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Opinion: Finding our way back to our core American principles

03-29-2024 7:00 AM

By STUART GREEN

Stuart Green is a retired Navy Commander and former town moderator for Andover. Will our nation peacefully ride out the oppressive, majoritarian impulses of dueling political adversaries locked in an existential struggle? To use a couple of timeworn...


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Opinion: Time is running out to sign up for PFAS-REACH children’s health study

03-29-2024 6:00 AM

By ANDREA AMICO

Andrea Amico of Portsmouth is a Testing for Pease, co-founder. Almost ten years ago, the Pease community learned that our drinking water was contaminated with high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from firefighting foam used when...


Opinion: Targeting transgender kids, ignoring real problems

03-28-2024 3:33 PM

By SHERRY BOSCHERT

Sherry Boschert is the author of “37 Words: Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination.” She lives in Lebanon. Republicans in the state House of Representatives recently narrowly passed a bill targeting transgender kids on a party-line...


Opinion: Nehru, Tagore and Robert Frost at 150

03-28-2024 6:00 AM

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra is the author of several books including the most recent “India In A New Key: Nehru To Modi.” He is working on new book, “There’s Nothing Like The Indian Democracy.” He lives in Hartford, Vermont. Last June in a White House meeting,...


Letter: A more resilient NH

03-27-2024 4:00 PM

A more resilient NHTen years ago, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marked a turning point in ensuring equitable healthcare coverage nationwide. Louis Karno & Company proudly played a pivotal role in this transformation, particularly in New Hampshire,...


Letter: Ukraine and Russian dissidents fighting for freedom

03-27-2024 4:00 PM

Alexei Navalny’s killer Vladimir Putin is no misunderstood or “demonized” despot as Bruce Currie alleges. Putin has a lengthy history of having his political opponents eliminated through extrajudicial executions. On March 17, 2023, the International...


Letter: Israel’s latest land grab

03-27-2024 4:00 PM

President Biden, Israel’s latest illegal land-grab continues a systematic practice which has been going on for decades and which creates the seeds for groups like Hamas. It violates international law, the spirit, if not the letter, of UN Security...


Opinion: Why regular folks should care about wake sport legislation

03-27-2024 3:27 PM

By ELIZABETH HARPER

Elizabeth Harper, PhD is the executive director of the Lake Sunapee Protective Association. It isn’t surprising that many New Hampshire residents are unfamiliar with wake boats and may not feel compelled to urge their representatives in the House to...


Opinion: The truth about gender-affirming care for youth in NH from Dartmouth Health Children’s

03-27-2024 6:00 AM

By FRANCES B. LIM LIBERTY, KEITH J. LOUD and JESSICA A. SMITH

Dartmouth Health Children’s Frances B. Lim Liberty, MD, Medical Director, Pediatric and Adolescent Transgender Program, Keith J. Loud, MD, MSc, Physician-in-Chief, Jessica A. Smith, MSN, APRN, Coordinator, Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult...


Letter: Lack of transparency for EFA audit

03-26-2024 2:49 PM

On March 21, the Monitor published an article about the difficulty the Office of the Legislative Budget Assistant is having in performing its legally mandated audit of the Education Freedom Account (school vouchers) program. The Department of...


Letter: Trout and salmon and lack of ice

03-26-2024 2:49 PM

I love trout and salmon and the outdoors. I hate that our warming climate is going to rapidly decrease the availability of trout and salmon fishing in New Hampshire. Fishing in NH is a popular past time for many residents and is also a source of...


Letter: Death with dignity

03-26-2024 2:49 PM

I was extremely disappointed with Rep. Ouellet’s change of position regarding the current “death with dignity” bill before the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Both of my parents, my dad was age 92 and my mother was age 89, chose to end their...


Letter: School board meeting April 1: No fooling

03-26-2024 2:49 PM

The Concord School Board continues to squander taxpayer dollars, run roughshod over public opinion, and demolish community trust by pushing ahead with plans to build a new middle school at Broken Ground, at a cost of $176 million. A current petition,...


Letter: Putin and Trump

03-26-2024 2:49 PM

Vladimir Putin is a stone-cold killer who has big plans for Russia. Donald Trump is a narcissistic sociopath who has big plans for Donald Trump. Both love power and money. Putin has crushed dissent, using assassination, poisoning, and incarceration....


Opinion: Gov. Sununu, do the right thing and veto anti-trans bills that pass the state house

03-26-2024 8:46 AM

By ALICE WADE

Alice Wade is an aerospace engineer from Dover and the treasurer of 603 Equality, a statewide NH advocacy group for LGBTQ+ rights. At a recent Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce event on March 11, Chris Sununu responded to a question from an audience...


Opinion: A personal perspective on school choice

03-26-2024 8:45 AM

By RICHARD BIRCHER

Richard Bircher lives in Lebanon. The notion that our public school system has been, and is to remain, equated with a comprehensive social virtue, universally acknowledged and appreciated, is no longer the case. To a significant degree, public...


Letter: The chosen

03-25-2024 4:00 PM

It seems to me that Israel’s Netanyahu thinks he is a warrior fulfilling messianic prophecy; a warrior with a mandate to slaughter Palestinians. The United States is complicit in this ethnic slaughter. Indeed, some Americans, spurred by religious...


Letter: It’s time to implement strongest possible pollution standards

03-25-2024 4:00 PM

Communities across America are concerned about the impacts of climate change and pollution in our neighborhoods. I am grateful to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and President Biden for the work they’ve done to...


Letter: Hassan stands up for horses

03-25-2024 4:00 PM

Those who care about our nation’s horses owe thanks to Senator Hassan for standing up and cosponsoring the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act. This federal bill will put an end to the incredibly cruel practice of “soring,” which involves the...


Opinion: New Hampshire students deserve a qualified commissioner of education

03-25-2024 7:00 AM

By LOREN SELIG

Rep. Loren Selig lives in Durham. Loren was certified in elementary education while at Clark University and holds a masters in the Art of Teaching with a focus on Secondary English from The Johns Hopkins University. She taught in Howard County,...



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