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By SHERRY BOSCHERT

Sherry Boschert is the author of “37 Words: Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination.” She lives in Lebanon. Republicans in the state House of Representatives recently narrowly passed a bill targeting transgender kids on a party-line...

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra is the author of several books including the most recent “India In A New Key: Nehru To Modi.” He is working on new book, “There’s Nothing Like The Indian Democracy.” He lives in Hartford, Vermont. Last June in a White House meeting,...

By ELIZABETH HARPER

Elizabeth Harper, PhD is the executive director of the Lake Sunapee Protective Association. It isn’t surprising that many New Hampshire residents are unfamiliar with wake boats and may not feel compelled to urge their representatives in the House to...

By FRANCES B. LIM LIBERTY, KEITH J. LOUD and JESSICA A. SMITH

Dartmouth Health Children’s Frances B. Lim Liberty, MD, Medical Director, Pediatric and Adolescent Transgender Program, Keith J. Loud, MD, MSc, Physician-in-Chief, Jessica A. Smith, MSN, APRN, Coordinator, Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult...

By ALICE WADE

Alice Wade is an aerospace engineer from Dover and the treasurer of 603 Equality, a statewide NH advocacy group for LGBTQ+ rights. At a recent Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce event on March 11, Chris Sununu responded to a question from an audience...

By RICHARD BIRCHER

Richard Bircher lives in Lebanon. The notion that our public school system has been, and is to remain, equated with a comprehensive social virtue, universally acknowledged and appreciated, is no longer the case. To a significant degree, public...

By LOREN SELIG

Rep. Loren Selig lives in Durham. Loren was certified in elementary education while at Clark University and holds a masters in the Art of Teaching with a focus on Secondary English from The Johns Hopkins University. She taught in Howard County,...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Many close observers of the 2024 presidential race have commented on Project 2025, the Republican plan for what they intend to do if Trump wins in November. The plan is a maximalist horror show that includes a...

By MARK CIOCCA

Mark Ciocca lives in Penacook. As a retiree with chronic health issues, I have frequent appointments at outpatient clinics run by Concord Hospital. Recently, signs have been posted at these facilities saying that “physical and verbal aggression will...

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 The ideals of free speech and safe space are estranged bedfellows in our nation. Advocates for free speech are a threat...

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at robertazzitheother.substack.com In 2005, during a conference in Camden, Maine, a close friend of mine asked Israeli intelligence analyst Yossi Alpher why Israel...

By ERIN S. FOGEL

Erin S. Fogel, MD is a cornea, cataract, and refractive surgeon and current president of Concord Eye Center. She has been practicing in Concord since 1994. In our state legislature, there is pending legislation relative to who may provide care when...

By JEAN LEWANDOWSKI

Jean Lewandowski is a retired special needs teacher. She lives in Nashua. In 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John in Philadelphia, “I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I...

By CHARLES HUCKELBURY

Charles Huckelbury lives in Henniker. In a series of lectures for MasterClass, Yo-Yo Ma describes how music brings people together, and he articulates three elements of any musical piece necessary to promote and maintain social cooperation. The first...

By AMBER MORGAN

Amber Morgan is the small business owner of Fortin Gage, a floral design shop in Nashua. According to Slack’s latest “Small Business Outlook” survey, the top two concerns for small businesses are inflation and having to raise prices. One of the...

By STEPHANIE RUTT

Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt is founding minister of the Tree of Life Interfaith Temple in Amherst. She lives in Nashua. And they laugh. Clap. Egged on by Donald Trump’s bullish aim to disparage, mock, poke, intimidate, silence anyone who dares confront...

By LOIS COTE

Lois Cote of Manchester is a retired child and family therapist. Currently New Hampshire residents who are eligible to vote can register at the polls on any Election Day. If by chance they are missing any of the required identification documents,...

By DOUG LOWE

Doug Lowe, outdated lighting consultant, lives in Concord. Most Americans are aware that ours is a seriously divided nation. Driving my thoughts regarding this concern is the belief that the Civil War never ended. Although the shooting phase stopped...

By DAN WEEKS

Dan Weeks is a co-owner at ReVision Energy. He lives in Nashua with his wife and kids. Like many Granite Staters, I grew up playing pond hockey in New Hampshire. On many a winter afternoon, I would grab my hand-me-down skates and stick and tramp...

By LORI SAFFORD

Lori Safford of Pelham is a personal care attendant. As a wife who accompanied my husband on his fatal fight against pulmonary disease, the mother of two disabled adult sons, the legally responsible individual for my mother suffering the beginning...