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Opinion

Why do we need more

Cabinet Letters

Every city and town have an armed and trained police force. Every county has an armed and trained sheriff’s department. Every state has an armed and trained state police force. The nation as a whole has millions of armed and trained military personnel. Do we really need more people ...

Mental illness: No longer ‘alien to our affections’

Cabinet Editorials

At the invitation of Monadnock Family Services, writer David Blistein, Co-Director Erik Ewers, and Producer Julie Coffman showed a 30 minute preview of the four hour film they call “Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness” in Keene a few days ago. Interesting as the filmmakers were to ...

Time for a savings safari

Cabinet Editorials

We’re mad as hell, paying five stinking bucks-a-gallon for regular gas. And that’s just the tip of the “heist-berg.” As in, we are being robbed every time we reach for our wallets. As a result, the term “extreme couponing” has returned to daily conversation. According to a new ...

COVID in Black and White: A Juneteenth reflection

Cabinet Editorials

“When White folks catch a cold, Black folks get pneumonia.” We’ve known this old adage for years but never before did it strike so close to home as it did last month when COVID finally caught up with our interracial family. First, a little background. Since the global pandemic began in ...