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By LUCY HODDER

Lucy Hodder of Hopkinton is an Affiliate Professor and Director of Health Law at Franklin Pierce University School of Law. The Olympic Torch was just passed hand to hand over many miles from Olympia, Greece to the Paris cauldron of fire to herald the...

By ALLAN HERSCHLAG

Allan Herschlag lives in Concord. Recently, Concord’s Board of Ethics determined no violation occurred when the chairperson of the city’s Transportation Policy Advisory Committee (TPAC) spoke to an agenda item (their company is contracted with the...

By ELIZABETH KELLY, KARISHMA MANZUR and ANN PODLIPNY

Elizabeth Kelly, Karishma Manzur, PhD, and Ann Podlipny are members of 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 Church of Christ, NH Peace Action, NH...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race obliterated the prevailing political narrative. Instead of old-age Biden versus old-age Trump, we had the emergence of not-old Kamala Harris. The reaction...

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 ‘What are human beings that You are mindful of them?” This question from the Psalms begs a double-edged question: How...

By NICK PERENCEVICH

Nick Perencevich is a semi-retired surgeon from Concord who served in various capacities for 17 years with the NH Board of Medicine, ending in 2019. Under the radar, House Bill 322 was recently signed by Gov. Sununu. Its purpose is “relative to...

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at robertazzitheother.substack.com In 2002, Palestinian-American Edward Said, professor of English and Comparative Literature and university professor at Columbia...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. Much has been written about the transcendental nature of group experience over the centuries. Unfortunately, most of this accumulated...

By CHRISTINA FITZPATRICK and KRYSTEN EVANS

Christina FitzPatrick of Bow is AARP NH State Director. Krysten Evans of Pelham is Director of Policy and Advocacy for ABLE NH. In the heart of our society lies a promise — a promise to care for our older loved ones and other people with long-term...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. In a term featuring multiple precedent-shattering decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a shocker in Snyder v. United States. The Court narrowed the definition of public corruption in a case that centered on the...

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 The memory from The Republican National Convention that continues to haunt me is the raised fists of 2,429 delegates...

By LAURA TELERSKI

Rep. Laura Telerski represents Nashua Ward 8, serves as Democratic Advisor to House Democratic Leader Rep. Matt Wilhelm and is the Chair of the House Democratic Victory Campaign Committee. ‘How can I tell her it will be okay?” said Sara Tirrell, mom...

By JESSICA ADAMS

Jessica Adams lives in Nashua. On July 19, Gov. Chris Sununu signed into law House Bill 1205 which will require all sports teams for grades 5-12 to be designated for “males, men, or boys,” “females, women, or girls,” or “co-ed or mixed.” He also...

By NANCY MARTLAND

Nancy Martland lives in Sugar Hill. Like you, unless you are of Native American background, I come from immigrant stock. Even if you have lived your whole life in the North Country, you are descended from immigrants. Your family is here because...

By JEAN LEWANDOWSKI

Jean Lewandowski is a retired special needs teacher. She lives in Nashua. “I don’t know a soul who’s not been battered, I don’t have a friend who feels at ease,I don’t know a dream that’s not been shattered, Or driven to its knees. Oh, but it’s all...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. As people give the candidacy of convicted felon and adjudicated sexual assaulter Donald Trump a closer look, more eyes have been drawn to Project 2025, a project launched by the Heritage Foundation, a well-endowed...

By BRIAN ADAMS

Brian Adams of Andover, Mass., is a UNH alumnus originally from Londonderry. He was previously a sketch comedy writing instructor and staff writer at ImprovBoston and a founding contributor to satirical online newspaper Recyculus. He is a father to...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. Two or three times a year it falls to me to hang a big art show, 100 pieces or more, at one...

By CAELIN GRABER

Caelin Graber lives in Greenville. Now where did I put that? It is somewhere in this old box full of memorabilia from my days studying entomology at the University of Arkansas. Here’s my phloem sandwich (don’t ask). Here’s my jar of cicada...

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 Donald Trump, candidate for president of the United States, said in a recent campaign speech this election is “a choice...