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By KRIS BELLEROSE, PETER WARBURTON and ZACK SHEEHAN

Kris Bellerose is the Allenstown School Board Vice Chair. Peter Warburton is the Allenstown Superintendent within SAU53. Zack Sheehan is the director of NH School Funding Fairness Project. Other school districts interested in completing this exercise...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. The sky is falling, cried the media last week. Headlines blared that China’s population has started declining and will shrink...

By SUSANNAH COLT

Susannah Colt is a resident of Whitefield and can be reached at susannahbcolt@gmail.com. As they marched into each area of Afghanistan, the Taliban closed down girls’ schools, and fired women teachers. They banned women from universities. Women could...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. Faith-based nationalism is a separatist movement by a splinter group from a primary religious faith. It is founded on the...

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at theotherazzi.wordpress.com. Recently, as I was celebrating yet another birthday, I was reminded of Howard Thurman’s observation that “The years, the months, the...

By BRINKLEY BROWN

Brinkley Brown of Concord is a Peace Corps Volunteer currently serving as an English teacher in Rwanda. Thirty-seven years ago today, Concord High teacher Christa McAuliffe was killed on her way to becoming the first American civilian in space.Moments...

By THOMAS NEWKIRK

Thomas Newkirk is an author and former member of the Oyster River Cooperative School Board. His book, “Literacy’s Democratic Roots: A Personal Tour Through Eight Big Ideas” will be published later this year. It is time for the so-called “divisive...

By RON KLEMARCZYK

Ron Klemarczyk of Hopkinton is the city of Concord’s consulting forester. There was a recent My Turn column claiming that the city’s ownership of the Beaver Meadow golf course and the city forests is akin to creating “red-lined” zoning districts. My...

By KEN DOLKART

Ken Dolkart, MD FACP, lives in Grantham. What we pay for hospital care is anyone’s guess. When the bill arrives, charges vary with that year’s employee-sponsored health insurance or whether you were laid off and uninsured. The affordability of an MRI...

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.” Congress is poised for another needless knock-down drag-out fight...

By MICHAEL SIMPSON

Michael Simpson is a professor in Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England and works with the department’s Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience in Keene. For us that love the winter in the lakes region of New...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot.One of the first acts of the new Congress was a House Republican effort to rescind Internal Revenue Service funding. Under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, Democrats directed almost $80 billion to the IRS...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. Mass delusions were unheard of for those old enough to be around in 1978. We were flabbergasted when we heard Jim Jones had induced his...

By OGE YOUNG

Oge Young is a retired OB-GYN and past president of NH Medical Society. January 22, 2023, was to mark the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that protected the privacy of a woman and her physician in her decision...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. Outside my window is a view of pine trees, some scrub oaks, and a few red maples. Cones and seeds drop to the ground from...

By DAN WEEKS

Dan Weeks is a co-owner and vice president at ReVision Energy. An accomplished chef settles in New Hampshire. He breathes new life into an old diner in a struggling downtown district. Mindful of his context, he maintains the former menus and decor.The...

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at theotherazzi.wordpress.com. This week an arc bent toward justice in Boston Common, where a 20’ tall bronze sculpture was unveiled to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin...

By RALPH JIMENEZ

Ralph Jimenez of Concord served on the Monitor editorial board. The first warning sign of dementia, as the ads that regularly interrupt the narrative of online newspaper and magazine copy urge me to explore, would be clicking on one of those ads. It’s...

By CHRISTOPHER KOZAK

Christopher Kozak is president of Community Partners in Dover, a member of the NH Community Behavioral Health Association. He lives in Portsmouth. In 2016, advocates for persons with mental illness and those dealing with addiction, including the NH...

By KEVIN PORTER

Kevin Porter lives in Concord. If there is any doubt about how the disparities in our community are exacerbated by city spending (or lack thereof), look at the recent conversations around recreation spending within the city of Concord. Proposing that...