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Appropriate reading material

As a New Hampshire voter, I believe that local school boards, with input from parents, teachers, and community members should be the body which determines appropriate reading material for school children in each individual school district. As a retired public school teacher, I sincerely hope ...

Wealth out of politics, please

Rep. Carol Shea-Porter promised, before successive terms as our District 1 House winner going to D.C., that she’d not become rich while there. (Not take advantage.) It happened. Charts showing money-worth had her last. A wealth chart now – Google: Quiver ...

Supporting our neighbors and strengthening our community

Imagine a community where every child starts the school day with a full belly and a full backpack – and every neighbor feels seen, heard, and valued. We thrive as individuals when we have fewer worries and feel healthy and energized. Today, about 17% of people in the United States take ...

U.S. is guilty

We are complicit. If I paid for someone to kill one or more people because they stood in the way of my getting what I wanted, I would be guilty of murder. Just as guilty as the one who pulled the trigger. Correct? The people in Gaza are being slaughtered because we, the people of the ...

Are Americans fed up with democracy?

Democracy can be exhausting and frustrating, especially representative democracy, which takes the immediate responsibility of ruling out of the hands of ordinary citizens and puts it in the hands of representatives, who govern from far away. Nothing seems to get done. All you hear about is ...