Opinion
Viewpoint: Robert Beck – Lessons from Korea
On July 27, the 70th anniversary of the armistice that “ended” the Korean War was remembered by an ever-diminishing number of Americans. Sadly, it seems to have been totally missed by the majority of our fellow citizens, despite the fact that it was,...
View from the River: Stephanie Latini – Resources can help meet needs
Almost five years ago, I packed up my two small children and my Pennsylvania home of a decade, and trekked up to start a new life in Peterborough.A writer and educator originally from New Jersey, never having lived in New England, I felt like a fish...
Viewpoint: Michael T. Munhall – Joe MacGregor, a friend to all, retires
By MICHAEL T. MUNHALL
Bennington has gone through a significant transition. Bennington Garage has been sold, and longtime owner Joe MacGregor is taking a long-awaited retirement.He and his wife Leslie aren’t leaving Bennington, but he is going to take time for himself to...
Margeret Nelson: View From the River – Learning to go with the flow
Working at The River Center, it seems appropriate to talk about going with the flow.Who hasn’t thrown a stick into the river or stream to watch it make its way downstream? It catches on a rock until a current sends it on its way again, spinning in...
Mary Loftis: Finding a home –The importance of a garden
“From his perch in yonder treeAnd in my garden I’m as freeAs that feathered thief up there.”-- From “The Garden Song” by David MallettGardening connects us to the spot in which we live. For someone whose personal history has included periods of...
Joseph D. Steinfield: Looking Back -- My lost airplane and Daniel Ellsberg – an update
Daniel Ellsberg’s recent death at age 92 takes me back to my first Ledger-Transcript essay, “My lost airplane and Daniel Ellsberg.” I wrote it in 2006 while flying east from California, where I had met Ellsberg at a legal conference. For those who...
Viewpoint: Robert Beck -- Drama unfolds in Russia
While the recent events in Russia did not herald, as proclaimed by some analysts, the beginning of a bloody civil war, they did highlight the growing rot in the timber of Vladimir Putin’s leadership. By depending so heavily for military success in...
LETTER: Remember Monadnock Community Hospital
Recently I attended the Lunch and Learn at the Monadnock Center for History and Culture.Michelle Stahl, the executive director, made a very informative and entertaining presentation on the history of Monadnock Community Hospital (MCH). The Hospital...
LETTER: Thoughts on complicated abortion issue
Before I proceed, two facts should be stated, 1. I am neither Republican nor Democrat. 2. The article may or may not reflect my personal beliefs. It is an attempt to assuage, balance and compromise a contentious debate going on for over half a...
LETTER: Sympathy for letter writer
One must sympathize with Chris Balch’s recent letter (Time Has Run Ledger-Transcript, June 13) bemoaning the lack of progress by President Biden and the Democratic Party in failing to address sufficiently the problems of climate change. However, that...
LETTER: America is a country where people do as they wish
While I support Mr. Azzi's right to express himself in last week's viewpoints piece, I believe including some corroborating facts would have lent credence to the serious allegations he levied against the Christian faith, which he accused of being...
Taxes sustain communitiesI recently spoke with a long-time Peterborough resident who complained her family would move upon retirement because of the high taxes. They pay about $7,000. I asked why she thought the tax bill was high. The response was...
Editorial – Worth your support
The roster of organizations taking part in this year’s NH Gives – a 24-hour fundraiser from 5 p.m. Tuesday to 5 p.m. Wednesday – shows the breadth and depth of local nonprofit organizations that are worthy of support.There’s John Humiston American...
Editorial – Two months, two heroes
The Monadnock Ledger-Transcript began our Hometown Hero series in April. The first two heroes we featured are the type of people we’re looking to spotlight – people dedicated to improving their communities and the lives of the people who live in...
Letter: Reason for voting no
The bill SCR 1 aimed to preserve – and eventually add to the New Hampshire Constitution – the right of our state to hold the first primaries in the nation.When it came up for a vote in the House, I voted against it. Not because our demographics don’t...
Margaret Nelson: View From the River – Lessons learned from my mother
With Mother’s Day approaching, I have been thinking about my mother. She was the quintessential post-World War II housewife and mother. Here are lessons I learned from my mother:-- Your dinner plate should be color-balanced. Oh my, if you served...
Viewpoint: Robert Beck – Russia and Ukraine: win, lose or draw
As the Ukraine/Russia war grinds inexorably into its second summer, a sober analysis of the probable endgame scenarios for the conflict, and their potential consequences, is warranted. Put simply, the most likely outcomes to the war fall into the...
Letter: Money talks, words immobilize
When the U.S. Supreme Court determined in Citizens United case that corporations are people, it made a pact with the devilish money gods who, among other things, keep immobilizing cultural problem-solving with mean-spirited language.The latest sad...
Letter: Consider the children
When the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child came into force in 1990, the Canadian Louise Arbour, the U.N. High Commissioner, write in part, “Since its unanimous adopton in 1989 and entry into force in 1990, the Convention has become...
Editorial – Share what matters to you
We’re debuting our Hometown Heroes program focusing on people whose efforts make the community better. Our first profile is of Kathleen LaRue, who is working to fight hunger in her role as director of the food pantry at the United Church of Jaffrey....
