “They’re not heroes. They’re scabs who prey off the desperate,” wrote James Kirkpatrick in the comments after watching my latest video about this. “Only Stossel would praise greed,” added Paul Nadrotowski. I don’t praise greed. Pursuing profit is simply the best mechanism for bringing people supplies we need. Without rising prices indicating which materials are most sought-after, suppliers don’t know whether to rush in food, or bandages, or chainsaws.

After Hurricane Katrina, one so-called gouger was John Shepperson of Kentucky. Watching news reports, he learned that people desperately needed generators. So Shepperson bought 19 of them, rented a U-Haul, and drove it 600 miles to a part of Mississippi that had no electricity. He offered to sell his generators for twice what he paid for them. People were eager to buy. But Mississippi police said that was illegal. They confiscated Shepperson’s generators and locked him up. Did the public benefit? No. The generators sat in police storage (I suspect some cops took them home to use while Shepperson sat in jail). Who will bring supplies to a disaster area if it’s illegal to make extra profit? It’s risky to invest in 19 generators, leave home, rent a U-Haul and drive 600 miles. “Being moral is loading up supplies and donating them to people in need,” a person named Meirstein wrote on my YouTube page. Yes, but in real life, not enough people do that to satisfy the needs of thousands of desperate people. You can make a law against someone like Shepperson making extra profit, but you can’t force apathetic people to bring in supplies. Prices are not just money. They are information. They are what signal entrepreneurs to go into a given business. Rising prices are the clearest indicator of what most customers want. Without extra profit, suppliers tend to stay home. That’s easier and safer. If prices don’t shoot up dur-

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Volunteer Welcomes the Shufflers, Supports the Community

GILFORD -When Kate Flaherty moved back to New Hampshire from Massachusetts in 2015, she was drawn back into the fold by her longtime friends at Patrick’s Pub & Eatery as a volunteer for the Pub Mania Shuffle and the Pub Mania event itself. These days, Flaherty’s face is often the first one that new members of Pub Mania teams see when they arrive in the pub parking lot to Shuffle on a Wednesday evening in the spring or fall, and it’s Flaherty who offers the welcome and draws people in. “Every time we do a Shuffle, we always meet new people; they come down because they’ve read about the event in the newspaper,” said Flaherty, who mans the ticket booth at the Shuffle along with fellow volunteers Jennifer Beetle, Jennifer Bailey, and Lisa Cornish. Flaherty’s Shuffle story, and that of the fundraiser itself, is told online at www.patrickspub.com

Kate Flaherty (front with bucket) with other Shuffle volunteers. in a new blog Patrick’s launched on Aug. 13. Flaherty said they all enjoy telling Shufflers how the two-mile walk/ run supports Pub Mania, which, in turn, pro-

vides a large portion of the proceeds for the Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction. Last year, Pub Mania raised $303,630 and has raised over $1.6 million in its first nine

years. This spring, the eight Wednesday Shuffles raised $9,020 for the 2018 Pub Mania event, bringing the five-year Shuffle total to over $52,000. The fall Shuffles begin tonight and continue through Oct. 24.

All are welcome to attend. “What I have noticed is that the Shuffle gets people from different parts of the Lakes Region together, and our common goal is making this beautiful place even better and helping children who need our support,” Flaherty said. “Many people don’t know about Pub Mania or the Children’s Auction,” she added. “It’s always a conversation I have that starts with, “Did you know…? We love telling that story.” This because the Pub Mania story is an exciting one. Inspired by Laconia Athletic & Swim Club’s Cycle Mania, Patrick’s Co-Owner Allan Beetle first imagined the innovative, 24-hour barstool challenge nine years ago as a fundraiser for the Children’s Auction. A major community event held every December for over 33 years, the Children’s Auction provides grants to local nonprofits that help meet children’s basic See FLAHERTY on 32

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Your Health is in Your Hands by Dr. Graham Moneysmith, DC. Contributing Writer

