In 1860 and 1948, two election years when racial issues predominated, there were two Democratic parties, each with its own nominee: John C. Breckinridge and Stephen A. Douglas in the 19th century, and Harry Truman and Strom Thurmond in the 20th. There arguably were two Democratic parties in …

As part of the “ICEBREAKERS,” a legal team of retired attorneys formed by the North Country Immigrant Rights Coalition, I participated in authoring a similar letter to this one, sent out to Gorham, Berlin, and many New Hampshire communities. Our legal conclusions have since been verified by …

As everyone who is committed to protecting our environment knows, every day is Earth Day. Protecting our planet, our state and our communities’ natural environments, is a year-round task. The New Hampshire Association of Conservation Commissions (NHACC) and each of its member commissions, ar…

War is a great engine of change, sweeping aside assumptions, toppling established power relationships, driving new forces into play, rearranging long-held theories and challenging orthodoxies. That happened in six years of fighting in World War II, in the seven days of the 1967 Middle East W…

Same destination, different country.

With the Dow Jones stock market index at about 47,000 it is interesting to see how far it has come since May 7, 1929, when it hit a high of 326 for the 1920s. But just a half a year later on Nov. 8 its value fell to 198.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Suddenly Donald Trump, who arguably has some mastery of the business arts, is in defiance of one of the fundamental principles of his trade: Hope is not a strategy.

The political climate in New Hampshire took a dark turn this month as lawmakers were in the middle of the last year of the current two-year term.

By Richard Gilman

By Dr. Brian Beals, pediatrician, Coos County Family Health Services

The keys to a happy, healthy community:

Over the past several weeks, I have spent time in communities across the North Country in a series of community listening sessions. I want to begin by thanking everyone who took the time to attend, speak candidly, and share both concerns and hopes for the future of healthcare in our region.

His grandparents and mother were born in Selma, Ala., the site of the violence of the 1965 civil rights march that led to the Voting Rights Act. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio, where within 30 yards of his house six Black active-duty soldiers went off to Vietnam, including one of his childhood…

By Garry Rayno, Distant Dome

Spock who, as a Vulcan, is incapable of lying, returns by popular demand to address the statements delivered by an angry bearded man in a white pickup to the Northern Sanctuary Community’s vigil outside Saint Barnabas Church in Berlin on January 20th: “They’re all illegals!” he hollered as h…