Excellent article, thanks! Do you think Hillary Clinton asked Patrick Leahy to be vice president or secretary of state?
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Good day to you, citizens of the verdant Green Mountains and valleys of southern Vermont! We have had a very humid summer, with above normal rainfall. For some, that is one of the larger euphemisms they'll encounter. Having said that, I've got good news and bad news. I'll give you the bad news first. We've got another round (and possibly two) of showers, downpours and thunderstorms to endure for this Wednesday morning and again in the afternoon. Some storms may...
Kevin O'Keefe flatters himself if he thinks I was referring to him in my Viewpoint [“Why schools are attractive targets for mass shooters,” March 7]. I mentioned “highly qualified people,” specifically “ex-law enforcement, former military and even highly competent civilians - who will step up and volunteer to actively protect our most precious citizens.” You, sir, are none of these. You, sir, are among the true bullies. You stand with “misguided arrogance,” self-righteous indignation, while pointing fingers and calling names.
At the darkest time of the year, human beings have a tendency to slip into dark meditations and ruminative thinking. Write Action, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting writing and writers in southern Vermont, invites people instead to meditate on the theme of mercy, and to write a poem, a piece of fiction, or nonfiction prose with that virtue as a theme. All works must be 500 words or fewer. At the time of the solstice, people around the world...
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