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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 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 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...

By SARAH MATHIEU

Sarah Mathieu lives in Concord. I am a Concord resident that has renovated apartments in a historic multifamily house downtown. The house was built around 1850 and occupied by Steven K. Blaney, a Concord Coach painter for the Abbot-Downing company.It...

By JOHN PIZZURO

John Pizzuro is the CEO of Raven, a 501(c)4 organization dedicated to protecting children from victimization by raising awareness of the threat of online child exploitation, increasing resources and funding to law enforcement, and lobbying for policy...

By LEANNA LORDEN

Leanna Lorden is Chief Operating Officer at White Birch Center. At the White Birch Center, we experience the child care crisis every day. The bright red banner on top of our website reads: “No open enrollment opportunities until Fall 2025 for infant,...

By CAPPY and MARK NUNLIST

Cappy and Mark Nunlist live in Lebanon. HB 1283, the Medical Aid in Dying Bill (MAiD), has passed the NH House by a slim margin and is now before the Senate. The three primary objections to the bill are one, the bill will morph into a mandate to...