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...
Good day to you, sweet southern Vermonters! We've got dynamic changes on the way in the Weather Department, some of which may result in strong impacts to be sure. We've got a couple of days of increasingly mild and fair weather to enjoy through Thursday. Clouds then increase Thursday night, with an initial period of mixed snow, sleet, and freezing rain that arrives around or after midnight. Any icing will quickly turn to heavy rain by Friday morning and it...
On Saturday, April 21, at 8 p.m., Cracked Glass Productions presents “Dylanophrenia, Classic Dylan for the Age of Trump.” The Same Thing Band performs classic songs of Bob Dylan chosen for their relevance to our current political scene. For more than 20 years, The Same Thing has been dedicated to giving voice to Dylan's music. “Dylan was instrumental in so many political awakenings, including my own,” Jon Mack, manager of the Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery and a member of the...
I have always been an independent who has voted for Republican, Democratic, and third-party candidates in federal, state, and local elections since my first ballot was cast in 1970. And under no circumstances am I voting for Donald Trump. While I don't agree with everything Steve West posits, I, too, have been told the six things he outlines in his very first paragraph. I, too, have been told that the country cannot afford for me to vote the convictions of...
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