It seems like we have some pretty odd, made up holidays and national days in our country. Real talk: take January 24th….” National Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day” (I didn’t make that up. Seriously.) Or how about April 4th, “Tell A Lie Day” (Still not joking.). Basically, I think it’s fair to surmise that anything can be a national day. With all due respect to grizzled prospectors everywhere, it’s pretty silly. That being said, some of these days have merit or at least give us something to think about. This month, on September 30th, it is “National Love People Day”. Now, I’m not saying that we should do a big celebration, but we may want to consider the day as an inspiration for a new way of life. You see, love is very powerful in many ways, including in its benefits to our health. Yes, loving others makes us healthier. Now, this doesn’t only mean romantic love, although it could be romance. Rather the benefits are likely derived from any close relationship like a family member or dear friend. Harry Reis, PhD, the co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Human Relationships, was quoted in a WebMD article saying, “feel connected to other people, feel respected and valued by other people, and feel a sense of belonging.” The same article goes on to give 10 researched backed health benefits of loving others: 1. Fewer Doctor’s Vis-

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Dedication ceremonies for the Daniel Webster statue on June 17, 1886 in the New Hampshire State House yard. His pedigree was of New Hampshire, and as pure as the air he breathed... His ancestors were also born in it...For a hundred and fifty years they had lived in New Hampshire. Into them had entered the cold blasts from the polar circle, and the fierce heats which seemed to stray from the tropics. Every drop of their blood, every fiber of their flesh, every bone and sinew, had become Americanized.” The speaker went on to emphasize that Webster was born in New Hampshire and continued to be a true and loyal son of his native state. Daniel Webster is known for his statesmanship and being a superior orator. He served as a congressman first from New Hampshire and then from Massachusetts. He then became a Senator from Massachusetts and the Secretary of State of the United States of America under three Presidents. He engaged in three unsuccessful campaigns to become the

President of the country. At the dedication of his statue in Concord Dr. Bartlett also spoke of other aspects of the life of Webster including his feelings about his native state. Bartlett said “His old neighbors loved and clung to him, and he clung to them; and there are few more touching letters than his reply to his New Hampshire neighbors in 1850,in which he tells them, ‘I could pour out my heart in tenderness of feeling for the affectionate letter which comes from you. It comes from home; it comes from those whom I have known, or have known me from my birth. It is like the love of a family circle; its influences fall on a heart like the dew of Hermon’”. W e b s t e r w a s characterized as one who had a dignified and cold exterior, but inside possessed a warm heart. Bartlett added that “He was fond of nature, of outdoor recreations, and of the whole animal See SMITH on 36

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Have you ever noticed that cities around the country have nicknames? Like New York City is known as The Big Apple (why? I don’t know). Chicago is The Windy City and if you’ve ever walked the streets there you know why it got its name. Philadelphia is the City of Brotherly Love and home to many early events in our nation’s history. New Orleans is also known as The Big Easy, Seattle is The Emerald City, Denver is Mile High City and Boston is called Beantown. So it stands to reason that other lesser known cities might also have nicknames. With the focus beer this week, we will look at Worcester, MA which is also known as Wormtown which is also the name of one of New Hampshire’s newest imported breweries. Wormtown Brewery is located on Shrewsbury Street in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts. The owners were going to originally name their enterprise Worcester Brewing Company but Wormtown just made more sense since that is the cities nickname. Starting out in the back of an ice cream shop in 2009, Ben Roesch created some of his award winning recipes of awesome beers. The next year, with the help of a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan, Wormtown was officially opened. Their beer soon garnered more and more awards from national beer festivals gaining them the

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ability to grow. In 2015, their present location was opened where patrons can gaze upon the brew facility while sipping a pint of their many different styles of beer. But Wormtown is most known for their India Pale Ales. Be Hoppy is simply a wonderful and fresh tasting IPA with huge aromatics flavors. It is double dry hopped which is to say that hops going into the fermentation process two times over the course of 7-10 days. The result is an amazing bouquet of citrus notes both in aroma and taste. The pure white head is resilient while the yellow-orange hue tells you that this beer will treat you right. Malt balance is just right here with a tiny sweetness early in the taste and followed quickly with lots of hop goodness. With a fuller mouthfeel and 70 IBU’s (International Bittering

Units), this 6.5% ABV beer will put a smile on your face. BeerAdvocate.com has officially rated Be Hoppy IPA with an ‘Outstanding’ rating of 4.26 out of 5. Since this brewing company is recently entering NH, you will want to try some of their other offerings, both seasonal and year-round. You might find Rocket Pale Ale, Citrus & Sunshine, Warthog Wheat, Irish Red, Blizzard of ’78 Stout and Fresh Patch Pumpkin Ale to your liking. You can find these 16 oz four packs at Case-nKeg in Meredith as well as other fine beer providers. Try Be Hoppy. The smiley face label will be the first sign you are headed in the right direction! Jim MacMillan is the owner of WonByOne Design of Meredith, NH, and is an avid imbiber of craft brews and a home brewer as well. Send him your recommendations and brew news to wickedbrews@weirs.com

