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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...

By JESSICA LIVINGSTON

Jessica Livingston lives in Concord. When archaeologists and anthropologists discovered a human skeleton with a broken femur that had healed over, it was determined that that is when human civilization began. The fact that it had healed over meant...

By MAGGIE FOGARTY and GRACE KINDEKE

Maggie Fogarty is the NH Program Director for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Grace Kindeke is the Program Coordinator for AFSC’s NH Program and winner of this year’s Martin Luther King award. In the weeks before the holidays, as many...

By BETH J. SLEPIAN

Beth J. Slepian, MBA PT, is president & CEO of Granite VNA. ProPublica and The New Yorker recently published a lengthy feature story that paints a negative picture of hospice in the United States. The article, “How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle”...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Leonard Peltier remains in federal prison in Florida, now in his 47th year of confinement. So far, all efforts for clemency have failed. Very disappointingly, President Biden has not yet granted clemency.I previously...

By JOHN GFROERER

John Gfroerer lives in Concord. In a few words, former New Hampshire Governor Sherman Adams would best be described as a crusty, tough New England Yankee. He started his work life in the forests of Vermont and New Hampshire employed by the...

By MILLIE LAFONTAINE

Millie LaFontaine lives in Concord. Like so many people, I’ve been following with bated breath the story of the young football player who suffered a cardiac arrest on the field after a seemingly routine tackle in a high-stakes game.The public has been...

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at theotherazzi.wordpress.com. “It is easier for a man to burn down his own house than to get rid of his prejudices,” English philosopher and Franciscan friar Roger...

By KATE HARRIS

Kate Harris, PhD, lives in Dover. On Tuesday the 17th, two bills that support ranked choice voting will be considered by the Election Law Committee.I’m a psychologist who lives and works in Dover. My professional understanding of neuroscience and...

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. In my last My Turn, I mentioned a couple of youngsters who share my interest in gravel, The...

By JANET WARD

Janet Ward lives in Contoocook. HB 61 would repeal and replace the “divisive concepts” bill which attempted to make teaching accurate history dangerous. The true personal story explains why HB 61 is necessary and appropriate.Several years ago, I was...

By BRENDAN WILLIAMS

Brendan Williams is the president and CEO of the New Hampshire Health Care Association. As of December 15 data, 59.2% of New Hampshire nursing homes were experiencing a nursing staff shortage, the nation’ second-worst crisis. Compare that to...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Most stories about the increase in antisemitism now focus on events like Donald Trump’s infamous Mar-a-Lago dinner with Kanye West and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. I certainly would not underestimate Ye’s influence...

By BETTY HOADLEY

Betty Hoadley is a member and chairperson of the district’s Charter Commission. When the Concord School Board members voted Monday night to declare a vacant seat on that board, they were paying attention to business and doing their job.The...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. “Trust me!” Two words heard often and guaranteed to raise my suspicions, particularly from a stranger. If a person tells me...

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at theotherazzi.wordpress.com. Only one pro football player has ever died on an NFL field. On Oct. 24, 1971, Chuck Hughes, a 28-year-old wide receiver for the...

By RICHARD BIRCHER

Richard Bircher lives in Lebanon. The markers used to distinguish traditionalists from cosmopolitans, shall now become easier to detect with the detailed characterizations offered by pronouning. Those persons most inclined to promote this entry of...

By ALLEN J. DAVIS

Allen J. Davis of Dublin is an educator and racial justice activist. Barack Obama shattered a glass ceiling and was, arguably, a very effective president. Joe Biden has done more in his first two White House years than Obama did in eight. Biden’s...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. As a court watcher, I have long thought the U.S. Supreme Court has escaped the type of critical scrutiny it deserves. Most media coverage focuses on wins and losses without going too under the surface. But maybe that...

By SUSAN MARCOTTE-JENKINS

Susan Marcotte-Jenkins of Bow attended the Monitor’s opinion writing workshop this summer. I’m a Bow resident with nothing personal at stake in the town’s cell tower project except the serious concerns everyone has over Bow’s inadequate cell service.I...