PUTNEY — I am so grateful for this commentary, which names the unreasonable, but terribly powerful, fear - of a tyrannical government actually disarming citizens - behind so many opponents of gun-safety laws.
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...
Local First Vermont, a program of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, has welcomed Brattleboro to the seventh edition of its popular Buy Local Resource Guide and Coupon Book, which promotes locally owned businesses and offers coupons as an incentive for Vermonters to buy local. The six Brattleboro businesses participating in this year's book are: Brattleboro Food Co-op, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Dutton Berry Farmstand, Ruggles & Hunt, Everyone's Books, and Latchis Theatre and Hotel, according to a news release.
Write Action announces its 12th annual Poetry and Prose Writing Contest. There is no theme this year. Entries in poetry and prose will be judged anonymously. The first place winners in both categories will be awarded $100, second place winners get $50, and third place winners $25 each. All will have the opportunity to read at this year's Literary Festival. Each category will judged by an esteemed writer from the Vermont writing community. The judge for poetry will be Chard...
I just finished reading Tim Wessel's absurd Viewpoint, and I am aghast. He bemoans the lack of condemnation of Hamas at protests here in Brattleboro. Now, what can that be likened to? Back when slavery was still a thing here in the United States, occasionally there would be slave revolts. Sometimes these revolts would end in the death of a vicious slave owner. So when abolitionists protest slavery, I guess they also ought to condemn the enslaved for daring to...
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