Hodes Introduces Granny D Constitutional Amendment
Doris “Granny D” Haddock’s groundbreaking impact on campaign finance reform did not end with her passing. Yesterday, Paul Hodes carried the banner further, and in her name (from an email release):...
View ArticleOpen Thread: I Can Imagine a Nation
Granny D at The Poet’s farm, 2004: We see the one less traveled by great nations. I can imagine the end of this century quite differently. I imagine the great Appalachian Mountains in all their...
View ArticleYour Friday Granny D
Granny D in 2001, from “Old Elijah’s Tree (when life is too much)“: We have hard work to do in this life, and it can get very discouraging. It is hard work, loving each other, helping each other,...
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Election Day Open Thread: “Of, By, and For the People”
Granny D, shortly before she was arrested at the Capitol: Dear friends, we would never seek to abolish now what has become our dear United States. But it is our constant intention that it should be a...
View ArticleYour Christmas Eve Granny D
When looking for leadership and inspiration – in short supply these days – Doris Haddock never fails: My dream of political reform will come true. I may live to see it from this side of life, or I will...
View ArticleOpen Thread: From Our Own Hearts
Doris “Granny D” Haddock: My walk was difficult and it was painful. But I did not care for the difficulty or the pain because I valued what I was doing, and, by doing, I valued the life I had...
View ArticleJim Haddock, Granny D.’s Son, Dies At 75
A note was sent out today from friends of Granny D. who are continuing her cause that Jim Haddock, son of Doris, died at the age of 75. He lived in Dublin and was an activist of his own, working with...
View ArticleBill McKibben is coming to Concord!
Granny D left us a legacy of her work for campaign finance reform. She’s a NH hero for her walk across the country at the age of 90, and her run against Judd Gregg for the US Senate in 2004. She left...
View ArticleGranny D. Would Be Disgusted: Voter ID & Political Spending, 2012
Voter ID — the Republican brand of it — is under discussion in Concord. Here is my latest column in The Portsmouth Herald, offering what I think would be Granny D.'s disgust with that, and corporate...
View ArticleRep. David Pierce: Hero Of Equality — Champion Of Much, Much More
When I heard some months ago that Senator Matt Houde would not run for re-election, I felt regret that our state would be losing a fine leader. I have long felt Matt would be an excellent candidate...
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