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By ELIZABETH CORELL

Elizabeth (Zib) Corell lives in Concord. I and most of my siblings were born in the 1950s. As a product of the Depression, my mother raised her four daughters to get a good education so we could have jobs and income from them to have our own money...

By JONATHAN HOPKINS

Rev. Jonathan Hopkins lives in Concord. Recently I was at the State House to try and get the Senate to vote against passing HB 1185, HB 1205, HB 1312, and HB 1356. These are all anti-trans bills that were part of this legislation session.At the State...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. May 6 was Holocaust Remembrance Day. The world failed the Jewish people both before and during the years of World War II, with catastrophic consequences. Six million Jews ended up dying in the concentration camps....

By DIANNE SCHUETT

Rep. Dianne Schuett, Merr. 12, Pembroke. To the families of Pembroke, I recently received a resolution from the Pembroke School Board. It was addressed to all of their elected representatives in the state legislature, of which I am one. It calls...

By BRIAN ADAMS

Brian Adams of Andover, Mass., is a UNH alumnus originally from Londonderry. He was previously a sketch comedy writing instructor and staff writer at ImprovBoston and a founding contributor to satirical online newspaper Recyculus. He is a father to...

By MICHAEL PELCHAT

Michael Pelchat of Webster is a retired pharmacist and current history student. In 1850, Presbyterian minister, James Thornwell of South Carolina, speaking on the major issue of the day, said “they are atheists, socialists, communists on the one...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. Not too long ago, Nancy Jo and I finally buttoned up our estate planning documents. Ours is...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com Is technology crushing human creativity? That was the question asked in the May 11 article in the Concord Monitor about a recent Apple...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.comIt is no surprise that some people are uncomfortable when issues of sex and gender are acknowledged to be a part of the...

By RICHARD W. OSBORNE

Richard W. Osborne lives in Contoocook. Today, May 17, is the anniversary of a milestone in American jurisprudence. It was on this date, seventy years ago that the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of Brown v. Board of...

By JEAN LEWANDOWSKI and DEB YUKNEWICZ-BOISVERT

Jean Lewandowski is chair and Deb Yuknewicz-Boisvert vice chair for the PAIMI Advisory Council. The Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Advisory Council (PAC) invites readers to join us in recognizing May as Mental...

By ANGEL SIMONE

Angel Simone (she/they), is the Director of Strategic Initiatives and Operations at The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ young people, a member of Seacoast Outright, and a resident of New Hampshire. I remember in...

By TONY SACCO and TYLER WEBER

Dr. Tony Sacco lives in Bow. Dr. Tyler Weber lives in Concord. During the past several decades, healthcare education, training and innovations have advanced exponentially to everyone’s benefit. Unfortunately, the laws arbitrarily dictating limitations...

By JAMES RIDDLE

James Riddle lives in Hillsborough. With the Senate Judiciary Committee advancing a cannabis legalization bill for the first time in state history, the legislature and governor now have three choices.First, cannabis legalization could be rejected by...

By TESS SUMNER

Tess Sumner is a student at Newfound Regional High School in Bristol. As a young citizen of New Hampshire, I want to express my reservations about House Bill 1312. This bill is just one example of a recurring trend in the legislative landscape, where...

By JIM DOREMUS

Jim Doremus is chair of the board at Riverbend Community Mental Health. He lives in Henniker. Mental health is a serious concern in every corner of the Granite State, but a relatively hidden problem is the high incidence of depression, anxiety and...

By ANDRU VOLINSKY

Andru Volinsky lives in Concord. A version of this column first appeared as a Substack post at: andruvolinsky.substack.com. As a Jew, I dislike the current focus on antisemitism. I am uncomfortable being singled out because of my religion regardless...

By DEBORAH REYNOLDS, POLLY CAMPION and SUE FORD

Former State Senator Deborah Reynolds, Plymouth. Former State Representative Polly Campion, Etna. Former State Representative Sue Ford, Easton. As we head into campaign season, and with Congresswoman Annie Kuster’s retirement this fall, New...

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 Each of us is a micro incarnation of our national and family heritage. That heritage includes values such as hard work,...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. “Even the words that we are speaking now / thieving time has stolen away, / and nothing can return,” – Horace’s Odes, 23 BCWatching my...

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at robertazzitheother.substack.com ‘For over half a century, Israel’s strategic dilemma has been its inability to erase the Palestinians, on one hand, and its...