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We are inundated with so much disinformation and name-calling. Let me explain what a Republican is. We believe in God. We believe in America. We believe in families. We believe in safe streets and an effective justice system to keep them. If these...

The news is full of reports about the anti-war demonstrations on college campuses. While they are overwhelmingly nonviolent and lawful, there is often some controversial element that can be emphasized to make an exciting report full of inflammatory...

The May 1 crackdown on nonviolent protestors at Dartmouth, carried out by state and local police in riot gear, was a great overreaction. There had been no credible reports of violent acts or antisemitic harassment by the pro-Palestinian...

While I do not endorse Marjorie Taylor Greene’s arsonist style and do not think vacating Mike Johnson does anyone any good six months out from an election with a two-seat Republican majority, she does have a point. For one thing, she and the Trump...

The great college protest of today is against the only democracy in the Middle East. Israel is also the only non-apartheid country in the Middle East. Don’t believe me? As a Christian or a Jew, try living in one of the Muslim countries as an equal...

By DAVID BROOKS

If you missed the display of Northern Lights over the past weekend, keep two things in mind: It was great but not as great as pictures make it seem, and there’s a pretty good chance you can see it again over the next few months.The Northern Lights, as...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The University of New Hampshire’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution Monday calling on the university to conduct an investigation of its police response to a May 1 pro-Palestine protest. The resolution came 12 days after UNH police arrested a dozen...

By ADAM DRAPCHO

The sale of the former home of Camp Menotomy, a summer camp operated by the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, went under agreement almost as quickly as it was advertised for sale.The site, which for generations had served as a summer camp for...

By RICK GREEN

N.H. Rep. Kenneth Weyler apologized to the state House of Representatives recently for making “loud remarks” in two previous general sessions.“I had no right to breach the decorum of this House and its protocol, and I apologize for those remarks. I’m...

By MADYSON FITZGERALD

In the small North Carolina town of Bryson City, just outside Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Kathleen Wain raises two grandchildren in her subsidized-rent apartment, taking them to sing in a church choir on weekends.For the past year and a half,...

By DAVID BROOKS

The body of a hiker missing for almost a month was discovered in Dry River, apparently pinned under a boulder.William Donovan, 65, of Cambridge, Mass, who was last seen April 16, was located by searchers who were directed to the search area after gear...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BELMONT — Going into a game with key starters out certainly wasn’t the most ideal scenario for head coach Matt LeBlanc as his Red Raiders (9-2) prepared to face Monadnock (12-2) in a battle between two of Division III’s top teams on Monday. And even...

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JILL COLVIN, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, directly implicated the former president in a hush money scheme Monday, telling jurors that his celebrity client approved hefty payouts to stifle stories about sex that he feared could be...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Taking cues from other states, New Hampshire lawmakers are pushing for a bill to expedite the eviction of people unlawfully living on private property, but this legislative effort has sparked concerns over its unintended consequences.“This could...

By RAY DUCKLER

For years, lecturer Mohamed Defaa has sought to demystify the social, cultural and historical complexities surrounding the Middle East for Western audiences.Then, on Oct. 7 of last year, this combustible region, already a difficult subject to...

By JIM DOREMUS

Jim Doremus is chair of the board at Riverbend Community Mental Health. He lives in Henniker. Mental health is a serious concern in every corner of the Granite State, but a relatively hidden problem is the high incidence of depression, anxiety and...

In response to the My Turn written by former NH legislators Deborah Reynolds, Polly Campion and Sue Ford (Monitor, 5/11), I would argue that there are a number of different accomplishments and capabilities that can make for a successful federal...

The article highlighting Stephen Donahue’s volunteer work as a local scout leader recognizes a true local hero. Boys and girls joining scouting thrive in the atmosphere of such role models! His own leadership, coupled with that of various parents who...

I have enjoyed Robert Azzi’s opinion columns in the past, especially those in earlier years that offered solid and welcome information on Islam and its adherents’ practices. Sorry to say these have morphed into a terribly one-sided view of the...

If you, like me, often despair of producing a garden in the mix of stones, sand and grit that New Hampshire optimistically calls “soil,” remember that it could be worse. You could be working with dirt from the moon.“It’s hard to grow in this material....