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By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at robertazzitheother.substack.com. ‘Ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy of justice,” James Baldwin, “No Name in the Street,” 1972.We know that...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. I have been in a state of suspended animation since Donald Trump won the election. It’s like I was peacefully walking down my driveway...

By RALPH JIMENEZ

Ralph Jimenez of Concord served on the Monitor editorial board. Last summer, as I watched first a young grifter then an old mountebank take the stage at the University of Georgia in Atlanta to hold what was billed as a political campaign rally, I...

By ADAM CZARKOWSKI

Adam Czarkowski works in the technology sector and lives in Penacook. Since the election results were announced I have heard a lot of people questioning how so many voters could support Donald Trump. I don’t think that is the right question. The...

By ANN PODLIPNY

Ann Podlipny lives in Chester. ‘I’m dying inside every day,” states Ayman Nijim, a child welfare advocate from Gaza and a former project manager of a healing project titled, “Let the Children Play and Heal” In a recent discussion with New Hampshire...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Outside New Orleans, there is a historical site, the Whitney Plantation, dedicated to showing the history of slavery. It is an indoor and outdoor museum. For many years, the place operated as a sugar, indigo and...

By BERT COOPER

Bert Cooper lives in Concord. At last Tuesday’s election, the public resoundingly confirmed what hours of previous public testimony, hundreds of yard signs, and a plethora of communications to the school board had already said: “Don’t move the middle...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. I recently read a mind-popping piece in the Atlantic by Melvin Konner about the evolution of early humans and primates. It’s an...

By STEPHANIE RUTT

Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt is founding minister of the Tree of Life Interfaith Temple in Amherst. She lives in Nashua. I’ll keep the picture I took close as a symbol of what democracy can look like at its best. A memory of a great experiment of...

By MAGGIE PRITCHARD

Maggie Pritchard is CEO of Lakes Region Mental Health Center in Laconia and president of the NH Community Behavioral Health Association. Homelessness in New Hampshire is at a critical juncture. As state officials, municipalities, and advocates...

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...

By MILLIE LAFONTAINE

Millie LaFontaine lives in Concord. As I sit here on an ominously warm day in November, I’m shaking my head saying, “What just happened?” I’m not sure. In casting about to make sense of it all, I start to wonder whether the American electorate...

By LISA BEAUDOIN, JAMES MCKIM, ROBIN NAFSHI and ZANDRA RICE HAWKINS

Full list of authors and credentials is listed below. We write with deep consternation regarding “Revolutionary Pulpits: The Last Hope of A Dying Republic,” an event held on Oct. 10 in Concord that featured Reverend William Cook who promotes...

By KARISHMA MANZUR

Karishma Manzur, Ph.D. is a science writer living in Exeter. She volunteers with various groups, including the NH Coalition for a Just Peace in the Middle East which includes NH Veterans for Peace, VT/NH. Jewish Voice for Peace, NH Conf. of United...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dogwalker who lives and works in Contoocook. For the last five or six years, I have used an Echo Dot to play music as I drift off to...

By BENJAMIN T. KING

Benjamin T. King is a partner at the Concord law firm of Douglas, Leonard & Garvey, P.C., a Concord resident, and an American Express card member since 1994. Have “credit card rewards” ever caused you to lose your hard-earned dollars on your quest to...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. On US Highway 80, in the middle of a 54-mile stretch between Selma and Montgomery, there is a small unmarked memorial on the hillside near the road. It is a rectangular, fenced-in space dedicated to the memory of...

By JOHN SUNUNU and RICHARD SWETT

Senator John Sununu and Ambassador Richard Swett are co-chairs for the Democracy Defense Project. As Americans across the country head to the polls or cast early ballots for this year’s election, we have been grimly reminded by the media of a loss of...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. Even if Kamala wins on Tuesday, NYT Columnist Bret Stephens asks two provocative questions: “How did Trump still get so very, very...

By JOHN LAPPIE

John Lappie, Ph.D., is a professor of political science at Plymouth State University and a resident of Plymouth. Christmas is two months away as I write this. When the holiday nears, many children, excited with anticipation, will pick up a box from...