After reading Pat Sheehan's letter regarding her uterus and my testicles, here's my response to Pat and all the other pro-aborts out there: Smile! Your moms chose life!
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
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...
As Michael “Mike” Mrowicki, D-Putney, begins his ninth term as a state legislator, he suddenly finds himself flying solo. Last year’s redistricting separated Westminster from Putney and Dummerston in the Windham-4 district. His last term co-representative, Michele Bos-Lun, now finds herself representing turf that’s farther north — Westminster and Rockingham. That left Putney and Dummerston to Mrowicki. But he doesn’t feel alone. “The immediate benefit of a one-member district is I can focus more time on a smaller number of...
The Fairy House Festival returns to The Nature Museum in Grafton on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 23 and 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 14th annual celebration of nature, magic, creativity, and community brings together dozens of volunteers and builders to create a fairyland of small structures built from natural materials, including fairy playgrounds, castles, markets, gardens, and more. Visitors of all ages will have an opportunity to enter the Fairy House Trail Portal and explore the creations...
As of Jan. 6, 2021, the United States of America is certifiably insane and in a coma in need of critical care. There is no quick remedy; no drug will do the trick. Maybe surgery is the best option. But surgery by itself is not the answer. Therapy, centuries of therapy, might dig us out of the diagnosis hole of insanity and bring us back to the real world of democracy as expressed in our hallowed Constitution. As it is...
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