Letter: Washington experience is an advantage

In response to the My Turn written by former NH legislators Deborah Reynolds, Polly Campion and Sue Ford (Monitor, 5/11), I would argue that there are a number of different accomplishments and capabilities that can make for a successful federal...

Letter: Great tribute to outstanding scout leader

The article highlighting Stephen Donahue’s volunteer work as a local scout leader recognizes a true local hero. Boys and girls joining scouting thrive in the atmosphere of such role models! His own leadership, coupled with that of various parents who...

Letter: Too much, Robert

I have enjoyed Robert Azzi’s opinion columns in the past, especially those in earlier years that offered solid and welcome information on Islam and its adherents’ practices. Sorry to say these have morphed into a terribly one-sided view of the...

Opinion: Expanding the U.S. Supreme Court: An idea whose time has come

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Where the U.S. Supreme Court is concerned, the shocks keep coming. While you cannot always tell what a court will decide based on oral argument, it was bracing to watch a former president who tried to overthrow his...

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: 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...

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...

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...