Jane Munson News Today

Responses to a guest essay about photos of early pregnancy tissue. Also: Readers discuss policing after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.

I almost always agree with Jonathan Baird about pretty much everything. However, I disagree with the premise of his recent piece, “The Problem With Democrats.” (Monitor, 5/23) The problem with Democrats, aside from Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, is...

New Hampshire has hit the national media, and not in a good way. The Monitor reprinted a commentary (2/4,) from the Washington Post ringing alarm bells over the proliferation of Republican sponsored legislation intended to suppress the honest teaching...

In her My Turn on January 1st, Susannah Colt confessed to such a degree of discouragement over the state of things in our country that it makes her want to “throw (her) hands up in the air and crawl into a cave forever.” I share that feeling. But what...

Zoning for BCHD project The Beach Cities Health District wants to build their huge and expensive assisted living plan without allowing the residents of Redondo Beach to vote on the zoning change for its current site. The district went to the City of Redondo Beach and asked to have it changed. I oppose the proposed inclusion of assisted living [RCFE - Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly], in the definition of a public land use. RCFE, especially those that charge market rents like $12,000...

Published: 4/13/2021 11:00:13 AM Representatives Notter, Vose, Harrington, Aldrich and Osborne, in a letter to the editor in today’s Monitor (April 9), I learned of your sponsorship of HB 373 prohibiting our department of environmental services from planning for, or even discussing, lowering carbon fuel emissions. My jaw dropped to the floor. This comes from the Science, Technology and Energy Committee? Tell me please, what version of science does this represent? Carbon emissions are placin...