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By JEFF FRENKIEWICH

Jeff Frenkiewich teaches U.S. history and government at Milford Middle School. He is an adjunct professor of education at the University of New Hampshire. The views expressed here represent those of the author, not Milford School District or UNH....

By STEPHANIE RUTT

Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt is founding minister of the Tree of Life Interfaith Temple in Amherst. She lives in Nashua. We’re in a seminal moment. Following President Joe Biden’s performance at the June 27 presidential debate, democratic party leaders...

By KRISTINA SNYDER

Kristina Snyder lives in Chester and is the leader of NH Citizens Against Recreational Trapping. Imagine having your whole world torn apart. By that I mean losing your children or your lifelong mate. How would you feel? How would you carry on? In...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Back in 2017, in what was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a gunman killed 60 people and wounded 411 at a music festival held on the Las Vegas Strip. The gunman who was perched on the 32nd floor of...

By DJ BETTENCOURT

DJ Bettencourt is commissioner of the New Hampshire Insurance Department. When it comes to insurance, consumers typically focus on the monthly premiums they pay, but oftentimes many of us will neglect to read our policies until we really need them....

By MICHAEL SILLS

Dr. Sills was the chief engineer of the New Hampshire Environmental Agency, NHDES-WMD, for nearly 30 years, overseeing the agency’s Super Fund, RCRA Solid & Hazardous Waste, and Emergency Spill Response functions. We all remember Hans Christian...

By JOHN T. BRODERICK, JR.

John T. Broderick, Jr is the former Dean of UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law and the founder of the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy and lives in North Andover, Mass. Isolationism has an appeal. It always has. It...

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at robertazzitheother.substack.com In January 1968, inspired by anti-Vietnam War, pro-peace movements led mostly by young Americans agitating for change from Sea...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.comSince the presidential debate, analysts’ reviews have mostly avoided the Republican elephant in the room. They have...

By JANET WARD

Janet Ward lives in Hopkinton. ‘It must be pointed out that ‘life begins at conception’ is neither scientific nor a part of any (ancient) traditional religious teaching. The writers of the bible (as well as other religious texts) knew nothing about...

By CINDY ROSENWALD

Cindy Rosenwald of Nashua is a NH state senator. If you have private health insurance and have ever filled a prescription, there is a good chance you have felt the impact of a Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM). PBMs decide everything from what drugs...

By ARIEL AARONSON-EVES

Ariel Aaronson-Eves is the coordinator of the NH Queer Farmer Network. As residents of New Hampshire, we live and work within a vibrant and diverse landscape, our agriculture dominated by small and adaptable farms. The resiliency of those farms...

By DONNA BAKER-HARTWELL

Donna Baker-Hartwell lives in East Andover. What is a 68-year-old grandmother doing getting arrested by New York City police? Here’s my account of how I found myself in what I can only describe as a personal “perfect storm.”In early 2023, I read an...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot.We just passed the Juneteenth holiday and although it may be the holiday with the coolest name, I don’t think the history behind the holiday is well-known or well-understood. I would argue it is one of our most...

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 This past weekend we attended a performance of The Sound of Music in Concert. The fictional story is set in Austria,...

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. With all the dysfunction we see in Washington these days, it can be tempting to lose faith...

By EDWARD GORDON

The Hon. Edward “Ned” Gordon of Bristol is a practicing attorney who has served a total of three terms in the State House and four terms in the State Senate; 13 years as a judge in the Circuit Court; and over 30 years as the moderator for his town and...

By ROB CLAFLIN and MARY WILKE

Rob Claflin and Mary Wilke both live in Concord and are members of Kent Street Coalition. Two years shy of its 250th birthday, our country teeters between alternate futures: either we continue the American Experiment or we abandon it. With an...

By MICHAEL LEWIS

Michael Lewis lives in Hollis. If what you know of the current abortion climate in New Hampshire is from Cinde Warmington or her like-minded colleagues, then you might think there is a crisis in New Hampshire.In a television ad, Warmington pledges...

By MILLIE LAFONTAINE

Millie LaFontaine lives in Concord. Over a year ago NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen posted a warning on Twitter. “It’s not the odds, but the stakes,” he cautioned. The 2024 election cycle was not like a trip to the racetrack. The gravity of the...