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Women of my generation, who fought to have our rights expanded in the last decades of the twentieth century, never imagined that those rights would be ripped away by politicians and judges put in place by a minority of our country’s citizens. The...

A bill before the state senate’s Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee, HB 1569, would remove voters’ access to a critical tool for validating their ability to vote when registering or re-registering to vote in New Hampshire. Currently if...

Former President Trump is trying to alleviate his direct responsibility for the attacks on reproductive rights caused by the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Mitch McConnell paved the way by flouting decades of precedent when he...

Suspicions that the man who appeared to be Governor Sununu in an interview with George Stephanopolous recently was actually Lindsay Graham in a rubber mask are ridiculous, of course. The truth is much more pedestrian: Sununu needs a job, so he’s...

Chloe Rattee recently wrote a story on Averill’s Martial Arts Academy. In this story is mention of how “Paul Averill was inspired to study Martial Arts after watching the 1970’s TV show Kung Fu with actor David Carradine.” A similar experience...

Watching Gov. Sununu on ABC with George Stephanopoulos was akin to watching a dog trying to catch its’ tail, or placing your head on the end of a ball bat, round and round you go and everybody getting dizzy from the silliness of the whole thing....

New England’s railroads have been changing in the last few years. CSX has taken over Pan Am Railways, the St. Lawrence and Atlantic is wrapping up an infrastructure upgrade, the Conway Scenic Railroad will begin bussing cruise passengers to the White...

It appears that the two presidential candidates in the upcoming election will be Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Donald Trump is a fascist and Joe Biden has proven himself to be a pathological war criminal. My evidence for saying this about Joe is the...

Chris Sununu’s appearance on ABC’s “This Week” left me, for lack of a better word, stunned. Not because of his support for Donald Trump’s candidacy. I have always known Sununu, despite his support of Nikki Haley and his tepid criticism of Trump was in...

Last November, the Rockingham Superior Court ruled that New Hampshire is failing its constitutional duty to equitably fund an adequate education. The state has two options in response: fund quality public education or just lower the bar. Proposed...

Regarding the My Turn by Wayne Fuller on third party candidates. It was obvious that Mr. Fuller is biased towards a Biden victory. What his My Turn doesn’t explore is the mindset of people who are independent and not blindly loyal to either party....

In 1979, our family moved to New Hampshire. My wife and I were introduced to, and impressed by, the fundamental democracy of New England town meetings. Issues are discussed, votes are taken and everyone goes home to accept and live by the decisions...

Let’s celebrate women in positions of political leadership and encourage others to join them, not challenge others’ candidacy due to a desire to improve gender balance in Congress. I read the recent opinion piece raising concerns with the leading...

With the deciding vote cast by Speaker of the House Packard, Republicans killed a bill to raise eligibility for free and reduced cost meals for NH children whose families make up to 350% of the federal poverty line. GOP leaders argued the cost of...

The New Hampshire Legislature is displaying breathtaking callousness this session in the proposals it is considering regarding the school voucher program to pay families for private school tuition. Calling it unaffordable, the House has killed HB 1212...

Thank you, Paul Nichols, for your kind words on “The Women.” My brother Matt put in his one year of service in Vietnam. He volunteered for the draft to “get it over with” as his number was high on the list, he had just graduated college, and wanted to...

LGBTQ+ Granite Staters are our friends, family, and neighbors. We must stand up against attacks on their rights and urge state lawmakers to reject anti-LGBTQ+ bills this session. The anti-LGBTQ+ legislation introduced this session goes against New...

Letters on April 4 included one that said “I don’t understand” the actions of Israel toward the Gazans. He made several points to illustrate his feelings. I write today to express my sympathy for Craig and so many others who are dumbfounded by the...

I am writing to challenge the members of the New Hampshire Legislature to provide a logical statement as to how “legalizing” dope (oops, marijuana) sales will add a strong and sustaining thread to the fabric of the state of New Hampshire? There is...

Let’s revisit the impactful message delivered by Kass Ardinger to the board on Dec. 6, 2023. In her address, she eloquently highlighted the intricate relationship between community engagement and the distinctive governance system of the Concord School...