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As we transition from summer to fall, hunting seasons begin and many anglers hang up their fishing gear. For many, fall signifies the end of the open water fishing season, especially on Lake Winnipesaukee, since the season for lake trout and landlocked salmon closes after September 30. When everyone else all but abandons Winni, I kick into high gear, because that is about the same time that the giant black crappie put their feed bags on. I’ll spend the next week or so trolling for salmon and jigging for lake trout until the season closes, but my mind will slowly start to focus on some of Winni’s other great gamefish species. My clients and I love to fish the fall crappie bite The author with one of Winnipesaukee’s infamous slab on Lake Winnipesaukee, crappie. and several other waters for that matter. Some wait this means schooling up average fish eaters. They all year to book their trip, in basins around 30’ deep, taste so good that a plate usually in October through which also happens to be full of fried crappie fillets the beginning of Decem- where baitfish will congre- rarely makes it from the ber. The fish are bigger gate at low-light to feed on fryer to the dinner table at and more numerous than the abundance of plankton my fish fries. They’re deliany other time of year, the that lives there. Crappie, cious! Small jigs and lipless weather is great, and the bluegill, pumpkinseeds, scenery is amazing. There’s and even bass will all take crankbaits are my presomething special about a advantage of these prime ferred lures. I rarely use crisp morning, groups of feeding opportunities. It’s bait for fall crappie, as I feeding loons calling out as often a smorgasbord of deem it unnecessary. A 1/8-ounce jig head tipped they too look to capitalize fish. Crappie are not only fun with a Makiplastic or Live on high concentrations of panfish, and giant schools to catch, especially with Baby Shad from Lake Fork of fish that are eager to bite light tackle, but they taste Trophy Lures are of my faa lure – so many fish that great fried. Many anglers vorites. I also love the size you can catch them all day discount them, as they 3 Salmo Chubby Darter. often run very small on The Live Baby Shads fish long on most days. In the fall, shorter days, waters that receive a lot best just drifted through a longer nights, and cooler of fishing pressure, but school. No jigging is needtemps trigger many warm- a mess of 15 or so black ed, the fish seem to prefer water species of fish to crappie around 10-inches it that way. The Chubby feed in preparation for the long is more than enough Darter is another story, See MOORE on 46 coming winter. For crappie, to make a meal for two

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SEAN McVAY, COACHES AND AGING “MIDLIFE CRISIS: A transition of identity and self-confidence that occurs in middle-aged men, typically 45–64 years old.” (Elliott Jaques) I had a midlife crisis of sorts in 2008 when Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. Suddenly I was older than the president. It somehow seemed wrong and unnatural. But it was a powerful reminder of one’s mortality. A similar reckoning occurred last year when the Los Angeles Rams hired 31-year-old Sean McVay as head coach. It occurred me that I was twice the age of an NFL coach. That also seemed wrong. But it was true. How did this happen? As with so many other cases, McVay’s rise was a combination of timing and talent. He scored an assistant coach’s position with the Buccaneers right after his 2008 graduation from Miami of Ohio—that Cradle of Coaches. He moved on to the Redskins in 2010 and progressed from assistant tight ends coach to tight ends coach to offensive coordinator. His great work in Washington attracted widespread notice and the Rams gave him their top job in 2017. McVay took over a 4-12 team and led them to an 11-5 record and the playoffs. The team is off to a great start in 2018. So naturally, McVay is now the “toast of the town” and is dating a hot model. Aye carumba!

