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Also a place where conversation happens – from Letters to the Editor and Op/Eds to The Soapbox, you’re welcome to tell us how you really feel.

‘We need to take seriously the public health aspect of opiate addiction and overdose’

read more…: ‘We need to take seriously the public health aspect of opiate addiction and overdose’

We need to take seriously the public health aspect of opiate addiction and overdose. Instead of focusing on filling more jail cells, we should commit to making more health resources available to those who need them. At the end of the day, drug addiction is solely a medical issue. I have been proud to work with my legislative colleagues here in New Hampshire to tackle these issues in a rational, compassionate way, and urge our representatives in Congress to do the same.

Dear Dr. Brady: I suspect my child’s classmate may be suffering abuse. What should I do?

read more…: Dear Dr. Brady: I suspect my child’s classmate may be suffering abuse. What should I do?

“My child came home with another student’s notebook. When I asked my child about who it belonged too, they said it belonged to a friend in their class. I noticed inside the notebook that there were suggestive pictures in the book. On another page there was a note that said “please stop hurting me.” I am so worried about this child and I don’t know what to do!”

Amazing Grace: Evolution of a prison letter-writing ministry

read more…: Amazing Grace: Evolution of a prison letter-writing ministry

John, a prisoner in California, is a prolific writer, sending me 20 letters in 2012, 38 in 2013, 58 in 2014 and over 40 already in 2015. Letters are often delayed in being delivered so it is not uncommon to hear from him for several weeks that he has received no mail from me even though I write fairly regularly. Even the slightest break in my letter-writing would bring an apologetic letter saying he hoped he had not offended me in any way.

Letters: Defending school employee’s right to free speech on Facebook

read more…: Letters: Defending school employee’s right to free speech on Facebook

If First Amendment rights to freedom of speech exist within the public school setting, is it logical to believe that public school employees lose their rights to free speech outside of their employment? I am concerned that a reporter and two school board members are so unacquainted with the rights of free speech.

Manchester Motordrome: Short-lived high-test heyday of ‘motorhead mecca’

read more…: Manchester Motordrome: Short-lived high-test heyday of ‘motorhead mecca’

In their heyday – from 1947 to 1950 – midget racers buzzed around the banked, asphalt oval just south of Grenier Field on Sunday nights, emitting a roar that made Manchester a major motorhead mecca. OK, the track was in Londonderry. What the owners lacked in geography, they made up for in their ability to market the midgets.

Getting ‘Boobtober’ Off my Chest

read more…: Getting ‘Boobtober’ Off my Chest

Every day is No Bra Day for women like me who, for whatever reason, chose not to have reconstruction. I’m here to remind us that we’re not defined by mammary glands but by our unique creative intellect and spirit. That self-esteem is more the measure of our mettle in this over-sexed society we live in, one we too often feel compelled to “fit in” least we – God forbid – have people talking.

Open Letter: ‘I find myself with more questions than answers on ‘Don’t Wait. Educate’ initiative

read more…: Open Letter: ‘I find myself with more questions than answers on ‘Don’t Wait. Educate’ initiative

While I would like to sign your Statement of Principles, I find myself with more questions than answers, assertions without reference, a school district that has struggled for years with its existing pre-school program, the questionable results of the Head Start program nationwide and the opinions and analyses of many experts that don’t agree with the solutions proposed by your organization to the issues raised.

Eric G. Part 4: ‘Things happen’ in prison, an understatement if I ever heard one

read more…: Eric G. Part 4: ‘Things happen’ in prison, an understatement if I ever heard one

A letter arrived from the same prison, stamped STATE PRISON GENERATED MAIL, with the name of a different prisoner in the return address. One of the drawbacks of writing to strangers in prison is the lack of privacy behind bars. I wondered if my name and address would one day be passed around the cellblock by Eric, with or without his knowledge. This letter was from John G. and said that Eric had been held in the infirmary due to a mental health issue.

Putting the ‘fun’ in funerals; or perfect party planning for the nearly departed

read more…: Putting the ‘fun’ in funerals; or perfect party planning for the nearly departed

This is not a joke. In recent years, more and more people have been planning their own funerals. According to mortician Steve Skiles, who’s been doing these types of funerals for years, ”It’s a way of saying, ‘Hey world, I may be dead but I’m not gone.”’

The joy of phubbing: Cell phones and relationships in the 21st Century

read more…: The joy of phubbing: Cell phones and relationships in the 21st Century

But phubbing – that is phone snubbing, or the act of snubbing someone in a social setting by looking at your phone instead of paying attention – has become so commonplace, I have a hard time taking seriously a recent study that suggests it is a practice that is ruining relationships and leading to widespread depression.

City fathers almost waited ’til the cows came home to erect Town Pound

read more…: City fathers almost waited ’til the cows came home to erect Town Pound

Apparently, the decision to erect a Town Pound was a major civic undertaking. It made the current Presidential Primary campaign look like table talk at a poker game. We’re just hoping the Presidential election is resolved more swiftly than the Town Pound debate – it lasted 90 years – or our grandchildren won’t be alive to see Chelsea Clinton’s granddaughter take the oath of office.

Eric G., Part 3: Mental illness and the prison population

read more…: Eric G., Part 3: Mental illness and the prison population

Early in our correspondence, Eric G. mentioned he was bi-polar and that it was being treated with meds. He sometimes started hunger strikes because he was being deprived of the correct medications, or they were not delivered as ordered. When he was sent to new facility, often the medical orders were slow to arrive. And being sent to a new prison complex also meant his personal belongings did not arrive with him and it was usually quite a while before he was reunited with books, photos, art supplies.

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