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By LYNN CURRIER STANLEY

Lynn Currier Stanley, LICSW, of Penacook, is executive director of the National Association of Social Workers, NH Chapter. This legislative session we are again inundated with legislation targeting transgender youth and their families. But we aren’t...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. In understanding what makes Donald Trump and his MAGA movement unique, I would argue it is both their incitement to violence and their dehumanization of opponents. That rhetoric echoes fascist tradition that sees...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. Here’s a little-known historical fact: Northwood had turkey shoots in the hardscrabble 1950s before the flatlanders flocked here, when...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com The congressional hearing concerning antisemitism became a controversy when college presidents being interviewed stumbled...

By RICHARD GULLA

Richard Gulla of Hillsboro is president of the State Employees’ Association. Standing amidst the Hall of Flags, Gov. Sununu to the left of me, and New Hampshire Senate Minority Leader Donna Soucy to the right of me, I wonder, what am I doing here? I...

By OGE YOUNG

Oge Young, MD lives in Concord. Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony regarding four reproductive rights bills. One of those bills, CACR 24, would amend the NH Constitution (if passed by the Legislature and ratified by voters in...

By ALEX DIEKER

Alex Dieker of Newington, is editor of the University of Amsterdam’s Cul magazine. On Christmas Eve, the Monitor published a My Turn by Fisto Ndayishimiye titled “War is never the answer.” Ndayishimiye writes that “we should create a space where we...

By DOUG LOWE

Doug Lowe, outdated lighting consultant, lives in Concord. Observation of the events unfolding in the Republican Party would lead a citizen to pose a question: Who is running this show? It is an important question. The most obvious answer is Donald...

By ADAM CZARKOWSKI

Adam Czarkowski works in the technology sector and lives in Penacook. On Tuesday, Jan. 23, New Hampshire will have its first in the nation presidential primary. This year’s primary will look a little different as the sitting president will not be on...

By CINDY ROSENWALD

Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua) is Deputy Democratic Leader. As a Jewish woman, I am seeing more and more people acknowledge there is a climate of antisemitism across the globe, in the United States, and, sadly, even here in New Hampshire. Over the past...

By COLIN VAN OSTERN

Colin Van Ostern served as Executive Councilor for District 2 from 2012-2016 and lives in Concord. Here’s a resolution for 2024: let’s make this year the year that New Hampshire trusts all our citizens to make their own healthcare decisions, both in...

By CULLEN TIERNAN

Cullen Tiernan lives in Concord. While serving with Marine Forces Africa, I flew with the commanding general on his plane from Germany to Liberia. I spent that time reading Henry Kissinger’s book “Diplomacy.” It was done mostly to look smart, but I...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Back in November, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a new code of conduct. The announcement came in response to mounting criticism of the unethical behavior of certain justices, particularly Clarence Thomas. His...

By DAISY GOODMAN and SHARON RACUSIN

Daisy Goodman lives in Lyme. Sharon Racusin lives in Hanover. We are writing as Jews and residents of the Upper Valley of New Hampshire who are deeply saddened by the suffering and death of this past week in Israel/Palestine, and all that has occurred...

By MAURICE REGAN

Maurice Regan is a psychologist who runs Companion Dog Training.  He handles an obedience titled K9 that is also trained in scent. Recent articles in the Concord Monitor regarding the hunt for the killer of Wendy and Stephen Reid described the role of...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. The cricket’s persistent song of autumn used to haunt me, reminding me how brief life is, especially now I’m old. But it doesn’t have to...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick lived for three months in Jayyous, Palestine as an accompanier for the World Council of Churches. For three years he was media coordinator and communication strategist for Kairos Palestine. He lives in Concord and can be reached at...

By STEPHANIE RUTT

Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt is founding minister of the Tree of Life Interfaith Temple in Amherst. She lives in Nashua. In the October 8th 60 Minute story featuring Geoffrey Hinton, a British computer scientist now called the “Godfather of AI,” Hinton...

By DOUG LOWE

Doug Lowe lives in Concord. As we all know, abortion is a medical procedure whereby a pregnancy is terminated. It is, of course, unique to the female half of our population. And abortion is a subject with an interesting history. The practice dates...

By CARISA CORROW

Carisa Corrow of Penacook is co-author of “126 Falsehoods We Believe About Education” and founder of Educating for Good. While Concord is a great little city with much to offer, it’s not perfect. We have some complicated issues that need to be...