BRATTLEBORO — Last year, on U.S. profits of $5.6 billion, Amazon didn't pay federal income tax.
The company's “warehouse associates,” who work at $12.63 per hour, did.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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The Gallery at Next Stage presents Clearing: Recent Work by Barbara Garber, May 18 through Aug. 12, with an artist reception on Saturday, May 18, from 5 to 7 p.m. The Gallery, created as part of the recent $1.7 million renovation, is located at Next Stage, 15 Kimball Hill. It is open for viewing 30 minutes before each Next Stage event, on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and by appointment with the artist. Garber is a painter, printmaker,
It's ironic that Stephanie Givens, after hanging a ”Grinch” skeleton in a prison uniform in her yard, was subjected to the same outraged mob mentality that led to lynchings in the first place. It seems that even nice, liberal Vermonters are trolling for affronts and projecting evil where none was intended. Depending on your perspective, Ms. Givens' display could be seen as funny, tasteless, or disturbing. But it takes sheer paranoid projection to identify the race of a plastic skeleton.
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