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Michael Moffett’s attack on educators and journalists in his review of an article about Hannah Duston is a display of his vast ignorance of history and facts, disguised as scholarly musing. Hannah Duston was born in a colony of Great Britain, making...

I have always loved baseball and growing up in the NY Metropolitan Area in the 1950s and early 60s had the opportunity to attend ball games at Ebbets Field, The Polo Grounds and The House That Ruth Built prior to 1957. I witnessed the great ones;...

As a former (30 years) resident of New Hampshire, I would like to comment on Vikram Mansharamani’s recent My Turn. The first half of the piece outlines the current state of affairs on college campuses. The more important part of the piece lies in the...

I am disappointed that people have to fight another tough fight to end life with dignity when suffering so much already. I will share my experience to explain. I have been diagnosed with gbm glioblastoma terminal brain cancer for 8 years now. I have...

I was deeply disappointed to learn that New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella signed onto a lawsuit with 20 other states to challenge an ATF rule change requiring more firearm sellers to perform background checks. It is simply fact that the...

The NH House and Senate are considering four bills to curtail the rights of transgender students. HB 1205 and SB 341 focus on excluding transgender women from sports. Trans women on rare occasion win a competition. Exceedingly rare have any set a...

Here, in our country, every citizen has the right to vote in free elections. Our NH Constitution guarantees it for eligible NH voters. Yet, our State Senate will soon vote on HB 1569, which could bar thousands of eligible NH voters from voting. If...

Recently, my town has been plastered with large “Chuck Morse for Governor” signs, making me wonder if large national super PACS are providing him with millions like they did during his failed Senate run. Studies show that pervasive signage greatly...

While the front page article did not misquote me, the headline (“Pembroke resident argues for eligibility requirements”) and the way a part of my testimony was interpreted in the article was entirely misleading. I am strongly opposed to this bill. I...

NH does not need legislation born of right-wing conspiracy theories and baseless claims of mass voter fraud. HB 1569 is a solution looking for a problem. Gov. Sununu and our Secretary of State have both said that NH elections are fair and safe. HB...

The Monitor’s front page piece (4/29) regarding Hannah Duston referred to her as an English colonist. No, she was an American pioneer, born in Massachusetts. She was described as “murdering a bunch of Abenaki Indians.” No, she was abducted by...

Marshall and I were perplexed to see the Monitor’s headlined article about the Senate committee hearing on HB 1283 titled, “Who decides the value on a life?” profiling the family of a young man with epilepsy. We are happy for the Kaneb family for...

The Monitor recently reported (“New budget, timeline set,” 4/25) that the Concord School Board would soon be receiving updated/revised schematic designs, including possible alternative designs, for the proposed new middle school along with the...

NH’s pollinators and biodiversity are in jeopardy if pesticides are sprayed by drones in HB 1698. Its amendment would allow them to be sprayed from an elevation of 20 feet. This violates a person’s right to know if poisonous pesticides are being used....

Students are protesting against Israel and Jews on college campuses. Why weren’t these same students protesting the war in Syria? As of June 28, 2022 the United Nations Human Rights Office estimated 306,887 civilians had been killed in Syria between...

Ray Duckler’s story about D.J. Annicchiarico (Monitor, 4/22) reminded me of the following family anecdote. Sometime around 1915, my grandfather, Daniel Herbert Dustin, was driving his wagon in the fine city of Concord when he was hailed by the...

So many anti trans bills have been introduced this legislative session! One of them, HB 396, would allow bans on trans people from bathrooms and locker rooms. This not only affects restaurants, conference centers, ski area, etc. where trans people can...

Good work America! First you visit your wrath on folks crossing your borders trying to survive and find a better life. Now you are beating up and arresting your own children on college campuses for trying to do what is right. Your children are way...

My brother was gay. I didn’t know this growing up. We were close, did almost everything together but this secret of his I did not know. Neither did my parents, strong conservative church going Christians that they were. They didn’t because my brother...

Can you imagine any NH state department, agency or commission using $45 million of our tax dollars but putting roadblocks in the way of a performance audit of the program? The commissioner of education is hoping you don’t care enough to know. Our...