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Sean McVay McVay is not the first wunderkind coach or sports executive. Recall that Theo Epstein was only 29 when he essentially took over the Red Sox—and he did pretty well. Lou Boudreau was only 24 years old when he became player-manager of the Cleveland Indians and he later won a World Series. Dave Debusschere was the same age when he became player-coach for the Detroit Pistons—after having already pitched for the Chicago White Sox. John Madden took over the Oakland Raiders at age 33 and went 103-327 and won a Super Bowl. Not sure if any of the aforementioned dated a hot model like McVay does, but they’re all examples of overachieving “youngsters.” And no, I’m not jealous of McVay. I’m just pensive and contemplative. So it occurs to me that Bill Belichick is still older than me. And it also occurs to me that the CURRENT President of the United States is MUCH older than me. Mid-life crisis over! (For now.) Sports Quiz What Harvard football player later became the youngest-ever President

of the United States? (Answer follows) Born Today ... That is to say, sports standouts born on Sept. 27 include Red Sox great Johnny Pesky (1919) and Philadelphia Philly slugger Mike Schmidt (1949). Sports Quote “When you’re an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, then the aging is gradual.” - Cal Ripken, Jr. Sports Quiz Answer Teddy Roosevelt was 42 when he became president in 1901. State Representative Michael Moffett was a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord and currently teaches online for New England College. He co-authored the critically-acclaimed and award-winning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” (with the Marines)—which is available through Amazon.com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@comcast.net.

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Mindful Energy Flow Yoga Class w/ Tekla Frates

Frates Dance Studio,171 Fair Street, Laconia. 10:30am. This class is for persons of all levels of experience.

Yoga Practice is considered a moving meditation; sequenced to cleanse and rebalance our Energy Bodies; Amplified with guided Energy Medicine techniques throughout and a Nidra Savasana. This is a powerful cleanse and realignment of each energy system. Classes are $15pp. Join the YOurGA Facebook page to sign in to class ahead of time for a $5 discount!

“Rally Around the Flag: Songs from the Civil War Era” – The Hardtacks Live Performance

performance will provide a musical look at the politics, personalities, and perspectives that remade a nation in the Civil War era. At the “lecture”, audience members will be encouraged to sing along in an engaging, exploratory forum as the Hardtacks bring new life to lyrics, documents, and visual images from primary sources. $3/members, $8/non-members. Reserved seating is recommended. www. WrightMuseum.org or 569-1212

The Wright Museum, Center Street, Wolfeboro. 7pm. This event and

“You Know You are in NH When…” by Acclaimed Author John Clayton Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith. 6:30pm. John spent 25 years as a reporter and columnist for the New Hampshire Union Leader, and is the author of seven books about Manchester and New Hampshire. As John describes his program, “It’s all about audience participation.” His engaging style will center around his book: “You Know You’re in NH When…: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the Granite State”. This program is free and open to the public. Everyone is sure to have fun and enjoy a few laughs. Refreshments will be available. www.MHSWeb.org or 677-2693 Wednesday 3rd

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Peabody Home Cottage, 24 Peabody Place, Franklin. This is a 6-part workshop, open to anyone who is interested in and/or caring for someone with dementia. The classes include educational information, tips to deal with common difficulties, and time to ask questions and/ or share your own experiences. Class will continue October 17, 31; November 21, and December 5 and 19. Participants do not need to attend every class; however, they do build upon one another. To register, call Teresa at 603-934-3618

Trauma to Triumph – Breakfast Fundraiser for Spaulding Youth Center Holiday Inn, 172 North Main Street, Concord. Doors open at 7:45am and the program runs 8am-9:30am. This year’s keynote speaker will be Susan E. Craig, Ph.D., an avid blogger and sought-after public speaker. Dr. Craig is a lifelong student of early trauma and it’s effects on children’s learning. The program will explore the path from trauma to triumph and feature trauma-informed techniques to help children heal from their traumatic beginnings and grow beyond their believed potential. Registration is $25pp and includes a hot breakfast buffet. 286-8901 ext. 535. www.

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Story, Song, Music and Poetry Open Mic

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Yin/Yang Restorative Yoga Class w/ Tekla Frates

Beer for History – feat. Earth Eagle Brewing American Independence Museum’s Folsom Tavern, 1 Governors Lane, Exeter. 6pm-8pm. Brewers will pour tastings of up to three different beers, as you enjoy live music, historic entertainment that includes; colonial taver n games, colonial trivia and more! Tickets are $15/ members, $20/non-members and include beer, light smacks and enter tainment. www.

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Fri. 5th – Sun. 14th Isles in the Moon – Live Performance Rochester Performance & Arts Center, 32 North Main Street, Rochester. “Isles in the Moon” is a historical murder myster y wr itten by local playwright, Jeffrey Symes, recounting actual events that occurred right here in our own backyard. In 1873, two innocent Norwegian immigrant women were brutally murdered out on the Isle of Shoals, off Portsmouth Harbor. Watch as eight incredible Noble High School students blow you away as you witness the murders, the trial of the man accused, and the aftermath. Tickets start at $15pp. Reserve your ticket on line at www.

