Opinion
Opinion: The truth of it
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 Watching and reading the news today involves frequent exposure to the word “existential,” employed to mean truth....
Letter: The show will go on in Plymouth
The show will go on in PlymouthDowntown Plymouth suffered a devastating fire last week, one that changed the face of Main Street, and threatened our more than 100-year-old entertainment venue, The Flying Monkey. Our theater was filled with more than...
Letter: The folly of parental rights laws
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...
Opinion: Public school standards overhaul will impact every facet of public education in NH
By MEGAN TUTTLE
Megan Tuttle is the president of NEA-New Hampshire. As a mom, I want strong schools for my three boys. As an educator, I want all Granite State students to have access to high-quality educational opportunities, regardless of their zip code. As the...
Opinion: A bad idea for New Hampshire
By ADAM CZARKOWSKI
Adam Czarkowski works in the technology sector and lives in Penacook. Susan McKevitt’s recent opinion column “It’s time to properly fund education” in the Concord Monitor reads like a case for a state income tax without saying the words “income tax.”...
Letter: Edleblut stonewalls legislature’s audit
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...
Letter: Concord School board decisions
Let’s commend the Concord School Board. In a time of polarization, the board managed to unite disparate groups in our community. As Kass Ardinger, former long-term board member said on 12/6/23, “The Concord community has shown a high level of...
Letter: A new voice in the wilderness
Most Americans regardless of which network to gather your news from are left scratching their collective heads wondering what happened to the current generation and what holds true for the future of our country. Then I read the thoughts of Hopkinton...
Letter: Obscenity in schools
The commissioner of education is anxious about pronouns hurting kids in New Hampshire schools. Maybe it’s the active shooter drills they’ve been put through since they were five, but my kids themselves are unperturbed by that stuff. Get a grip and...
Opinion: Medical Aid in Dying would have spared my father’s suffering
By PAT WILCZYNSKI
Pat Wilczynski is a retired psychotherapist living in Concord. The NH End of Life Options Act, HB 1283, would have saved my father. Not from dying, but from the miserable and heartbreaking way he died.His name was Ed Wilczynski. He was over six feet...
Opinion: NH youth’s effort for a more robust climate curriculum
By ELISABETH BIALOSKY and WENDY THOMAS
Elisabeth Bialosky, Youth Campaign Organizer/350NH. Rep. Wendy Thomas, Town of Merrimack. The kids are angry. And they have every right to be.Last summer students and youth advocates concerned about climate change had an idea: “Could we work on a...
Letter: HB 1283 threatens suicide prevention progress in NH
As HB 1283 heads to the Senate, some argue that end-of-life decisions based on terminal diagnoses aren’t suicide, but a choice to end suffering. It is important to call it what it is: suicide. Regardless of assistance, it’s a decision to end life...
Letter: Sununu supports Trump
Regarding Sununu’s comments on supporting Trump during the Stephanopoulos interview, are you kidding me? This is clearly the quintessential example for “there are no words!” Does he raise his kids to believe government insurrections are okay? Lying is...
Letter: Earth Day and the corporate world
Earth Day USA, a moment to contemplate our relationship with nature. A pause, for memories, of my stint as (national) Earth Day USA’s corporate liaison to the “Fortune 100.” How would this business world relate to the special event? Might they be...
Letter: Give me a reason
I have been a registered Republican since I first voted. I’ve never voted straight party line but tended to agree with many Republican values. After the 2016 election I am unable to see evidence of any Republican values. Dysfunction is the way things...
Opinion: Inherited hatred and how to stop it
By ALICE WADE
Alice Wade is an aerospace engineer from Dover and serves as the treasurer of 603 Equality. When I grew up in the early 2000s, I didn’t know what being transgender meant. I grew up in a time when people cross-dressing on TV shows were laughed at,...
Opinion: This stinks, but if you don’t speak up it’s going to reek
By CELESTE CLARK
Celeste Clark is the executive director of Raymond Coalition For Youth. Think it’s not your issue so you don’t need to pay attention? Do you think, well I don’t use it so I really don’t care? Or, are you just plain sick of hearing about marijuana...
Letter: Spending out of control
Between the proposed spending sprees of the Concord City Council and the Concord School Board, soon the only people who will be living in Concord will be the wealthy and the homeless. According to one city councilor, the proposed new police station...
Letter: Justice can’t wait
You wouldn’t buy a used car without “kicking the tires.” Of course you’d do your due diligence to determine whether or not the car was a good deal. As voters we need to exercise the same due diligence. Before we vote in the upcoming election, we need...
Letter: We need young people like you, Tyler
Thank you Tyler Czarkowski, for the My Turn “America needs systemic change.” You are so right! I urge you to consider that all politics starts locally. Plenty is happening within our state that is driven by a national agenda driven by billionaires....
