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Opinion: An interstate compact for healthcare

By AHMED KUTTY

Ahmed Kutty, MD, lives in Peterborough. The concept of healthcare as a human right and its public funding have gained steady salience in our public discourse recently, thanks largely to the 2016 presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders. Since...

Opinion: Utilities need a business model that’s aligned with the needs of society

By SAM EVANS-BROWN

Sam Evans-Brown is the executive director of Clean Energy NH. For nearly twenty years electricity consumption has been pancake flat in the United States, but that era is about to end. Electrification is coming.Electric vehicles are hitting the road...

Letter: Refocus on our pledge

Please read along with me for a moment while I consider something: I (that’s me) pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America (Our stars and stripes, Old Glory, the red, white and blue) and to the republic for which is stands (Yes,...

Letter: The warring nation?

Seems apparent that we are at war with the Houthis of Yemen. Biden authorized military action without Congressional approval. Protecting the cargo ships in the Red Sea is a global problem. None of our allies will join us in this! That says a lot....

Letter: Thanks, Jim Spain

As a former resident of “Greater Concord” (Henniker and Deering), friends bundle up issues of this fine newspaper and send them on to Maine for us to enjoy. I have been reading with much interest and pleasure the columns of James Spain. He is a...

Letter: You’ve been had

As the state official tasked with representing the interests of New Hampshire’s residential utility customers, I laughed when I read this headline: “Utility to contribute $2.4 million to save Concord gasholder building from demolition.” In reality,...

Letter: NH voters say ceasefire in Gaza an Israel

On primary day a pop-up campaign garnered more than 1,500 write in votes for ‘Ceasefire.’ With approximately 1% of the vote this grassroots campaign raised awareness of the discontent among Democrats with President Biden’s policy in the Middle East....

Opinion: Barriers or borders?

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 I confess, when I’m confronted with a discussion about people immigrating to the United States I vacillate between...

Opinion: Will America’s chickens finally come home to roost

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at theotherazzi.wordpress.com. It never gets any easier.Witness that on Wednesday, Jan. 17, as a malevolent act of cultural genocide, Israel’s military...

Opinion: Finding hope, a way forward amidst the epidemic of violence

By CYNTHIA WHITAKER

Cynthia Whitaker, PsyD, is President & CEO at Greater Nashua Mental Health. She lives in Weare. When I first sat down to write this commentary in the wake of the Lewiston shootings in October, I never imagined that soon after there would be a...

Letter: Our children’s future

See the world through the eyes of our children, if you dare. The leading cause of youth deaths is gun violence. As our children endure active shooter drills, school and mass shootings continue to headline the news. They see our leaders offering no...

Letter: Immigrants are needed

Are you native American? If not, your ancestors, like mine, immigrated from a foreign country. Did they come through Ellis Island, or did they, like many, get on any ship coming to the USA and land at any port on any coast, or come through the...

Opinion: Excluding trans girls will not keep our daughters safe

By MOLLY BRENNAN

Molly Brennan grew up in Weare. She is an artist, disability access advocate and anti-racist organizer. I want to celebrate the sudden enthusiasm I’ve observed for girls’ sports, for keeping locker rooms safe, and for the health and dignity of the...

Opinion: Dads ‘donut’ always make friends easily

By BRIAN ADAMS

Brian Adams of Andover, Mass., is a UNH alumnus originally from Londonderry. He was previously a sketch comedy writing instructor and staff writer at ImprovBoston and a founding contributor to satirical online newspaper Recyculus. He is a father to...

Letter: MVSD school board and the taxpayers

There are some that say when a person questions a school district budget, “wow” that person is trying to get rid of the schools. Very untrue. Asking questions is wanting accountability. Jan 24 at 6 p.m. the MVSD budget hearing was held. I could not...

Letter: The best we can do

Even if you choose to ignore his bullying and narcissistic personality, is a person who is currently under 91 different indictments the best that we can find to nominate for president? Susanne Whitbeck Pembroke

Letter: Republican candidates have evolved, can party leadership?

Last fall all five of the Republican presidential candidates I heard answer the question, Burgum, Haley, Ramaswamy, Hutchinson, and Christie, stated publicly that humans are the most likely cause of climate change. This represents an evolution from...

Letter: Agriculture commissioner creates new category of trucking

The Commissioner of Agriculture weighed in on a local zoning enforcement in Londonderry and gave his “legal” opinion that “agricultural trucking” was a separate category trucking. Here is an excerpt from his “opinion” letter: “The trucking of...

Letter: Trump worse than Victor Orban

As a dual citizen and Hungarian American I have twice voted against the party of Hungary’s Prime Minister Victor Orban. While I do not support Mr. Orban’s style of governing, he has not rejected elections nor advocated for undemocratic laws. He is...