Opinion: It’s hard to trust the nation’s adoption of antisemitism as its cause celebre

By ANDRU VOLINSKY

Andru Volinsky lives in Concord. A version of this column first appeared as a Substack post at: andruvolinsky.substack.com. As a Jew, I dislike the current focus on antisemitism. I am uncomfortable being singled out because of my religion regardless...

Opinion: Vote for those rooted in serving the people, communities of our state

By DEBORAH REYNOLDS, POLLY CAMPION and SUE FORD

Former State Senator Deborah Reynolds, Plymouth. Former State Representative Polly Campion, Etna. Former State Representative Sue Ford, Easton. As we head into campaign season, and with Congresswoman Annie Kuster’s retirement this fall, New...

Opinion: Building a heritage of integrity for the next generation.

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com Each of us is a micro incarnation of our national and family heritage. That heritage includes values such as hard work,...

Opinion: Entropy has been weighing on my mind and body

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. “Even the words that we are speaking now / thieving time has stolen away, / and nothing can return,” – Horace’s Odes, 23 BCWatching my...

Letter: Government priorities

This year the Biden Administration rolled out two technology changes. The first was a revamp of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The second was a new portal that makes it easier to file your income tax. One change was supposed to...

Letter: Wildlife in the news

On Feb. 29, Cody Roberts of Daniel, Wyoming intentionally ran over a young wolf with his snowmobile. He then taped its snout, to a bar where he displayed this injured wolf for photos and laughs, all the while ignoring its suffering, pain, and fear. He...

Letter: Lafayette would be in tears

On the 20th of May, we will celebrate Lafayette, the French nobleman influential in tipping the balance of the Revolutionary War in favor of us. Our rebellion succeeded, in great part, due to his agreement with the self-evident truths of The...

Opinion: Suppressing student protests: It’s about Palestinian erasure, not antisemitism

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at robertazzitheother.substack.com ‘For over half a century, Israel’s strategic dilemma has been its inability to erase the Palestinians, on one hand, and its...

Opinion: Preserving our historic properties

By SARAH MATHIEU

Sarah Mathieu lives in Concord. I am a Concord resident that has renovated apartments in a historic multifamily house downtown. The house was built around 1850 and occupied by Steven K. Blaney, a Concord Coach painter for the Abbot-Downing company.It...

Opinion: An opportunity to help law enforcement protect children

By JOHN PIZZURO

John Pizzuro is the CEO of Raven, a 501(c)4 organization dedicated to protecting children from victimization by raising awareness of the threat of online child exploitation, increasing resources and funding to law enforcement, and lobbying for policy...

Letter: June 4 deadline to confirm party affiliation

Did you switch back to undeclared (i.e. “independent”) at the January presidential primary? Are up sure? Voters who are registered as undeclared may choose which party’s ballot they want to vote at a primary. The voter legally becomes registered as a...

Opinion: Invest in child care for NH families

By LEANNA LORDEN

Leanna Lorden is Chief Operating Officer at White Birch Center. At the White Birch Center, we experience the child care crisis every day. The bright red banner on top of our website reads: “No open enrollment opportunities until Fall 2025 for infant,...

Opinion: The slippery slope that should scare us? The trend of legislatures getting involved in personal medical decisions.

By CAPPY and MARK NUNLIST

Cappy and Mark Nunlist live in Lebanon. HB 1283, the Medical Aid in Dying Bill (MAiD), has passed the NH House by a slim margin and is now before the Senate. The three primary objections to the bill are one, the bill will morph into a mandate to...

Letter: Physician-assisted suicide puts too many at risk

A Monitor My Turn concluded that HB 1283 would not impact overall NH suicide rates based on data from Oregon. In 1998, Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide (PAS) for people with terminal illnesses. While the overall...

Opinion: Protecting NH from PFAS

By CHRIS SERRAO and GHENA KUBBA

Chris Serrao and Ghena Kubba are students at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter. “There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings. The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous...

Opinion: Thank goodness for New Hampshire teachers

By DEB HOWES and MEGAN TUTTLE

Deb Howes lives in Hudson and is the president of AFT-NH. Megan Tuttle lives in Concord and is the president of NEA-New Hampshire. Every student, no matter the color of their skin or the zip code they live in, deserves educators who are caring,...

Letter: Colby-Sawyer commencement

Ann Fournier, faculty member honored to address graduating students, insisted that she was entirely an “ordinary” person. For example, she did not give formal prepared lectures, she continued with a litany of her “ordinary” habits. I was afraid that...

Opinion: NH should support SB 553

By STEVE DUPREY

Steve Duprey is the owner and president of The Duprey Companies. As a New Hampshire native of many generations, I know a large reason this is such an exceptional place to live, work, own a business and raise a family is the way our institutions and...

Opinion: Let’s not go back

By GAIL DIMAGGIO

Gail DiMaggio lives in Concord. A friend challenged me to write about reproductive rights because, she said, “You’re old enough to remember.” She had a point. The young, of course, never experienced what women faced before Roe. And for a lot of...

Letter: Facts matter

Michael Moffett’s attack on educators and journalists in his review of an article about Hannah Duston is a display of his vast ignorance of history and facts, disguised as scholarly musing. Hannah Duston was born in a colony of Great Britain, making...