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By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. In the early 1990s, while attending graduate school at Antioch in Keene, I fell in love with the work of the social worker Lynn...

By JOHN McCOLLISTER

John McCollister lives in Walpole. Commonly known as The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U. S. Constitution are vital to the health of a free and fair democracy. The first of these amendments provides that, “Congress shall make no law...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. If we think it’s a puzzle how Santa gets down and up chimneys and carries enough toys and gifts in his sleigh for all the world’s people, we may have an allegory...

By SUE MCKEVITT

Sue McKevitt lives in Bradford. On Jan. 4, the Kearsarge Regional School Board will hold a deliberative session, voters only chance for input, to discuss the proposed upcoming year’s school budget. Included is Article #5, crafted by petition, to put...

By ANDREW BIEMER

Andrew Biemer is a regulatory agency director in state government. He is a current member of the Concord Public Safety Board and former member of the State Juvenile Parole Board. His 20-year career spans policy, strategic communications, public...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Early in the “Communist Manifesto,” Karl Marx wrote these famous words: “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” Whatever one thinks of Marx, it is undeniable that class...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. I admit it. I fell in love with Kamala and her campaign of joy, which stressed the best in us and charted how we could all move forward...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

As a staff member of the Illinois United Church of Christ Conference, John Buttrick led delegations to Chiapas, Mexico as guests of the Catholic Bishop of San Cristobal. John writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. We...

By MIKE MOFFETT

State Representative Mike Moffett (R-Loudon) write sports columns when he’s not chairing the House Committee on State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs. Traveling around the country allows one to experience unique sports cultures of various...

By TERRY FARISH

Terry Farish is a writer of books for children and young adults, including “Go Home” with Lochan Sharma. She was awarded the 2024 Yates award by the Concord Library Foundation for her work with children and books. The night was clear and cold and the...

By STEPHANIE RUTT

Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt is founding minister of the Tree of Life Interfaith Temple in Amherst. She lives in Nashua. I used to hate Christmas. Well, not “Christmas” really. Just what it’d all come to mean, especially after the kids were grown, and...

By SUE MCKEVITT

Sue McKevitt lives in Bradford. The recent killing of the medical insurance CEO (which I fully disagree with), has sparked a conversation about the role insurance companies play in our lives.Be it homeowners, renters, auto, or health insurance, their...

By JIM FURNISH

Jim Furnish served for 35 years in the US Forest Service, including as Deputy Chief from 1999 to 2002. Forests are complex ecosystems, beyond our full comprehension. But making the right call for the future of our national forests shouldn’t be nearly...

By JONATHAN HOPKINS

Rev. Jonathan Hopkins lives in Concord. There has been a lot of talk about religious freedom. Recently, to prove a point about the need for true religious freedom, the Satanic Temple put a display in front of the State House. I can understand why...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. With all the stories about Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter, I think the main story has been lost. Biden still has time to use his pardon power to good purpose and he has started. He had used the pardon power...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. Christmas this year reminds me of an uneasy congruency between the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory and the Roman occupation of Palestine over two thousand...

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. I retired about five years ago, at the tender age of sixty-two. Because I had read plenty of...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. When I started this essay, the hitman who assassinated Brian Thompson was still running free, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare,...

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra publishes the newsletter “Freedom Public Square” and hosts the podcast “America Unbound.” He lives in the Upper Valley. In his latest book “On Freedom,” Yale historian Timothy Snyder provocatively asserts that “some Americans want to be...

By MILLIE LAFONTAINE

Millie LaFontaine lives in Concord. I have had the privilege of visiting the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, not just once, but several times over the course of my lifetime. Standing in the nave each time, I have felt and understood true awe. The...