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John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com Waiting to be seated at a restaurant we frequent, I noticed a sign offering veterans and their spouses free breakfasts or...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com In grade school, I had a teacher who made free use of collective punishment. For example, if the teacher, with her back to...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick lived for 3 months in Jayyous, Palestine as an Accompanier for the World Council of Churches. For 2 years he was Media Coordinator and Communication Strategist for Kairos Palestine. He lives in Concord and can be reached at...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. “Democracies don’t have to die at the end of a rifle,” President Biden recently said. “They can die when people are silent,...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. Recently there have been nuclear missile threats, a suspension of an arms control treaty, the launching of test missiles...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. In the musical, South Pacific, there is a song that includes the verse, “You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear, You’ve...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

With the exception this week, John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com I was having relentless pain. I paced the house all night long, only pausing for an occasional...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. Daily we experience conflicting attitudes on such issues as the economy, health care, women’s rights, the state of the...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. August 6 is Hiroshima Remembrance Day. 78 years ago, a B-29 bomber dropped a uranium gun-type bomb on Hiroshima. It killed...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick lived for three months in Jayyous, Palestine as an accompanier for the World Council of Churches. For three years he was media coordinator and communication strategist for Kairos Palestine. He lives in Concord and can be reached at...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. You’ll hear them from a friend, a politician, a salesperson, a business partner. They are two beguiling words: “trust...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. My day was exhilarating: practicing a new career, meeting new challenges, experiencing optimism and confidence, and living...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. During the last few weeks, local news media has been publishing the names and aspirations of graduating high school...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. I have recently learned about a concept that could go a long way toward healing the great divide in the country. The divide...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. Every day the evening news includes at least one story that necessitates the warning, “the content of this story may be...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. Students for Fair Admissions sued both Harvard and UNC, and asked the Supreme Court to overrule its prior decisions...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. There has been a shift in the behavioral norms of powerful people in politics, industry, business, media, and society....

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. During a recent discussion about racial justice, one person in the group challenged the idea that systemic racism still...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. The interview of a presidential candidate by Kaitlan Collins at the Republican Town Hall hosted by Saint Anselm College...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. News analysts fill the media with caution that our economy teeters on financial crisis and our democracy is under siege....