I am writing to bring attention to the local business in Townshend whose owner chooses to hang the confederate flag outside his store in such a provocative manner.
I wonder what his reasoning is. Is he trying to drum up business? Is he trying to drum up another war? Does he have something to say to the black people who live in the area? Is he pro-slavery?
Please let us all know, sir. My 9-year-old son will be asking me questions when we drive by your “display,” as we do every week. Please, is there something I'm missing?
The African-American people in my family also would like an explanation.
I am disappointed in the head of our Selectboard here in Windham and with the anti-wind group Friends of Windham. They continue to demonize and wage a smear campaign against any citizen of town whom they deem to be not stepping in line with their interests. The most recent...
I feel compelled to air a pet peeve that I have had for years. Every year I get a property tax statement that contains four tear-off tabs that I am to mail in to the town with a check for quarterly payment of my property taxes. I am almost...
After failing to get the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) passed in 2010, Senator Patrick Leahy is back again this year with Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and the Theft of Intellectual Property Act (PIPA, or PROTECT IP). Do not forget that PIPA is the son of COICA. These guys really love their acronyms. Back then, while the Vermont American Civil Liberties Union was nominating Leahy as Civil Libertarian of the Year, the national ACLU office...