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By ROB FRIED

Rob Fried lives in Concord. There’s a lot of cynicism abroad in the land, cynicism that turns into apathy, apathy that leads almost 40% of our citizens to stay home on election day. They are people who feel that it doesn’t matter who we vote for...

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at robertazzitheother.substack.com. I love the American Civil Liberties Union and as a board member my work has been fulfilling and challenging; fulfilling because...

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...

By CARA MEEKER

Cara Meeker is a Concord School Board Member, Zone B (Wards 5, 6, 7) Elections are an exciting time and there is much for voters to weigh in on this November, from local to national. As a Concord School Board member, I am paying particular attention...

By TODD I. SELIG

Originally from Laconia, Todd Selig lives in Durham with his family. He is the long-time Durham Town Administrator. With the general election fast approaching, New Hampshire residents will have to make difficult decisions about who they want to...

By JUSTINE VOGEL

Justine Vogel is the CEO of the RiverWoods Group. As CEO of RiverWoods Retirement Communities since 2007, I’ve seen four presidential elections come and go. In that time, I’ve watched our residents bear out the statistics about civic participation...

By NICK BABLADELIS

Nick Babladelis is a Concord public school parent and sustainability educator. There is one key fact that is being crowded out in the conversation regarding the new middle school project and the proposed amendments to the Concord School Board...

By JEFF WELLS

Jeff Wells lives in Concord. While the views of those who support the school charter may be informed by experience, they verge on an alarming philosophy that leans toward authoritarianism, where a small, elected board decides what’s “best” for the...

By HEIDI CRUMRINE

Heidi Crumrine is an English teacher and literacy coach at Concord High School, where she has taught since 2004. Before coming to CHS she taught for three years in the New York City public schools. I am a longtime Concord teacher and have three...

By JENNIFER KRETOVIC

Jennifer Kretovic is a Concord City Councilor for Ward 3. The November ballot questions are a hot topic of discussion, and I’m often asked for my opinion. Personally, I am voting “no” on referendum question one and a “hell no” on question two.The...

By ALLAN HERSCHLAG

Allan Herschlag lives in Concord. Rep. McWilliams recently wrote that if elected Tara Reardon would need to recuse herself from any lobbying activity before the legislature by her husband Jim Bouley. For the record I have called out both on what I...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Almost nine years ago, in these pages, I started writing about Donald Trump and fascism. Then I raised the question of whether Trump and his MAGA movement were fascist. My Jewish, anti-fascist antennae were...

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...

By TERRY DONOVAN ODELL

Rev. Terry Donovan Odell, MA, Ordained Interfaith Minister, lives in Penacook. As a religious educator within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester for over 30 years, I taught many and varied courses, but by far the one I most treasured teaching...

By JANE HUNT

Jane Hunt lives in Concord. We’re a peripatetic species. Some theorize we always have been, beginning deep in prehistory when, at least according to one notion, folks from what is now Asia trekked across a long-lost land bridge into what we call...

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at robertazzitheother.substack.com. I wonder when I will write something that’ll make a difference, write something that invites you to bear witness to injustice,...

By ANN PODLIPNY

Ann Podlipny lives in Chester. It’s been over a year since Hamas attacked Israel. Opinion in New Hampshire regarding the subsequent war in Gaza remains diverse and divided. For some, Israel is seen as a threatened democracy surrounded by Arab nations...

By MICHAEL LEWIS

Michael Lewis lives in Hollis. There are many loud voices out there advocating for abortion with minimal limits. Vice President Kamala Harris, Joyce Craig, and Maggie Goodlander to name a few. The latest Gallup poll shows 70 percent of us oppose legal...

By MONICA CIOLFI

Monica Ciolfi is a lawyer, co-leader of the Abortion Freedom Project at Kent Street Coalition, and former president of NARAL Pro-Choice New Hampshire Foundation. You might not think a Georgia state court ruling striking down a six-week abortion ban...

By ANDREW STONE

Andrew Stone lives in Concord. In recent years, JV sports have become a shadow of what they once represented in the high school sports world. What used to be a critical stepping stone for athletic development has been relegated to a fourth-rate...