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Add even more impact by pairing them with other early-flowering pink and red tulips. Turn up the heat with the warm tones of honey-gold, apricot and peach found in Foxy Foxtrot. This tulip looks great when paired with purple, pink and even red flowers. Like other doubles, it makes a great cut flower. Enliven the spring garden with double tulip Monte Orange. Its brilliant tangerine blossoms have a sunny yellow center and the flowers get even showier as they mature. Combine this variety with yellow daffodils for greater impact and a longer display. Fill in the mid-spring garden with some classic Darwin Hybrid tulips such as Blushing Apeldoorn, Apricot Impression and Ad Rem. Then create a grand finale of blooms by planting a few of the late spring double tulips. Include Crème Upstar with its sweetly fragrant pastel blooms that change from cream and

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contacted by the National World War II Museum asking him if he would be interested in bringing his Three Stooges program to New Orleans. “It is a real honor to be asked,” said Schroeder. “I contacted Three Stooges Incorporated about the presentation and they were very helpful.” He will be presenting the first part of the series, which runs about an hour.

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the era from 1939-45. The Wright is so lucky to have him. He is truly an ambassador that we couldn’t live without. We hope that when he retires, we can convince him to do even more!” “I love doing that program,” said Schroeder who was in the Army from 1974 to 1984, rising to the rank of Staff Sergeant as well as doing some work in Military Intelligence. “Since the Three Stooges series, I’ve also been involved with other presen-

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Send your best caption to us within 2 weeks of publication date... (Include your name, and home town). Caption Contest, The Weirs Times, P.O. Box 5458, Weirs, NH 03247, by email to contest@weirs.com or by fax to 603-366-7301. PHOTO #718

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“I think we have finally civilized these humans.” -Bob

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speak long after alleged incidents. Should the standard be credibility of the individual telling the story combined with supporting details that lend additional credibility? Perhaps, but that apparently isn’t enough for some. The standard promoted by many in the #MeToo movement is the far-too-simplistic and outright dangerous “believe all women” standard. By that standard, former President Bill Clinton is a rapist. So are the Duke lacrosse players, the members of a University of Virginia frat house and a foreign exchange Columbia University student -- all of whom were exonerated. Kavanaugh’s accuser didn’t tell anyone about the incident at the time; she didn’t go to the police. Her first retelling of the story came in 2012, three decades after the alleged incident, in a spousal counseling session with a therapist. She told the Washington Post that she doesn’t remember key details of the night in question. She doesn’t remember the location or how she got there or the date. The notes of her therapist conflict with her statements about the evening. There are real questions to be asked about her account -- and about Feinstein’s political maneuvering. But instead, many on the left insist that the “believe all women” standard be applied to accusers against those on the right but that the general credibility standard should be applied to their own favorites. That’s nonsensical, and insulting. What’s more, it deliberately undermines the bulwark of universal approval with which #MeToo should be met. We should all be able to agree that some standard beyond mere belief is required here -- and we should all be willing to hear evidence that implicates our favorite political figures. But if we insist on applying a politically motivated double standard in the name of

#MeToo, the support for #MeToo will crumble. That would be a tragedy, but it would also be a familiar tragedy. All too often, movements that should draw broad public support are undermined by fringe cases used as clubs by members of politically driven groups. We should all agree that any racist police shootings must be stopped -but such agreement falls apart when some insist that questionable shootings be treated as racist shootings. We should all agree that sexual abuse must be stopped -- but such agreement disintegrates when some insist that unsubstantiated sexual abuse allegations be treated just like substantiated allegations. Politics should not be allowed to override basic human decency. Yet again, that’s what’s happening. Ben Shapiro, 34, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com. He is The New York Times bestselling author of “Bullies.” He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles. To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www. creators.com.

