My brother, the prophet: ‘Trump’s gonna burn the place down before he goes, and everyone in his way’

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, January 7, 2021

Trump is no gangster. Let’s get that straight. If he wasn’t President and insulated and you were able to get up into his face, he would 100 percent crawl into his fat neck and hide from a real fight. That’s the man Don Trump is. He’s no tough guy, and I doubt he has either ever thrown a punch or taken one to the face in his life.

The Soapbox: ‘It’s time for all the people of NH to demand justice for our immigrant neighbors’

Monday, September 23, 2024Tuesday, January 5, 2021

While some medically vulnerable immigrants were released, Strafford County continues to take in more detainees, despite the risks to the immigrants and to the community. COVID-19 will soon turn the jail into a death camp for the immigrants detained inside. We must release them before this happens.

Letters: Protect the New Hampshire Advantage

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, January 4, 2021

This term our elected officials must put party bickering aside and work with each other to focus on what can be done to help our residents.

Life in the Streets: Winter has the coldest bite

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, January 3, 2021

What do you do when someone from your life passes away? I like to sit alone in the quiet dark and just let my mind absorb the silence. Maybe it’s because I’m more of an introvert most days and the idea of opening up like that just doesn’t sound comforting to me. Well recently, I lost someone who was special to my existence. Winter has claimed another soul and it always feels worse but I think in reality ANY season you experience someone passing away that you care about feels horrible. My sister was 30, turning 31 on January 5, but unfortunately passed away before she got to experience that.

The Madeleine Effect: A warm kitchen, a hungry child and the mystery of food memory

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, January 3, 2021

Something powerful can happen in these moments, especially now in a new year. In particular, coming off a challenging time, our catalog of memories in these days of isolation is what we have available to build upon. And now, as it was then, the potency of food memory is available through small, personal moments; a warm kitchen in a small town, as the snow falls outside our window, eating simple food with people you love and who love you back.

We will raise our voices for justice responsibly during the policy-maker transitions of 2021

Monday, September 23, 2024Saturday, January 2, 2021

In more “normal” times, we would be out in full force and large numbers during these elected-official transition moments – that is, physically present, visible and vocal – as we advocate for the core values and public policies that lift up human decency and build healthy, safe, vibrant and economically equitable communities.

Pop’s Art: The call of Abraham, Part 2

Monday, May 4, 2026Saturday, January 2, 2021

The biblical story of Abraham continues as he and Sarai enter Egypt.

My Three Words for 2021: Guiding words rather than New Year Resolutions

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Friday, January 1, 2021

After a year filled with all kinds of surprises, I’ve learned to pace myself, accept that I can’t predict today, let alone anything in the future, and therefore I’ve made myself fully present, right here, right now. If perseverance got us through 2020 then creativity and flexibility will be key components for success in 2021.

The Soapbox: Cancel the Aztec Christians

Monday, September 23, 2024Thursday, December 31, 2020

The Lord whose birth we celebrated but a few days ago spoke of separating the wheat from the chaff. Christian clergy everywhere should stop providing intellectual cover to so-called pro-choice advocates and call out the modern Aztec pseudo-Christians in clear and certain terms.

Living Without an Address 1: Preparing the way

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, December 31, 2020

At this time last year, I was homeless, dealing with what mental health professionals call “unrelenting crisis,” and not knowing when or if I would be able to get my life back together. My choices were to be treated like a child in a homeless shelter or live somewhere on my own. Around this time, I started making plans to live in a tent regardless of how cold it might be. I had simply had enough of the New Horizons shelter in Manchester.