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An honest understanding of historyI applaud op-ed contributor Wayne Gersen for his honesty about his early understanding of American history and for his generosity in hoping we can all find common ground as we seek a better understanding of who we are...

Column: ‘Divisive concepts’ keep us from finding common ground Modified: 5/15/2021 10:30:12 PM As the many columns and letters in the Valley News have indicated, HB 544, the ”divisive concepts” legislation proposed by Republican legislators in New Hampshire, is accomplishing its intended mission: It is dividing us instead of bringing us together. A recent New York Times essay by Michelle Goldberg describes the rationale for bills like HB 544. The GOP senses that President Joe Biden’...

Column: GOP, corporations find themselves in a bind Contributor Wayne Gersen in West Lebanon, N.H., on April 12, 2019. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Modified: 4/24/2021 10:10:04 PM Two seemingly unrelated topics dominated the news cycle recently — new voting laws in Georgia and President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan. A closer look reveals that these topics share some commo...

Column: How America raised a generation of ‘low trusters’ Modified: 3/15/2021 10:10:12 PM A recent op-ed by New York Times columnist Charles Blow included a link to a July 2019 Pew Charitable Trust study on the levels of trust Americans have in government and in each other. Blow’s column examined the data by racial categories, concluding that Black Americans’ reluctance to be vaccinated is a result of their distrust in the government and their fellow Americans. In reviewing the Pew d...

Column: The speech I’d like to hear Joe Biden give Contributor Wayne Gersen in West Lebanon, N.H., on April 12, 2019. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Modified: 1/30/2021 10:25:04 PM I was heartened by President Joe Biden’s speech calling for unity. However, I fear that unity will be elusive as long as we keep rehashing the lies President Donald Trump told, particularly the Big ...