Opinion
Viewpoint: State Rep. Molly Howard – Public schools are the bedrock of communities
By STATE REP. MOLLY HOWARD
A recent Google search informed me that New Hampshire students rank sixth in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report, with similar results on other sites.That’s pretty good, considering New Hampshire ranks 50th in public school funding,...
Letter: Palestine is not a country
In the story about Richard Hartshorne April 11 playing and speaking at Mariposa, the item states that he played music in Palestine. Palestine is not a country. Israel is a country where ethnic Palestinians live. That area of the world is no longer...
Letter: Trump’s willing confederate
As a pragmatic New England independent voter, I am sincere sadden by Gov. Chris Sununu’s recent flip-flopping. Sununu illustrated how deep into the Republican Party the stench of decay has occurred.Sununu is hardly a MAGA enthusiast. He...
Letter: Standing by statements
I am writing in response to Ed Surprenant's April 11 letter, "Letter is unfair to Democrats.”First, all my references were directed at progressive Democrats, highly concentrated in swampy Washington, D.C. I stand by my statements made there which...
Letter: Warmington lied about abortion position
Many good people do not run for public office because of misrepresentations and, unfortunately, outright lies that are often condoned in the political arena. But, in politics, as in life, facts matter.So, I felt it was important to let you know the...
Letter: Negative language and middle fingers
Standing at Route 202 and Route 101 intersection for the past three years and 11 months has not been about taking rights away from white people, rather to have equal rights for Black and other people of color.Last Saturday, in the first half hour of...
Viewpoint: Jay Schechter – ConVal agreement no longer works
By JAY SCHECHTER
On Wednesday, April 10, the Monadnock Center For History and Culture and Monadnock Ledger-Transcript sponsored a Community Conversation. Several members of the Dublin Education Advisory Committee attended.The presentation was billed as an event to ask...
Letter: Income is the problem
On April 10, I and about 50 residents of the ConVal School District attended a Community Conversation, “Where Does the ConVal School District Go From Here?” presented by the Monadnock Center for History and Culture and the Monadnock Ledger Transcript...
Letter: A Champion for Women's Rights
Women of my generation, who fought to have our rights expanded in the last decades of the 20th 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 attack on...
Letter: Ban is not a political issue
Jeremy Margolis' article (“Senate OKs trans women sports ban,” April 9) struck me and, as a woman, I bristled.The article begins, "In the latest victory for Republicans… ." Why must this be presented politically? What has happened to humanity? This is...
Letter: It’s a matter of choice
Some years ago, back in the late seventies, my daughter, a high school graduate, moved out of our home to be “on my own.” We honored her decision. Then one day she called. She was pregnant.Honestly, and sadly, I wasn’t surprised. What little I knew, I...
Letter: Don’t print lies
I was disappointed to read in the April 4 edition of the Ledger, a letter from Charles Krause of Peterborough. I wasn't so much disappointed in the content (which we're all too used to seeing these days), but the fact it was printed at all. Surely the...
Editorial – ConVal and community
As the ConVal School District contemplates the next steps to take after a proposed reconfiguration failed at the polls, School Board members and officials should heed comments from participants in Wednesday’s Community Conversation. When the Monadnock...
Margaret Nelson: View From the River – The gift of volunteers
April is Volunteer Appreciation Month. So let’s talk about the wonderful gift of volunteers.The River Center’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program just ended for 2024. This year, 11 IRS certified volunteer tax-preparers completed over 325...
Letter: Letter is unfair to Democrats
I am writing in response to Charlie Krause’s latest comments (“Democrats aim for total power,” April 4). He writes that Democrats don’t believe in “…old fashioned, national Constitution.” He must think those that stormed and vandalized the Capitol,...
Letter: A little cosmic circumspection
We should take this opportunity to recognize the eclipse for what it was – a reminder that no matter what our differences may be, we're all just a bunch of awkward primates doing our best to eke out an existence on this big blue marble hurtling...
Letter: Closing night at The Folkway
Odetta sang on closing night at The Folkway.The only way into the building that night, for those without tickets, was via the third floor back walkway. But wherever you were inside, you could hear Odetta. How she pitched her voice soft enough to reach...
Letter: Abortion and religion
Not letting women have control over their bodies is something we profess from our religious views of all life, whether we attend church or not. Men have never had to deal with their own bodies this way. Men have been men and deem women less than...
Letter: Fellow customer saved the day
I have an eyesight problem, not a bad one, but without the medicine I take for it I would have a big problem.I get the prescription from a local pharmacy, and Medicare pays for most of it. When I ran out of my medication, I went to the pharmacy to get...
Viewpoint: Robert Beck – Why NATO matters
Imagine a scenario in which the major powers of Europe and North America had come together in a political-military alliance in the early 1930s, pooling their diplomatic, economic and defense resources to counter the rising menace of Nazi...
