Tuesday, June 18, 2013
In the mid-1970s my son, 22 at the time, was already addicted to alcohol. After his third arrest for DUI, my son was told by his attorney (a recovering alcoholic) that he needed help. My son spent one year in a residential treatment facility, after which he went …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
In the June 14 issue of the Monitor, Fox News host Chris Wallace responded to the findings of the New York Times regarding the number of TV appearances made by different political figures. Between 2010 and June 2013, U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte had appeared 11 times while U.S. …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The state of New Hampshire has been running a Medicaid scam for years to shore up its budget. Now that we can legitimately get federal money to expand Medicaid, it’s quite ironic that the Senate Republicans have decided they don’t want it. Instead they want to make 58,000 …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Kudos to the Monitor for its editorial (“No need to break parolee confidentiality,” June 9) condemning the idea of making public the identities of citizens on parole – in essence, a criminal offender registry. I do, however, take issue with one paragraph. The editorial stated, “The state’s corrections …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
This weekend, Iran’s interior minister confirmed that Hassan Rowhani had secured an outright majority in presidential elections, eliminating the need for a run-off. Rowhani trounced the competition, securing just over 50 percent of the vote and beating his …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
By applying old principles to new science, the U.S. Supreme Court found its way to the right decision in an important genetics case last week. The result will be lower costs, more alternatives and perhaps improved results in testing that can reveal whether women carry mutations that make …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Americans don’t trust Congress. “So what’s new?” you say. Americans trust Congress less than ever in polling history, according to the latest Gallup Poll. At 10 percent it’s even lower than big business, organized labor and the media, which consistently drag along the bottom. And it is lower …
Monday, June 17, 2013
The state Senate budget as described in Sen. Chuck Morse’s apology (“Senate budget is responsible and honest,” Monitor Forum, June 14) is not, as the headline tries to suggest, either “responsible” or “honest.” Because its rejection of Medicaid expansion leaves 58,000 New Hampshire residents without health insurance (see …
Monday, June 17, 2013
I would love to see some letters from local employers and companies informing everyone of the cost increases that they will experience with the implementation of Obamacare next year. It is no secret that premiums will be increasing sharply, deductibles will more than likely double, co-pays for prescriptions …
Monday, June 17, 2013
I hope fellow constituents of Sen. David Boutin will join me in asking him to do what is best for New Hampshire by accepting federal funding to expand Medicaid. This money is already set aside for our state and will bring quality, affordable care to families in need. …