NH Union Leader Publisher Joe McQuaid accepts the 2014 Libertas Award from the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy at its recent dinner in Concord. JBC President Charlie Arlinghaus introduces McQuaid and presents the award for his years defending a free and independent press in the Granite State.

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The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy recently held its 4th Annual Libertas Awards Dinner, honoring Union Leader Publisher Joe McQuaid. New Hampshire's own Carl Cameron, now Chief Political Correspondent for Fox News, came back to the Granite State to share what McQuaid met to him as an example, and a rival.

Cameron is introduced by Josiah Bartlett Center President Rich Ashooh.

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We've been looking back at New Hampshire Public Radio's comprehensive series on higher education in New Hampshire, "A Matter of Degrees". This week's episode brings us three more stories from campus.

First, Word of Mouth examines how college athletes are dealing with the shifting financial landscape of college sports.

Word of Mouth also looks at an unusual course offering, Zombies.

And finally, NHPR staff go straight to New Hampshire college students to get their perspectives on higher education in the Granite State.

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We continue our look back at "A Matter of Degrees", the in-depth series on higher education in New Hampshire from our partners at New Hampshire Public Radio.

Sean Hurley looks at how White Mountains Community College is dealing with declining enrollment.

Rick Ganley highlights a UNH sexual assault prevention program that has gained national recognition.

And Emily Corwin reports on why New Hampshire schools are so excited about STEM.

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This week brings a trio of stories from our partners at New Hampshire Public Radio, as part of this spring's series "A Matter of Degrees" examining higher education in the Granite State.

Are NH students getting their money's worth from adjunct faculty?

How is SNHU competing with a $10,000 Bachelor's Degree?

How is UNH Manchester rebranding to attract new students?

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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough flirted with a Presidential run earlier this year, including a book tour stop in New Hampshire. The four-term Congressman and two-time New York Times best-selling author visited the New Hampshire Institute of Politics & Political Library to talk about his latest work "The Right Path: From Ike to Reagan: How Republicans Once Mastered Politics - And Can Again".

Joined by editor and Pulitzer Prize winning biographer John Meacham, Scarborough urged the Republican Party to return to conservative leaders who were both moderate in temperament and pragmatic in their approach to politics. In Part 3, Scarborough answers a question on where the GOP should go in the face of changing views on issues such as gay marriage and abortion.

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Former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough wants his party to return to the right path. In fact, that's the name of his third book, "The Right Path: From Ike to Reagan: How Republicans Once Mastered Politics - And Can Again".

Earlier this year, Scarborough joined his editor, John Meacham, to discuss his path for the Republican Party at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics & Political Library. In Part 2 of our podcast, Scarborough urges the GOP to be optimistic, even when Democrats are in power, and explains why he'll never get upset at something you write about him on Twitter.

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Author, morning show host, and best-selling author Joe Scarborough recently visited the New Hampshire Institute of Politics & Political Library to promote his new book, "The Right Path: From Ike to Reagan: How Republicans Once Mastered Politics - And Can Again". He was joined by his editor, and a Pulitzer Prize winning author in his own right, John Meacham.

In Part 1, Scarborough advised the GOP to seek out leaders with conservative ideologies, but moderate temperaments, citing Eisenhower and Reagan.

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We conclude our conversation with former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson with the Q&A session from his recent speech at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics & Political Library, "How to Sweet Talk a Shark".

Richardson continues to explain his views on diplomacy with a question about Syria.

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Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson continues his lecture "How to Sweet Talk a Shark", given recently at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics & Political Library.

Richardson concludes his talk by explaining how he used humor with the North Koreans, and why Saddam Hussein was the toughest negotiator he's ever faced. He then takes questions from the St. Anselm students.

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