Opinion: Women becoming second-class citizens

By ELIZABETH CORELL

Elizabeth (Zib) Corell lives in Concord. I and most of my siblings were born in the 1950s. As a product of the Depression, my mother raised her four daughters to get a good education so we could have jobs and income from them to have our own money...

Letters: Response to ‘College protests’

Michael Frandzel made a thoroughly persuasive case (Letters, May 14). He has convinced me, and I hope others as well: Netanyahu is less horrible than Hamas. Damning with faint praise.William PolittWeare

Letter: Bradley Haas bill

On Thursday, NH Republican Senators voted to kill the Officer Bradley Haas Bill, HB 1711. This was a common sense, bipartisan and modest attempt to keep firearms out of the hands of people like the one who murdered Officer Bradley Haas. On Friday,...

Letter: Why change ED 306 rule

My husband and I sent our four children to NH public schools, elementary through high school; one of our four opted for a private high school, the other three went to public high school. Our children are now accomplished adults in a variety of fields...

Letter: Norris House demolition

This week, when the stately green Norris House on North Main Street is demolished, downtown Concord will lose a piece of its heart and soul. The Victorian home, built in 1860, is a landmark and significant piece of Concords history, and there is one...

Letter: HB 1711 and gun ownership

In tabling HB 1711, it is deeply disturbing that the New Hampshire Senate’s majority felt it necessary to protect the chronic and persistently mentally ill with a history of involuntary psychiatric hospitalization unfettered right to procure and own...

Opinion: Gender clinics save lives

By JONATHAN HOPKINS

Rev. Jonathan Hopkins lives in Concord. Recently I was at the State House to try and get the Senate to vote against passing HB 1185, HB 1205, HB 1312, and HB 1356. These are all anti-trans bills that were part of this legislation session.At the State...

Opinion: Never again to anyone

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. May 6 was Holocaust Remembrance Day. The world failed the Jewish people both before and during the years of World War II, with catastrophic consequences. Six million Jews ended up dying in the concentration camps....

Opinion: Funding public education

By DIANNE SCHUETT

Rep. Dianne Schuett, Merr. 12, Pembroke. To the families of Pembroke, I recently received a resolution from the Pembroke School Board. It was addressed to all of their elected representatives in the state legislature, of which I am one. It calls...

Opinion: While sometimes boring, parenthood is no snoozefest

By BRIAN ADAMS

Brian Adams of Andover, Mass., is a UNH alumnus originally from Londonderry. He was previously a sketch comedy writing instructor and staff writer at ImprovBoston and a founding contributor to satirical online newspaper Recyculus. He is a father to...

Opinion: What it means to be an American

By MICHAEL PELCHAT

Michael Pelchat of Webster is a retired pharmacist and current history student. In 1850, Presbyterian minister, James Thornwell of South Carolina, speaking on the major issue of the day, said “they are atheists, socialists, communists on the one...

Letter: Scrap House Bill 1569

Trump reiterates he will not accept the results of the November election unless he wins. When president, he states he will rewrite the U.S. Constitution to his liking; punish his long list of domestic enemies; reward insurrectionists with pardons; is...

Letter: Response to ‘wildlife in the news’

Thank you to Olia Webb for the May 11 letter condemning the recent barbaric Wyoming incident in which a young wolf was intentionally run over with a snowmobile, tortured and killed for the amusement of the perpetrator. The letter writer poses an...

Letter: A divided city?

For many reasons I was strongly in the Rebuild at Rundlett camp. I saw my property taxes increasing and valuable green space being paved over. However, I began to consider the kind of city that I wish to live in and realize that this decision will...

Letter: Concord High production

Having lived in Concord for over 50 years, I was fortunate to have been invited to see Mamma Mia! at Concord High. It was amazing! Magnificent voices, fabulous choreography, and great musical accompaniment all made this a very special event indeed! If...

Letter: Gaza War

The news of Palestinians in Gaza being bombed, starved, subject to artillery fire, and imprisoned, is hard to watch. It is understandable that the young people in our country are moved to protest on college campuses. I remember the anti-Vietnam...

Opinion: Looking forward to resting in motion

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. Not too long ago, Nancy Jo and I finally buttoned up our estate planning documents. Ours is...

Opinion: Technology and the human brain

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com Is technology crushing human creativity? That was the question asked in the May 11 article in the Concord Monitor about a recent Apple...

Opinion: Show support for transgender girls

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.comIt is no surprise that some people are uncomfortable when issues of sex and gender are acknowledged to be a part of the...

Opinion: Brown v. Board of Education and the Claremont Lawsuit

By RICHARD W. OSBORNE

Richard W. Osborne lives in Contoocook. Today, May 17, is the anniversary of a milestone in American jurisprudence. It was on this date, seventy years ago that the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of Brown v. Board of...