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: 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...

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...

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: 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: 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: 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...

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: 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: EV charger locations

The ski area executives who were whining about the lack of EV chargers in NH in the April 13 Monitor should look in the mirror. The current system of buying fuel will have to change with electrification, nobody wants to hang around a convenience store...

Letter: Response to joint city/ school meeting

What a novel idea, a meeting of school and city leaders. The only thing novel is the inclusion of representatives from Merrimack Valley schools! For years the school district had a committee called the Joint-City School Committee. It met once a month....

Opinion: Adopting the right 306 Rules

By LAURA VINCENT

Laura Vincent lives in Loudon. The debate over the adoption of updated 306 rules (minimum standards for public education) rages on. After multiple hearings for public comment, Commissioner Edelblut and the State Board of Education still appear to not...