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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...
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...
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