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By ANDREW CASSEL

Andrew Cassel is the director of communications and science engagement, Hubbard Brook Research Foundation. Here at the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation we’re steadfast Concord Monitor readers, and look forward to the Granite Geek’s take on things...

By DEVON CHAFFEE

Devon Chaffee is the executive director of the ACLU of New Hampshire. Alongside a new year, 2025 will usher in a new Trump administration, a time that will represent a clear and present danger to our country’s democratic processes and institutions...

By NATHAN R. SHRADER

Dr. Nathan R. Shrader serves as Associate Professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Center for Civic Engagement at New England College in Henniker. He can be reached at nshrader@nec.edu. President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter...

By NICK PERENCEVICH

Nick Perencevich is a semi-retired physician living in Concord. I’ve gotten into a habit of traveling by the John Gilbert Winant statue on Park Street, just to the left of the State Library walk up, and saying hello to the former governor. When it...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. From the first moment you enter the federal government, you learn about the obligation to protect federal documents. All federal employees must complete record management training which includes mandatory annual...

By WILLIAM MURPHY

William Murphy is director, Advocacy & Public Policy, Epilepsy Foundation New England. As New Hampshire families plan for the holidays, many are making careful calculations – not about gifts or celebrations but how to afford their prescription...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. A transactional ethos has overtaken our land. We can see its most extreme form in Donald Trump. We also see it blatantly showcased, not...

By JOSH PARKER

Josh Parker is an operations project coordinator in Milford. It’s no secret that healthcare costs have skyrocketed in recent years. According to some estimates, Americans now owe at least $220 billion in medical debt. And yet, rates of chronic disease...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. Thanksgiving weekend we traveled to Portland, Maine to visit our daughter, son-in-law, and our two grandchildren. We drove over hills and through woods passing by...

By AMY VIRGINIA EVANS and MONICA CIOLFI

Amy Virginia Evans is an author whose latest novel, “Debriefing Darly,” explores the impact of the Women’s Movement. Monica Ciolfi is a lawyer and reproductive rights activist. Both women live in Concord. Voters have decided against electing...

By RICHARD MINARD

Richard Minard of Bow is the executive director of Building Community in New Hampshire, whose mission is to help refugees and other immigrants navigate their way to safe, healthy, productive, prosperous, and connected lives. Scores of New Hampshire...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. I expect that for the next one hundred years historians of all stripes will be analyzing and debating our last presidential election. It was pivotal and it marks a turning point where a plurality of voters decided...

By RICHARD BIRCHER

Richard Bircher lives in Lebanon. The notion of a politician advocating policies that are of primary concern to ordinary people is certainly a just representation of democratic ideals and responsibility. In contrast to the media’s often dogmatic...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. I was born in the 1940s and grew up in the 1950s. The ‘50s was a strange chapter in American life: banal, antiseptic, and...

By JACK SAVAGE

Jack Savage is president, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. New Hampshire and Vermont are home to two great environmental success stories: the White Mountain and Green Mountain National Forests. Together they comprise some 1.2...

By MICHAEL SILLS

Dr. Michael Sills was the chief engineer of the New Hampshire Environmental Agency, NHDES-WMD, for nearly 30 years, overseeing the Super Fund, RCRA Solid & Hazardous Waste program, and Emergency Spill Response functions. He also served as chief...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. A news day doesn’t go by without hearing the words, “trust me.” When I hear those words, I’m caught on the horns of a dilemma. First, if a person needs to urge me...

By KARISHMA MANZUR

Karishma Manzur, Ph.D. is a science writer living in Exeter. She volunteers with various groups, including the NH Coalition for a Just Peace in the Middle East which includes NH Veterans for Peace, VT/NH. Jewish Voice for Peace, NH Conf. of United...

By NED WOODY

Ned Woody lives in Bow. Ahmed Kutty’s recent My Turn was a timely one. With Medicare open enrollment under way, seniors face what is often a confusing choice about their Medicare options. While I generally share Mr. Kutty’s opinion that...

By CARISA CORROW

Carisa Corrow of Penacook is co-author of “126 Falsehoods We Believe About Education” and founder of Educating for Good. In Nov. 12th’s Monitor, reporter Jeremy Margolis asserted that “Poorer school districts in Merrimack County [are] lagging on...

By AHMED KUTTY

Ahmed Kutty, MD lives in Peterborough. A week ago, HS my 89-year-old neighbor asked for help to make sense of the calls and ads that were creating confusion and consternation to choose among various Medicare Advantage plans being pitched to her. My...