Opinion
Opinion: The problem with Ukraine
By MICHAEL STRAND
Michael Strand is a candidate for Executive Council in District 4. He lives in Bedford, where he serves on the Bedford Town Council, manages a small staffing firm, and has a daughter in Bedford public schools. He holds degrees in English and history...
Opinion: It’s time to properly fund education
By SUSAN MCKEVITT
Susan McKevitt lives in Bradford. On April 11, the New York Times ran an article entitled: “It’s Time to End the Quiet Cruelty of Property Taxes.” Like many towns, Bradford recently had its town meeting, and we experienced this cruelty.Over 200...
Letter: Vouchers true cost
Voucher supporters believe parents should be able to get their tax dollars back to make their own education choices. In NH, property taxes, primarily local property taxes, pay more than 70% of the costs of public schools. The tax rate is based on...
Letter: Do the work. Until then, vote blue
Folks looking to RFK Jr. as a way to “vote their conscience,” or are voting for him because they perceive him as the “lesser of two evils” between Biden and Trump, have to look past their sense of an entitled vote and see him for what he is. Votes for...
Letter: Jon Kiper for governor
Jon Kiper is the epitome of the everyday blue-collar worker. He deeply understands the intricacies of our communities and the importance of effective zoning laws. His approachable style of leadership, far removed from the typical political...
Letter: EFA enlightenment
I want to thank Andrew Yates of the Koch funded “think tank” yes, every kid. for his recent My Turn. Prior to reading his opinion piece, I thought that the EFA program was just a way to remove $43 million from the public school system and give it,...
Opinion: Anti-boycott bill puts New Hampshire lawmakers on the wrong side of history
By MAGGIE FOGARTY
Maggie Fogarty is NH Program Director, American Friends Service Committee. On Feb. 8, a bill (SB 439) cosponsored by a bipartisan group of 18 New Hampshire senators was approved by a voice vote in the NH Senate. The bill, which would codify a 2023...
Opinion: The positive value in disbarring coup-plotting attorneys
By JONATHAN P. BAIRD
Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Previously I have written about the failure of lawyers and judges to respond to the growing threat of fascism in the United States. Very few lawyers who supported Trump’s anti-democratic coup attempt have faced any...
Letter: Lawmakers should not vote to break laws they helped create
I grew up hearing, “Go Sarah!” I am one of the lucky ones. My parents love and support me. My high school teammates and school respected me and supported me; and believe it or not, for a few years, New Hampshire, the state I love, uplifted me when a...
Letter: Sununu, respect, and courage of conviction
Last week’s article in the Monitor by Josh Rogers, NH Public Radio, was about our governor’s opinion on Donald Trump on the eve of the former president’s trial in New York. It was titled “Sununu says he’ll support Trump even if he’s convicted.” It...
Opinion: This Earth Day, help keep local land clean and healthy
By MIKE COHEN
Mike Cohen is the Principal Consultant for MJC HealthSolutions. Mike has served on many volunteer boards and committees in New Hampshire, contributing to efforts to improve the health and well-being of residents and protecting and preserving natural...
Opinion: America needs systematic change
By TYLER CZARKOWSKI
Tyler Czarkowski is a senior at Hopkinton High School. He is captain of the Hopkinton baseball team and lives in Hopkinton. In November, I will be voting for the first time in the general election for the president of the United States. It pains me...
Opinion: The eclipse reveals an allegory about the current political life of Congress
By JOHN BUTTRICK
John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.comI’ve been angry and fearful watching the antics of Congress, particularly within the House of Representatives. Many...
Opinion: Student power: Confronting collaborators and cowards at home and abroad
By ROBERT AZZI
Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at robertazzitheother.substack.com ‘From the beginning of Western speculation about the Orient, the one thing the Orient could not do was to represent itself,”...
Letter: Must be MAGA
Remember when Trump said, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn’t lose any voters, okay?” He was talking about Chris Sununu. Jack Shields Penacook
Letter: Israel draws U.S. into another Middle East war
The West is “outraged” at Iran’s recent drone attack, but it was provoked! Let’s remember Israel first bombed the Iranian embassy complex in Damascus, Syria, killing at least seven. This assassination was in clear violation of international law (to...
Letter: It doesn’t have to be this way
Every spring nearly all of us grow frustrated with increases in our property taxes. In some communities the seeming “culprit” is a major capital expense but most often it’s the cost of our schools that causes people to say they can’t afford the...
Letter: Trump is responsible for the attack on reproductive rights
Former President Trump is trying to alleviate his direct responsibility for the attacks on reproductive rights caused by the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Mitch McConnell paved the way by flouting decades of precedent when he...
Letter: Removing critical tools for election security
A bill before the state senate’s Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee, HB 1569, would remove voters’ access to a critical tool for validating their ability to vote when registering or re-registering to vote in New Hampshire. Currently if...
Letter: A champion for women’s rights
Women of my generation, who fought to have our rights expanded in the last decades of the twentieth century, never imagined that those rights would be ripped away by politicians and judges put in place by a minority of our country’s citizens. The...
