Elayne Clift (a Hillary lover) is outraged that President Trump is against unborn children being murdered. She calls his pro-life position “downright mean.”
No, Elayne, you're the one who's downright mean!
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...
The Vermont Legislature's Climate Solutions Caucus is hosting a series of forums around the state to outline its priorities for the 2020 legislative session and seek input from Vermonters on the solutions they'd like to see advanced. State Reps. Emilie Kornheiser and Mollie Burke will lead the Windham County delegation for one of the events in this series on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m., at St. Michael's Episcopal Church on Putney Road. “Everyone - including every state and nation...
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will present a free Lunar New Year cooking demonstration on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at 5:30 p.m., via Zoom and Facebook Live. Organized by the Asian Cultural Center of Vermont, the event will feature artist and chef Cai Xi Silver of Cai's Dim Sum Catering, who will teach participants how to make Chinese chive and pork dumplings from scratch. A list of ingredients will be provided in advance. Register at brattleboromuseum.org.
This nation is in a painful and necessary self-evaluation of its political system brought on by the ascendency of the regime of Donald Trump. In her recent column “Trump is just another garden-variety demagogue” [Brattleboro Reformer, March 21], Vermont Senator Becca Balint argues in part that Trump is basically no different from previous demagogues in our history. While her columns are consistently thoughtful, this most recent piece deserves a challenge and a reconsideration from a more historical perspective. She states...
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