Opinion
Opinion: The Declaration of Independence is the antidote to Project 2025
By NICK PERENCEVICH
Nick Perencevich is a retired physician and lives in Concord.
Opinion: Gov. Ayotte on her first 100 days
By KELLY AYOTTE
Republican Kelly Ayotte, of Nashua, is the 83rd Governor of New Hampshire.
Opinion: Empathy is not weakness
By JEAN STIMMELL
Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com.
Opinion: Slot machines are the perfect trap
By AMY MANZELLI
Amy Manzelli is an attorney with BCM Environmental & Land Law, PLLC in Concord and will serve on the board of directors of Granite Staters for Responsible Gaming.
Opinion: New commissioner should prioritize fixing Social Security’s customer service crisis
By CHRISTINA FITZPATRICK
Christina FitzPatrick is the state director of AARP New Hampshire. She lives in Bow.
Opinion: Marks of a great nation
By JOHN D. BUTTRICK
Rev. John D. Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com.
Opinion: Consider the dire consequences of Medicaid cuts
By ANGELA FLETCHER
Angela Fletcher lives in Stoddard.
Opinion: A Republican illusion of fiscal responsibility
By ELEANA COLBY
Eleana Colby represents Merrimack District 9, which includes Bow and Hopkinton, in the New Hampshire legislature.
Opinion: The Department of Education is grossly incompetent. Maybe it’s time for a change.
By ADAM CZARKOWSKI
Adam Czarkowski works in the technology sector and lives in Penacook.
Opinion: Teaching law while the rule of law crumbles
MAILYN FIDLER, MARGARET O’GRADY and SOPHIE SPARROW
Mailyn Fidler, Margaret O’Grady and Sophie Sparrow teach at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law and write in their individual capacities.
Opinion: New Hampshire’s budget crisis is self-inflicted
By TODD SELIG
Todd Selig is the longtime Town Manager in Durham, where he lives with his family.
Opinion: The regrettable spectacle of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election
By JOHN T. BRODERICK JR.
John T. Broderick Jr. is the former dean of UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law and the founder of the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy. He formerly served as Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
Opinion: Students with disabilities have the right to be included in their local schools
By LOUIS ESPOSITO
Dr. Louis Esposito is the executive director of ABLE NH.
Opinion: How Trump, our aspiring dictator-in-chief, restored my patriotism
By JEAN STIMMELL
Jean Stimmell is a retired stone mason and psychotherapist living in Northwood. He blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com and jstim.substack.com.
Opinion: I can hear my clock ticking, but New Hampshire won’t grant my wish of being able to die at home
By WILLIAM POLITT
William Politt lives in Weare.
Opinion: Black sites are us
By JONATHAN P. BAIRD
Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot.
Opinion: Not in my country
By JOHN BUTTRICK
John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com.
Opinion: DOGE's reckless cuts imperil our national parks, forests and wildlife refuges
By JOHN PLONSKI
John Plonski was a finalist for the 2023 Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize for the Promotion of Conservation. He is a former executive of Pennsylvania’s state park and forest systems. While a student at Franklin Pierce University, he served as an assistant to the superintendents at two New Hampshire state parks.
Opinion: Reconsider House Bill 352, forbidding firearms at polling places
By JOHN D. BUTTRICK
Rev. John D. Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com.
Opinion: Bad plan, wrong place
By NANCY MORRISON
Nancy Carbonneau Morrison resides in Mont Vernon and Whitefield. She believes we all rise or fall at the protection or peril of one another.
Your Daily Puzzles
An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."
A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
