New Hampshire lawmaker pushes for licensing massage parlors to combat sex trafficking

Amber Ferreira dominates Mt. Washington Road Race, claims second victory

Amber Ferreira of Concord won the Mt. Washington Road Race with a time of 1:13:52, beating her previous win by over 90 seconds, and also won the Crossan Cup as the top female finisher from New Hampshire.

My Turn: The pitfalls of the patriarchy

Yale philosopher Robin Dembroff’s new book, “Real Men on Top,” illustrates how the patriarchy is a system of male dominance “that concentrates power and wealth in the hands of a vanishing few, at enormous cost to women, children, animals, and the vast majority of men.” The patriarchy does this by accomplishing two things: It puts men […]

Opinion: Individual freedom and common ground

I used to think that the Fourth of July fireworks were a bonding experience common among all people. And then, I became aware that there were some people who are extremely uncomfortable hearing and seeing fireworks and will go to extremes to avoid them. Setting off fireworks in their neighborhood was a serious infringement on […]

Parker Potter: What's old, what's new?

The Americas may have been new to Europeans in the 1490s, but this land was not new to the people who had lived here for 30,000 years or more, and the difference between Europe and the United States is not that Europe is the old world and the United States is a new one, but rather that many Europeans feel a connection to local history that goes back thousands of years, while most Americans feel a connection to local history that only goes back a couple of hundred years.

Opinion: We arrived in U.S. a decade ago. This July 4, our story continues

On the Fourth of July, we should reflect on the progress of our nation and how ordinary citizens can make a difference by choosing integrity, service, and truth over division, self-interest, and misinformation.