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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...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. As people sort through election results, one thread that has commonly emerged is the idea that Trump won because he was the “change” candidate. He was the disruptor, who was anti-establishment. This supposedly...

By DOUG LOWE

Doug Lowe, outdated lighting consultant, lives in Concord. Ten years ago, in a monograph, I expressed my worries concerning wealth distribution in the U.S. My basic concern was that a concentration of wealth was threatening the survival of American...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. This is my hinoki tree or, to be more exact, its shadow. The shadow represents, as Carl Jung understood, all the painful things we...

By MILLIE LaFONTAINE

Millie LaFontaine lives in Concord. When winter is near, what child doesn’t long for a snow day? You know, that out-of-the-blue gift of snow when you haven’t done your homework or you are supposed to be ready for a quiz? Instead, you can create a...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. Thanksgiving is less than a week away. It is a day of family, football, and parades. Many gather around the dining room table for a traditional meal that includes...

By MIKE MOFFETT

State Representative Mike Moffett (R-Loudon) played college basketball at Plymouth State before the advent of the three-point shot. I’m someone who sometimes thinks “outside the box,” to use that timeworn cliché.For example, as a state representative...

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. Not long ago, I was riding in a car with some friends and their two daughters, a...

By BRENDAN WILLIAMS

Brendan Williams is the president and CEO of the New Hampshire Health Care Association. As Gov. Chris Sununu leaves office, his legacy will no doubt be subject to bouquets and brickbats, depending on one’s partisan view. However, from the perspective...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. I admit to a fascination with the holes in American history. That is, the time periods outside our blockbuster events like the Revolution, the Civil War, and the 20th-century World Wars. There are periods where...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com Along with friends and the media, I’ve been trying to understand the dynamic behind Donald Trump being elected to be...

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra lives in the Upper Valley. He hosts the podcast “America Unbound.” A fascinating, puzzling aspect of U.S. politics has been the willingness of voters to look beyond Donald Trump’s legal and ethical controversies. These voters were often...

By TOM IRWIN

Tom Irwin is Conservation Law Foundation’s Vice President, New Hampshire. As we congratulate Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s next governor, we face a moment of opportunity for our state. The governor-elect has the chance to address some of the most...

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at robertazzitheother.substack.com. ‘Ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy of justice,” James Baldwin, “No Name in the Street,” 1972.We know that...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. I have been in a state of suspended animation since Donald Trump won the election. It’s like I was peacefully walking down my driveway...

By RALPH JIMENEZ

Ralph Jimenez of Concord served on the Monitor editorial board. Last summer, as I watched first a young grifter then an old mountebank take the stage at the University of Georgia in Atlanta to hold what was billed as a political campaign rally, I...

By ADAM CZARKOWSKI

Adam Czarkowski works in the technology sector and lives in Penacook. Since the election results were announced I have heard a lot of people questioning how so many voters could support Donald Trump. I don’t think that is the right question. The...

By ANN PODLIPNY

Ann Podlipny lives in Chester. ‘I’m dying inside every day,” states Ayman Nijim, a child welfare advocate from Gaza and a former project manager of a healing project titled, “Let the Children Play and Heal” In a recent discussion with New Hampshire...