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Opinion: End the “war” and the path to the presidency becomes sustainable
03-07-2023 7:00 AM

By MICHAEL L. FISCHLER

Michael L. Fischler of Holderness is professor emeritus of Counselor Education and School Psychology at Plymouth State University. He founded the university’s counseling center and taught courses on comparative culture and diversity for 50 years....


Opinion: The Sununu Youth Services Center needs to be closed, and replaced, now
03-07-2023 6:00 AM

By KEITH KUENNING

Keith Kuenning of Bow is advocacy director at Waypoint and a member of the Juvenile Reform Policy Group. In 2021, the NH Legislature enacted a requirement in the state operating budget that the Sununu Youth Services Center (SYSC) close in March 2023....


Opinion: On fear and the Free State Project
03-06-2023 7:00 AM

By CONNER DRIGOTAS

Conner Drigotas of Winchester is the managing editor at insideinvestigator.org and a Capitalist advocate for peace. Last week my family sat down to watch NBC Boston’s new documentary “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of New Hampshire,” a look at the...


Opinion: Elizabeth Eckford, the Little Rock Nine, and desegregation
03-06-2023 6:00 AM

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Before going south on a civil rights trip organized by the Nation Magazine, I had never been to Little Rock, Arkansas. I was only vaguely familiar with the struggle to integrate schools there in the 1950s. There was...


Opinion: The chatbot menace
03-05-2023 8:00 AM

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. Artificial intelligence, in the form of large-scale language models like ChatGPT, is causing some to say the sky is falling. My biggest...


Opinion: Signs of the times
03-05-2023 7:30 AM

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. Three signs of the times with a common theme have caught my attention this past week. Scores of newspapers, including the...


Opinion: The high priest of truth
03-05-2023 7:00 AM

By RICHARD BIRCHER

Richard Bircher lives in Lebanon. Frequently, local columnists contributing to our regional publications refer to articles written by the New York Times (NYT). Clearly, the intent is not merely to reference a well-known news source that’s perceived as...


Opinion: As culture wars rage​, child labor ​persists
03-05-2023 6:04 AM

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at theotherazzi.wordpress.com. “In Los Angeles, [migrant] children stitch “Made in America” tags into J. Crew shirts,” the New York Timesreports. “They bake dinner...


Opinion: Dear soon-to-be graduates
03-05-2023 6:00 AM

By BRINKLEY BROWN

Brinkley Brown of Concord is a Peace Corps Volunteer currently serving as an English teacher in Rwanda. It was about this time two years ago when I applied to the Peace Corps. I had just begun my final semester of college and, as it happens when...


Opinion: HB 514 would hurt vulnerable adolescents
03-04-2023 7:01 AM

By SCOTT LOUNSBURY

Scott Lounsbury lives in Wolfeboro. I know that many of our representatives have New Hampshire youth in their hearts and minds when they promote HB 514, but I have to register my fear for New Hampshire’s adolescents, should this bill pass.I wish you...


Opinion: Living with art
03-04-2023 6:00 AM

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 ContoocookOn my daily walk, when I see a soft hazy sun, it always reminds me of an etching by Betty...


Opinion: Concerns on climate disruption
03-03-2023 7:01 AM

By LAURA MAGZIS

Laura Magzis lives in Penacook. I have been concerned about climate change since the late 1980s when I first read about it in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This was a year or two before I moved to New Hampshire, where I hoped to resume the winter...


Opinion: Dominion v Fox, a defamation case worth watching
03-03-2023 6:00 AM

By JOSEPH D. STEINFIELD

Attorney Joseph D. Steinfield lives in Keene and Jaffrey. He can be reached at joe@joesteinfield.com. In 1964, the Supreme Court decided New York Times v. Sullivan. Before that decision, American defamation law, meaning libel and slander, followed the...


Opinion: Hate knocks at our doors. How long can we wait for leaders to lead?
03-02-2023 7:00 AM

By ELLA SCHWOTZER

Ella Schwotzer lives in Londonderry. New Hampshire has a problem. It was hidden for many years, but is now rising to the surface and our local, state, and federal leaders remain unaware or unprepared. The great Granite State is seeing a rise in hate...


Opinion: NH’s community mental health centers need a rate bump
03-02-2023 6:00 AM

By JAY COUTURE

Jay Couture is president and CEO of Seacoast Mental Health Center in Portsmouth. She lives in Rye. New Hampshire’s community mental health centers are requesting that policymakers and budget writers increase Medicaid reimbursement rates in a...


Opinion: Hatred won’t be tolerated in our schools
03-01-2023 7:00 AM

By TIM SWEENEY-FANELLI, KATE WEST and JESS CAMPBELL

Tim Sweeney-Fanelli, Kate West and Jess Campbell are Concord residents and parents of Christa McAuliffe School students. They are the group administrators for the ‘Support for Mr. Allard’ Facebook group. We represent a group of hundreds of parents and...


Opinion: Defend the Commission on Native American Affairs
03-01-2023 6:00 AM

By PAUL W. POULIOT and DENISE K. POULIOT

Paul W. Pouliot, Sag8mo, and Denise K. Pouliot, Sag8moskwa, are leaders of the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook - Abenaki People. As leaders of the Cowasuck Band and the Indigenous NH Collaborative Collective, we urge New Hampshire lawmakers to defend...


Opinion: Alternative visions
02-28-2023 7:00 AM

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. James Speth, the former dean of Environmental Studies at Yale, made this confession. He had previously considered the greatest...


Opinion: The anti-abortion movement’s dilemma
02-28-2023 6:00 AM

By JOHN L. CAMPBELL

John L. Campbell is the Class of 1925 Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Dartmouth College.  His most recent book is “Institutions Under Siege: Donald Trump’s Attack on the Deep State.” Anti-abortion activists marched in Washington D.C. last month. In...


Opinion: Unsung heroes of the Mississippi movement
02-27-2023 6:00 AM

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. We have all heard the expression “living history.” When I was in college, I had several professors who could make learning come alive but as an adult, it seems rare to have that “on fire” type experience. So I feel...

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