A contribution to the Sept. 4 Letters from Readers column called out U.S. Rep. Peter Welch for not voicing support for impeaching President Donald Trump.
Welch, in fact, called for Trump's impeachment on July 18.
Annie Rose is driving home from visiting her son, who has been incarcerated for 15 months on a gun and drug charge. “He's in a minimum-security prison because he's never been in trouble before. I know that he's done illegal things before, but this is the first time he has been caught,” says the 75-year-old grandmother. Her son turned 54 years old the previous day. “We talked much longer than we usually do,” reports Rose, smiling. “It was a meaningful...
The historic Latchis Theatre continues its mission of “promoting and hosting cultural activities for the benefit of our community” with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer, songwriter, and guitarist Roger McGuinn on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. As described on the theater's website, McGuinn combines folk and rock but is “best known as the front man and leader of The Byrds, a band he created in 1964 along with Gene Clark, David Crosby, Michael Clarke and Chris Hillman.”
According to the United Nations, current national policies put the planet on track to heat up by 4.9 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. “That level of warming,” The Washington Post noted, “would be catastrophic for people and the ecosystems on which they depend, triggering inexorable ice sheet melt and catastrophic sea level rise. Deadly weather disasters, chronic food and water shortages and intolerable heat would become fixtures of life for much of the world.” In a surprising...
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