BRATTLEBORO — A ban on sale of assault weapons would be good.
A ban on sale of votes by Congress would be better.
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
-At an Oct. 21 debate with Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., Mark Coester disagreed with the incumbent Democrat on nearly every issue - challenging the basis of the questions and, at times, the moderators themselves. Coester, a Westminster logger and small business owner who won the Republican and Libertarian nominations for Vermont's sole seat in the U.S. House, even seemed to question his own presence at the debate and his status as the parties' standard-bearer. "It's a great mystery how I...
Jeannie Sutherland is the featured “Artist of the Month” for May at the Harmony Art Collective's gallery on 49 Elliot St. All profits from sales of her work in May will go to three local organizations: Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center (BEEC), Windham County Humane Society, and Rich Earth Institute. The fundraiser starts with a silent auction during Gallery Walk on Friday, May 6, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Harmony Collective and continues to the end of the month. “I...
What a defeatist piece laced with unbelievable negativity, lashing out at the very world the author claims “to live a meaningful life caring about the world [he] live[s] in.” I will agree that sometimes competition brings negative qualities in people to the front (“juicing” in baseball, for instance), but competition is a part of life. You apply for a job, you compete against other applicants for the position. Same with a promotion, trying to rent or buy a place to...
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