From the Left By Brendan LeRoy In October 2014, Rockingham County joined Hillsborough County as a high intensity drug trafficking area. The benefit of this designation is that local officials are allocated...

From the Left By Brendan LeRoy A few weeks ago I decided I had become too reliant on my smartphone. Here at UNH the dependency on these devices is extreme as I watch people walk and text at the same time...

From the Left By Brendan LeRoy Last year I stumbled upon the Seacoast’s WQSO on 96.7 FM, which features conservative talk radio hosts. When I leave campus the station features Rush Limbaugh, which is...

From the Left By Brendan LeRoy On Wednesday, my mother screamed up the stairs: “Brendan, Brendan! I think the President is going to declare war on ISIS!” I had not slept much for days so I acknowledged...

From the Left By Brendan LeRoy   My brother has what his doctor calls “restrictive eating,” meaning that he is not just ‘picky,’ but rather has a fear and repulsion of food so severe that he...

From the Left By Brendan LeRoy Since I was a child I have enjoyed pondering the puzzles and mysteries of life. What lies beyond the stars or the depths of the oceans? How did the people tens of thousands...

From the Left By Brendan LeRoy Ferguson should become the contemporary poster child of the American culture war. Nov. 24 marked the city of Ferguson, Missouri’s eruption of anger and violence as a result...

From the Left By Brendan LeRoy Yesterday I awoke from a terrible nightmare; a frightening reality depicting the future of humankind. In my nightmare, I was on a street alongside many people yet I did not...

From the Left By Brendan LeRoy As the writer of this column, it is imperative that the readers know I am not a liberal. In these columns I do not defend liberalism, although I sympathize with their cause....

From the Left By Brendan LeRoy Since the foundation of the American republic, the theory of a government by the people has permeated governments around the globe. The supremacy of the democratic system...

From the Left By Brendan LeRoy The reason the American political system has worked so well for the United States lies in the fact that our constitution was written for the 18th century agricultural country...

From the Left By Brendan LeRoy Born into a society of endless freedom and opportunity should demand our unwavering respect and gratitude. The founders protected these steadfast and inalienable rights which...