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LETTERS

They decry the removal of activist’s memorial in N.H.

Fiery, outspoken, and contentious in her lifetime, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was a prototypical feminist and indefatigable fighter for justice. Some disagree with her politics, yet her historical importance cannot be denied.

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COMMENTARY | Matt Stein and John Gage

How to move beyond climate disinformation in the N.H. State House

Two climate action proponents call for ending counterproductive debates over long-settled science.
SHIRA SCHOENBERG

Mike Pride trained a generation of journalists while building a political powerhouse

The former editor of the Concord Monitor created a paper where local news coverage was valued for its human impact, where small-town stories were seen as important and fascinating, and where reporters knew they would hear a critique of their work from neighbors at the grocery store.
COMMENTARY | Nick Landekic

How truly ‘green’ are electric cars?

According to retired biotechnology CEO Nick Landekic, the uncomfortable reality is that EVs alone will not help the planet much if the electricity is coming from non-renewable primary sources.

EDITORIAL
Let Harmony Montgomery be an example: Children’s needs must be prioritized in court cases
Whose responsibility was it to suggest that living with her troubled father was not in the 4-year-old’s best interest?

ALEX BEAM
The ghosts of Morry Taylor
In the next election cycle, who will spend money needlessly on a vanity candidacy and garner bucketfuls of free media hacked out by bored journalists sitting around the Manchester Best Western waiting for actual candidates to show up? The clock is ticking!

Andy Jordan, as told to Amy MacKinnon
Ten years after Marathon bombing, why did we survive when others didn’t?
Later, I would see two photos taken that day. In the first, my kids and I are standing on Boylston Street moments before one of the Boston Marathon bombers placed a backpack next to that mailbox. The second was taken after the bomb detonated.

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Alex Beam

My friend, the coyote

Coyotes are top of mind here in the Bay State. I’m old enough to remember when a man ran for mayor of Newton promising that “Newton will hunt down and kill the coyotes.”

IDEAS | CHRIS CHIAPPINELLI

My wife and I fantasized about quitting our jobs. Instead, we took a hike.

Turns out, there was a happy medium between giving it all up and living the life of our dreams.

EDITORIAL

Biden owes the public explanations on mysterious airborne objects

Conspiracy theories are harder to shoot down than the recent spate of UFOs. Still, the Pentagon should try.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM

Michael Delaney: a problematic nominee

His supporters say federal appeals court nominee Michael Delaney is a dedicated advocate for sexual assault survivors. The family of one high-profile survivor would beg to differ.

Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Annie Kuster, and Chris Pappas

Keep New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary

The New Hampshire primary was born out of a need to return the democratic process to the people, not leave it with party insiders.

Juliette N. Rooney-Varga and William R. Moomaw

US Forest Service should let forests grow

Letting forests grow would support the full range of native biodiversity while removing carbon from the atmosphere.

LETTERS

With its meet and greets, N.H. is best suited to be first primary

The value of placing New Hampshire first is that it requires candidates to do meet-and-greet campaigning, something that is getting lost in the overemphasis on political ads and campaign money.