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It was a female prosecutor, Bridget Kirn, who “failed to alert the Court or the jury to what she personally knew was the falsity of (police detectives’) testimony, or otherwise honor her ethical duty to correct it,” according to Wright’s lawyers with the Innocence Project. They have filed a lawsuit directly aimed at the prosecutor this week to hold her accountable for her criminal falsehoods. And just this week, Oregonian Joshua Horner, serving a 50-year sentence for sexual abuse of a young girl, was exonerated after a dog that the accuser had claimed he shot dead was found alive. There had been no DNA, no corroborating witnesses and no other forensic evidence -just the word of girl whose contradictions and memory problems were explained away as “post-traumatic stress” while an innocent man nearly drowned. The idea that all women and girls must be telling the truth at all times about sexual assault allegations because they “have nothing to gain” is perilously detached from reality. Retired NYPD special victim squad detective John Savino, forensic scientist and criminal profiler of the Forensic Criminology Institute Brent Turvey, and forensic psychologist Aurelio Coronado Mares detail the myriad “prosocial” and “antisocial” lies people tell in their textbook, “False Allegations: Investigative and Forensic Issues in Fraudulent Reports of Crime.” “Prosocial deceptions” in-

volve specific motives beneficial to both the deceiver and the deceived, including the incentives to “preserve the dignity of others,” to gain “financial benefit” for another; to protect a relationship; “ego-boosting or image protection (of others);” and “protecting others from harm or consequence. “Antisocial” lies involve selfish motives to “further a personal agenda at some cost to others,” including “self-deception and rationalization to protect or boost self-esteem;” “enhance status or perception in the eyes of others;” “garner sympathy;” “avoid social stigma;” “conceal inadequacy, error, and culpability;” “avoid consequence;” and for “personal and/or material gain.” Let me repeat the themes of my work in this area for the past two years to counter the “Believe Women” baloney: The role of the press should be verification, not validation. Rape is a devastating crime. So is lying about it. It’s not victim blaming to get to the bottom of the truth. It’s liar-shaming. Don’t believe a gender. Believe evidence. Michelle Malkin is host of “Michelle Malkin Investigates” on CRTV.com. Her email address is writemalkin@gmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.

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the General Assembly shall stress his views on protecting American sovereignty as well as outline conditions for U.S. aid to foreign states as well as Multinational organizations such as the UN. But what a difference a year makes. Last September, amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula over Pyongyang’s nuclear proliferation and missile firings, President Trump decisively confronted the threats with blunt rhetorical deterrence. He famously called the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un “Little Rocket Man” and warned that nuclear threats to American territory or that of our Asian allies would not be tolerated. Period. The world held its breath; some expected war. Pundits blamed Trump for talking tough to Kim’s military threats. Even earlier this year, many “experts” expected a conflict between the U.S. and North Korea. Fortunately diplomacy prevailed. Credit the Olympics and common sense. While hosting the Winter Olympics, South Korea’s government played a positive political role in

courting their fellow Korean cousins in the North. To be sure the Olympics allowed a chance for South and North Korea to thaw their once glacial inter-state relations. Equally the USA prevailed upon China, North Korea’s longtime comrade and benefactor, to coerce its minions in Pyongyang to talk rather than shoot missiles. Decisively the Trump Administration decided to play a diplomatic card and with the support of South Korea, holding a Summit in Singapore which was a first step towards convincing North Korea to stop nuclear testing, missile firings, and to embark upon a possible path to denuclearization. Donald Trump did not solve the problem, but stopped the ticking nuclear clock. Now comes a harder part, convincing Kim Jong-un to follow through. The world is watching. 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.

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ing disasters, consumers hoard. We rush to gas stations to top off our tanks. Stores run out of batteries because early customers stock up. Late arrivals may get nothing. America should have learned that when Richard Nixon imposed price controls on gasoline. That gave us gasoline shortages and long gas lines. But politicians don’t learn. Fortunately, kids who learn about free markets via the Stossel in the Classroom charity know better. We ran a contest inviting students to write an essay or make a video about price gouging. Some pointed out that price controls make it hard for people everywhere to get the goods they need. “In modern day, you see countries like Venezuela suffer from the fact that their governments place price controls on all items,” said 17-yearold Annelise Kofod of Raleigh, North Carolina. She won the high school video award. After researching prices and disasters, Maggie Hroncich of Grove City, Pennsylvania, winner of the high school essay contest, said, “actually, the price gougers are the moral ones.” I won’t make claims about their morality. But I do know that allowing prices to rise, even sharply, is the best way to help desperate people get supplies they need. As supplies rush in, prices quickly return to normal. We shouldn’t call it gouging. It’s just supply and demand. The best thing “price police” can do in a disaster is stay out of the way. John Stossel is author of “No They Can’t! Why Government Fails -- But Individuals Succeed.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.

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