Wednesday, May 22, 2013
I grew up in Preston, Conn, where most residents worked for defense contractors or for one of the local dairy farms that used to dot the area. When the Cold War ended and defense companies were laying people off, locals wondered where the next big employer would come …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Re “Blessed be the school” (Monitor front page, May 18): Lizarda Urena needs to stop preaching on the campus of Concord High School. This is a clear violation of the separation of church and state, regardless of the principal’s view. Has the school board been advised of this …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The latest news on the health-care front is the federal requirement for hospitals to disclose charges for various procedures. I assume the intent is to either embarrass hospitals into reducing charges or to encourage patients to choose lower-cost hospitals. The problem with the consumer choice goal is that, …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
For the past few weeks, Sen. Kelly Ayotte has been the recipient of some pretty pathetic criticism for her stand on the background check vote in the U.S. Senate. I liken the situation to this: Imagine taking a dog for a walk in the woods and coming across …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
My sympathy for Joe Lajoie and Carol Leonard’s beautiful Gladys (Monitor obituary, May 17). It is very touching that other people love their pets so much. I have had eight dogs pass due to old age or illness, but they are not forgotten. LOUISE HISLOP Alexandria …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Sen. Kelly Ayotte is not telling the truth about the Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act she’s cosponsoring. This legislation was designed to provide political cover for politicians like Ayotte who irresponsibly voted against the Manchin-Toomey compromise bill and does not improve the existing background check …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
We’re here on the Lost Coast of northern California. We drove eight hours from San Francisco along scenic Route 1, a corkscrew of a highway with beautiful views but ditches to the right and cliffs to the left …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Today is a day for state representatives to look out for their own. By that we mean the hometown businesses that provide jobs, pay taxes, support sports teams and give a city or town vitality and a sense of place. Every existing business would be harmed by the …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Boy, there’s a lot of congratulating to be done today. Yesterday, just as Ben Conant and Keith Testa were putting the finishing touches on their giant annual Cappies Awards edition of The Concord Insider, they got word that they, too, had won a big award. The Cappies, for …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The hypothetical people in Millennium Gaming’s rendition of a casino room are all young, slender and white. Some are in uniforms designating employees (middle-aged or people of color need not apply?). Where are the overweight, the elderly, the limbless, the shabby, the desperate? Not a wheelchair or a …
