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By STEVE TAYLOR

Time was when Upper Valley households were likely to get their milk delivered to their door in bottles by a cheery route driver from one of the iconic hometown dairy plants that dotted the region. That was before large supermarkets came along to dominate the area’s grocery trade and a few major New England brands took over the processing and distribution of fluid milk.

By NARAIN BATRA

Recently, I had a wonderful intellectual encounter with a group of bright people at the Dartmouth Osher Institute for a Great Decisions seminar, “India: Between China, the West, and the Global South.” I was a guest speaker for a course led by Jim Wooster, a US Navy veteran, and John Sanders, a Dartmouth emeritus professor of surgery.

By RANDALL BALMER

At one time, American evangelicals equated New York City with Babylon, the ancient site associated with power and corruption. Now, it appears, they have shifted their attention to Washington, D.C.

By UNAI MONTES-IRUESTE

Dartmouth College has a new general counsel and senior vice president. But there’s a problem. Matt Raymer is not qualified for his role.

By MICKI COLBECK

May, when I awaken from my winter stupor and remember to see and smell and say the names of things — morels popping up through the leafy ground, the smell of ferns unfurling, the names of birds just returning, the thousand shades of green on the hills.

By O. SAMI SAYDJARI

A university isn’t a sanctuary from discomfort — it’s a crucible for growth. Just as muscles grow by tearing and rebuilding, the mind strengthens through challenge, contradiction and offense. When universities prioritize emotional safety over intellectual rigor and challenge, they risk producing graduates unready for the real world — where ideas clash, stakes are high and no one curates your experience for comfort.

By MICHAEL REDMOND

As Vermonters observed Homelessness Awareness Day on May 6, the urgency of our state’s housing crisis has never been clearer. More than 4,971 individuals, including more than 1,105 children, experience homelessness nightly in Vermont — a number that is an undercount, as it reflects only those who engaged with our state’s coordinated entry system. In Orange/Windsor North, the district in which the Upper Valley Haven is the lead agency focused on homelessness, at least 333 of our neighbors are homeless, including 73 children.

By WILLEM LANGE

Of all the numskull, hammer-headed, misguided, ham-handed, tin-eared ideas floated by our current president (and there have been many, by my count), the one about annexing Canada as a 51st state has got to rank in the top 10 world-wide. His supporters claim he was just joking. If that’s so, it’s the first joke I’ve ever heard him crack. Plus, the Canadians ain’t laughing. Pretty much in response and against heavy odds, they elected another Liberal, a former banker whose response to Trump’s casual condescension has been the classic gesture often seen in heavy traffic.

By TRIS WYKES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford High softball, present and future, was in rough shape when Danielle Tenney was hired as the program’s head coach in 2019.

By RANDALL BALMER

I have no brief for Harvard University; my institutional loyalties lean toward Princeton, where I did my graduate studies, to Columbia and Dartmouth, the two schools that employed me for the past four decades, and to Yale for several delightful years as a visiting professor. But it appears that Harvard understands the cardinal rule of the playground: It’s impossible to appease a bully. The only acceptable response is to stand tall and, if necessary, fight back.

By NARAIN BATRA

On April 22, the pristine calm of Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam, Kashmir, was ruptured by violence of the most brutal kind. In what is now being called the deadliest civilian-targeted terrorist attack in India since 2008, 26 tourists, including a child and a Nepalese national, were murdered in cold blood by militants claiming allegiance to The Resistance Front (TRF), a known proxy of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba of Pakistan.

By WAYNE GERSEN

Over the past several days, I’ve had the opportunity to learn about Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi from the talks and interviews he has given locally and nationally. Unfortunately, the media coverage outside the Upper Valley has focused more on his advocacy for Palestinians than on his pacifism. Mahdawi ultimately stepped away from the disruptive elements of the Columbia University protests based on Buddhist principles he embraced to help deal with the suffering he experienced growing up in refugee camps.

By MIRO WEINBERGER

If you’ve turned on a podcast, watched a late-night show, or scrolled social media in the past month, you’ve probably heard something about “Abundance,” the new book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. The thesis is simple yet powerful: America, especially in blue states, has over decades created systems that prioritize stopping things rather than building them. We’ve become experts at saying no.

By TRIS WYKES

WINDSOR — Tough times for the Windsor High baseball team. Fresh promise for Thetford Academy.

By MICKI COLBECK

My ears perk up these mornings as the little brown dogs and I hike along the Ompompanoosuc River, for now is the season of surprises when the birds, species by species, arrive from the south saying, “Hey, we’re back. Gonna sing a song, find a female, have some chicks.” That’s when I forgo responsibilities around the house and become a bird listener.

By JONATHAN STABLEFORD

In an era of censorship and blacklisting, President Trump may need help finding the right book to take with him to bed after an exhausting day. He hasn’t asked for my advice, but with the two of us sharing a common humanity and nearly the same age, I have prepared a modest list of books to take him places he doesn’t go in a normal day.

By DAN MACKIE

As a writer who sometimes tries to find the lighter side of heavy things, the recent glam-packed Blue Origin space flight was a gift from the heavens.

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

She’s made more than 100 stops across New Hampshire in her first 100 days.

By MARY K. OTTO

I Go Down to the Shore

By GWEN TUSON

Polarization. Fear. Uncertain future. Rising prices. Politics affects nearly every aspect of daily lives. Neighbors suddenly in conflict with one another. In some communities, families focus on subsistence, but they can’t escape the larger turmoil. Am I writing about today?

By POLLY CAMPION and LAURIE HARDING

Recently, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to zero out the budget of the New Hampshire Commission on Aging.