Letter: Wood is good

As Spring Ledge Farm’s Greg Berger demonstrates in “With energy prices soaring, some see wood heat as a chance to ‘buy local’” (Amanda Gokee, NH Bulletin, 1/7) sourcing your heating fuel locally is important from both a price and environmental...

Letter: To meet climate goals, tighten methane regulations

The urgency of the climate crisis becomes more apparent each passing year. As the Concord Monitor reported just days ago, 2022 was the fifth or sixth warmest year on record. The year saw a panoply of natural disasters and extreme weather around the...

Opinion: Bending the arc to embrace the promise of justice

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at theotherazzi.wordpress.com. This week an arc bent toward justice in Boston Common, where a 20’ tall bronze sculpture was unveiled to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin...

Letter: Political speech?

The attorney general in NH has decided to charge two men with violations of NH’s civil rights laws for hanging a banner that read “Keep New Hampshire White” over a bridge. The geniuses involved are being charged with trespass and hate speech and face...

Letter: Election system isn’t broken

New Hampshire’s election system is noted for being honest and accurate. Its purpose is to allow every voter the right to vote in every election. The system “ain’t broke”. In the last legislative session the Republicans passed and the governor signed...

Letter: Thoughts on the proposed casino

Concerning the proposed casino which is moving forward after Wednesday’s meeting: What do Laurie and Andy Sanborn care about? Are you concerned about the huge increase in traffic congestion that will result from this venture? Making an already...

Opinion: Advancing the algorithm

By RALPH JIMENEZ

Ralph Jimenez of Concord served on the Monitor editorial board. The first warning sign of dementia, as the ads that regularly interrupt the narrative of online newspaper and magazine copy urge me to explore, would be clicking on one of those ads. It’s...

Letter: Identity politics is destructive to our society

Several recent letters criticized Rep. Moffett’s My Turn (12/22/22) challenging the Democrats adoption of identity politics. These letters tried to justify identify politics, a political point of view that’s destructive and dividing our country. In...

Letter: Term limits

U.S. Term Limits Article V resolution HCR 4 is being heard by the New Hampshire House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs Committee on Friday, January 20th in the Legislative Office Building (LOB) in Concord. Supporters of term limits (as...

Letter: 2023 course selections

I find the recent focus of the House Education Committee interesting. Pushing for the study of communism and cursive writing while ignoring the study of race and gun violence in our schools. Where are the courses teaching the history of the genocide...

Opinion: Make Medicaid expansion permanent in NH

By CHRISTOPHER KOZAK

Christopher Kozak is president of Community Partners in Dover, a member of the NH Community Behavioral Health Association. He lives in Portsmouth. In 2016, advocates for persons with mental illness and those dealing with addiction, including the NH...

Letter: Opposed to Sanborn’s casino

This week the Concord Planning Board will consider the application for Andy Sanborn’s casino to be located on the Heights. He currently owns The Draft and has casino-type gambling already. This would expand it a great deal. I am opposed to the casino...

Letter: Excited for Sanborn’s casino venue

I would like to urge the planning board and city council to approve the new entertainment venue being proposed by Laurie and Andy Sanborn near the end of Loudon Road. The expanded gaming, restaurant, and brew-pub would be welcome additions to the...

Letter: A drive to Boston

My wife and I drove down to Boston today. Due to the pandemic it had been several years since we had made the trip. Everyone drives faster now. I was doing 70 and being passed continuously by other vehicles. More drivers were weaving in and out. The...

Opinion: Modern-day redlining in Concord

By KEVIN PORTER

Kevin Porter lives in Concord. If there is any doubt about how the disparities in our community are exacerbated by city spending (or lack thereof), look at the recent conversations around recreation spending within the city of Concord. Proposing that...

Letter: Shortage of nurses

This country has gone crazy with four year degrees. I think there are many individuals who would love to go into nursing, but can’t afford the cost of a four year degree. Let’s get the large hospitals to open their school of nursing programs...

Letter: Response to ‘Violent pastimes’

Thank you, Millie LaFontaine (“Our violent national pastimes,” Monitor, 1/15) for your courageous and competent writing regarding professional football and gun ownership. Supporting “the common good over personal freedom” applies to both, and will not...

Opinion: What does caring for a community look like?

By JESSICA LIVINGSTON

Jessica Livingston lives in Concord. When archaeologists and anthropologists discovered a human skeleton with a broken femur that had healed over, it was determined that that is when human civilization began. The fact that it had healed over meant...

Opinion: Restore asylum and build a better world

By MAGGIE FOGARTY and GRACE KINDEKE

Maggie Fogarty is the NH Program Director for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Grace Kindeke is the Program Coordinator for AFSC’s NH Program and winner of this year’s Martin Luther King award. In the weeks before the holidays, as many...

Opinion: Debunking a negative picture of hospice care

By BETH J. SLEPIAN

Beth J. Slepian, MBA PT, is president & CEO of Granite VNA. ProPublica and The New Yorker recently published a lengthy feature story that paints a negative picture of hospice in the United States. The article, “How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle”...