Opinion: Dear Gov. Ayotte, let’s talk about the books

By MANDY TIRRELL

Dear Gov. Ayotte: I am a mother of three grown children and a veteran high school English teacher.

Opinion: Health care will suffer with the passage of the ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ It did not have to be this way.

By BRENDAN WILLIAMS

In a feat of alchemy, the U.S. Senate managed to turn the “Big Beautiful Bill,” which passed in the U.S. House and was already laden with terrible policies, into something far more terrible.

Letter: Groundhog decade

The NH Supreme Court has reaffirmed that the state must increase education adequacy payments (Monitor, July 1), but in so doing has provided no specific dollar amount or strict timetable for the legislature to act. It feels like back to the future — a ruling in favor of the plaintiffs (again) but a ruling with no teeth (again). This is not Groundhog Day. It is Groundhog Decade.

Letter: No room on the high road

Regarding James Mayotte’s letter “Peaceful Protests,” (July 1), I do wish that all peaceful protest remained peaceful. However, If I were being grabbed off the street by armed masked people who would not identify themselves, say where they were taking me, or letting me contact family, I might be grateful if passerbys intervened.

Letter: Why the national debt is important

President Trump is reported to have told Congress to ignore the national debt and conclude the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” The spending bill would add $3.3 trillion to the national debt over the next 10 years. Currently the national debt stands at $36 trillion and costs us $1 trillion a year just to service that debt. That is 16% of total budget. Any increase in the debt means more even higher debt cost.

Letter: Beware of false prophets

Pew Research Center estimates that 85% of white evangelical Protestants vote Republican and 75 % Latter-day Saints vote Republican. Christian Nationalism is a political ideology that advocates for national policies that are based on Christianity and Christian values. There appears to be a connection with white nationalism. Both the evangelical and Mormon denominations are predominately white.

Letter: Cruelty of Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Spending Bill’

“This bill is a farce” – Senator Angus King (I - ME). “Imagine a bunch of guys sitting around a table saying, ‘I’ve got a great idea. Let’s give $32,000 worth of tax breaks to a millionaire and we’ll pay for it by taking health insurance away from lower-income and middle-income people. And to top it off, how about we cut food stamps, we cut SNAP, we cut food aid to people?’... I’ve been in this business of public policy now for 20 years, eight years as governor, 12 years in the United States Senate. I have never seen a bill this bad. I have never seen a bill that is this irresponsible, regressive, and downright cruel.”

Letter: No billionaire tax cuts

According to the Forbes 2025 Global Billionaire list, 902 billionaires live in the United States. Elon Musk tops the list, with Jeff Bezos third with an estimated net worth of $215 billion. For context it would take 75 years of spending over 13 million dollars annually to disburse one billion dollars.

Opinion: The enforcement arm of emerging fascism

By JONATHAN BAIRD

Opinion: The ink is dry on the state budget, and Republicans’ priorities are clear

By LAURA TELERSKI

Opinion: Monkey Trial centennial

By NICK PERENCEVICH

Opinion: America, our shining city on the hill, how far you have fallen

By JEAN STIMMELL

Opinion: A year of gains and deepening gaps in healthcare access in New Hampshire

By JENNIFER MANDELBAUM

Opinion: The importance of ethics in a negotiated peace

By JOHN BUTTRICK

Opinion: Emptying my mind

By DAVE EMERSON

Opinion: Unlike RFK, Jr., I can tell you what happens when an unvaccinated child contracts measles

By DIANNE SCHUETT

Opinion: What Coolidge’s century-old decision can teach us today

By CHRISTOPHER J. DAWE

One hundred years ago this July, a quiet man from Vermont — Calvin Coolidge — made a decision that changed the course of Sino-American relations.

Opinion: Doing law without reason

By JONATHAN BAIRD

Opinion: Let’s pull back from the news and toward each other

Opinion: Let’s pull back from the news and toward each other-