Opinion
Opinion: Unfair taxes, unfair schools: The New Hampshire way
By TED MORGAN
Ted Morgan is a retired professor of political science living in Tamworth.
Opinion: The plight of medical/psychiatric patients in New Hampshire
By JERROLD POLLAK
Jerrold Pollak, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist. He lives in Portsmouth.
Opinion: We should be able to agree on youth mental health and substance use prevention
By TRICIA BRANNON
Tricia Brannon is the executive director of YouthWell New Hampshire. She lives in Goffstown.
Opinion: The billionaire class war around the budget bill
By JONATHAN P. BAIRD
Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot.
Opinion: Fear is “a darkness where negatives are developed”
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: Budget cuts would devastate New Hampshire’s Community Health Centers
By GREG WHITE and SUE DURKIN
Greg White and Sue Durkin are Chief Executive Officers at Lamprey Health Care, a federally qualified health center serving 16,775 patients in Nashua, Newmarket and Raymond.
Opinion: Medicaid budget cuts threaten Granite Staters’ independence
By DEB RITCEY
Deb Ritcey is the president and CEO of Granite State Independent Living.
Opinion: In the fight to stop sexual violence, can polio hold the solutions?
By MOLLY McHUGH
Molly McHugh is the Director of Communications at No Means No Worldwide, an organization dedicated to ending sexual violence. She lives in Orford.
Opinion: Youth addiction prevention deserves our investment
By CELESTE CLARK
Celeste Clark is the executive director of the Raymond Coalition for Youth.
Opinion: Is Western civilization an empathy weakling?
By JEAN STIMMELL
Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com and jstim.substack.com.
Opinion: Momnibus 2.0 will improve care and outcomes for new moms
By DANIELLE ALBUSHIES
Danielle Albushies, MD, is an OB/GYN at Bedford Commons and a board member of the New Hampshire Medical Society.
Opinion: Where are the permanent solutions for a more stable budget?
By SCOTT METZGER
Scott Metzger lives in Hopkinton.
Opinion: Mental health is essential health
By D.J. BETTENCOURT
D.J. Bettencourt is commissioner of the New Hampshire Insurance Department. He lives in Salem.
Opinion: Taking AmeriCorps NCCC away from the next generation is a mistake
By MARIA WILKINSON
Maria Wilkinson is currently a JD student at the University of New Hampshire Law School. She lives in Concord.
Opinion: Downshifting is just another way to say property tax increase
By CATHY ANN STACEY and MARGARET BYRNES
Cathy Ann Stacey is the Rockingham County Register of Deeds and president of the New Hampshire Association of Counties. Margaret Byrnes is executive director of the New Hampshire Municipal Association.
Opinion: New Hampshire needs more hospital competition to lower costs for patients
By KEVIN ST JAMES
Kevin St James is a FF/AEMT and former state representative, county commissioner and selectman in Kingston.
Opinion: My mother’s story
By PARKER POTTER
Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dogwalker who lives and works in Contoocook.
Opinion: The tragedy of Israel’s descent
By JONATHAN P. BAIRD
Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot
Opinion: The value of government-sponsored arts
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: EFAs fund schools that exclude my children
By JENNIFER BELMONT-EARL
Jennifer Belmont-Earl is a mother with two children in public schools. She lives in Barrington.
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