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Opinion: How America can truly win “like never before”
01-28-2025 6:00 AM

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.

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Opinion: In our ‘throw-away culture,’ let’s democratize care for others
02-12-2025 6:00 AM

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.


Opinion: Lust for greatness or service with humility
01-21-2025 10:18 AM

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


Opinion: U. S. complicity with Israeli genocide
01-11-2025 7:00 AM

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


Opinion: The annihilation factor: The culture of contemporary America
01-05-2025 6:00 AM

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 Once upon a time, I was invited to a family dinner to welcome in the New Year. I was to be introduced to the extended...


Opinion: A U.S. budget for the new year
12-28-2024 6:00 AM

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. If we think it’s a puzzle how Santa gets down and up chimneys and carries enough toys and gifts in his sleigh for all the world’s people, we may have an allegory...


Opinion: The wink of a star
12-21-2024 8:00 AM

By JOHN BUTTRICK

As a staff member of the Illinois United Church of Christ Conference, John Buttrick led delegations to Chiapas, Mexico as guests of the Catholic Bishop of San Cristobal. John writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. We...


Opinion: The way of peace
12-15-2024 7:00 AM

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. Christmas this year reminds me of an uneasy congruency between the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory and the Roman occupation of Palestine over two thousand...


Opinion: Stewards and kindred living together on the earth
12-07-2024 6:01 AM

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. Thanksgiving weekend we traveled to Portland, Maine to visit our daughter, son-in-law, and our two grandchildren. We drove over hills and through woods passing by...


Opinion: ‘Just trust me:’ Perceptions of the trustworthiness of the United States
11-30-2024 6:00 AM

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. A news day doesn’t go by without hearing the words, “trust me.” When I hear those words, I’m caught on the horns of a dilemma. First, if a person needs to urge me...


Opinion: A call for Thanksgiving compassion
11-23-2024 6:00 AM

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. Thanksgiving is less than a week away. It is a day of family, football, and parades. Many gather around the dining room table for a traditional meal that includes...


Opinion: The travails of disinhibition
11-17-2024 6:00 AM

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 Along with friends and the media, I’ve been trying to understand the dynamic behind Donald Trump being elected to be...


Opinion: The case for open borders
11-09-2024 6:00 AM

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 I trust you all voted. The election is over. The results may or may not be as some of you hoped. However, by voting we...


Opinion: Overcoming election anxiety
11-01-2024 4:00 PM

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 In my 65 years of voting every four years for the president of the United States, I have never experienced the amount...


Opinion: The truth of the matter
10-26-2024 8:00 AM

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 As children, we learned the legend of George Washington and the cherry tree. The story goes that George told his...


Opinion: Beyond the language of war
10-18-2024 3:39 PM

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 When reading accounts of the war in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory, it is a struggle to separate...


Opinion: After the fall
10-12-2024 6:00 AM

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 It is that time of year when the true colors of New Hampshire reveal themselves.Last month I came across this...


Opinion: When it comes to war, enough is enough
10-04-2024 3:12 PM

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.Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said with great passion in a speech to the United Nations General...


Opinion: It’s time to vote, New Hampshire
09-28-2024 6:00 AM

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 Can you envision an image of Halloween being the motivation to vote for the next U.S. president? It never occurred to...


Opinion: The power of words
09-21-2024 6:30 AM

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 Remember the response we were taught as children, “sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt...


Opinion: The value of college education
09-14-2024 6:30 AM

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 My father lived with conflicted ideas about education. Without a high school diploma, he attributed his success to...

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