Friday, 04/20/12 7:55am
Dunsmore: Battle Fatigue
The war news from Afghanistan was not good this past week -
although diplomatic talks with Iran over its nuclear program after a
long hiatus show some promise. Barrie Dunsmore brings us up to date.
Thursday, 04/19/12 5:55pm
Coffin: Cowslips in April
Howard Coffin is an author and historian whose specialty is the Civil War. Apparently, he's also fond of some of the first greens of the season.
Wednesday, 04/18/12 5:55pm
Woolf: Housing in Vermont
Six years ago, the U.S. housing market collapsed. Today, Art Woolf sees signs of improvement but worries about the
tension between affordability for buyers and sellers who want to
protect the value of their homes.
Wednesday, 04/18/12 7:55am
McCallum: Written By Hand
April is a busy month, from observing Earth Day to promoting the
preservation of hand-written cards and letters. And a recent
re-discovery of a long correspondence from the past has renewed Mary
McCallum's
appreciation of this fading practice.
Tuesday, 04/17/12 5:55pm
Merton: Earth Day Homage
As the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day approaches this coming
Sunday, Lisa Merton is remembering the woman
who, until her death last year, reminded the world that there's
transformative power in planting a tree.
Tuesday, 04/17/12 7:55am
Jackson: Thinking About Trayvon
Like countless other Americans of all races, Reuben Jackson has been watching the nationwide protests that have followed the shooting of Trayvon Martin. What he didn't anticipate was a searing reintroduction to his own racial pain and anger.
Monday, 04/16/12 5:55pm
Nadworny: Going Visual
Rich Nadworny is an expert in new media and digital
marketing, who says that if a picture is a poem without words, then
the Internet is becoming very poetic.
Monday, 04/16/12 7:55am
Greene: Esther's Impact
Last month, Vermont historian Esther Munroe Swift died peacefully in
her sleep. Stephanie Greene considers her personal - as well as
public - impact.
Friday, 04/13/12 7:55am
Gilbert: William and Julian Scott
We’re in the midst of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Civil War, which raged for four years, from April 1861 to April 1865. Peter Gilbert has the dramatic stories of two Vermont soldiers who were not related, but who shared the same last name.
Thursday, 04/12/12 5:55pm
Kunin: Golf In A Burka
The August national golf club's decision to continue to deny membership
to women has prompted a response from Madeleine Kunin.
Thursday, 04/12/12 7:55am
Slayton: Sydney Lea's Poetry
Vermont Poet Laureate Sydney Lea is now touring Vermont, giving readings
at local libraries throughout the state. Tom Slayton attended a recent
reading by the poet at the Vermont State House in Montpelier.
Wednesday, 04/11/12 5:55pm
Averyt: A Poem For April
South Burlington poet and commentator Anne Averyt
observes that there's a lot to celebrate in April. But she
thinks nothing welcomes spring better than poetry.
Wednesday, 04/11/12 7:55am
Schubart: Slip Sliding Away
Bill Schubart has been thinking about what life delivers us and
what we ourselves make of it. He notes that in many ways we are blessed
in the United States. So why then do we have such a sense of loss and
what might we do about it?
Tuesday, 04/10/12 5:55pm
Mares: Thoughts on the Titanic
The sinking of the Titanic is on everyone’s mind this week, but Bill Mares has also been thinking about another North Atlantic tragedy that took place three years later.
Tuesday, 04/10/12 7:55am
Hunter: Signs Of Spring
While most of us are looking for signs of spring in the fields
and woods - and perhaps along the side of the road - Edith Hunter is finding them much closer to home.
Monday, 04/09/12 5:55pm
Greene: Spell Check Test
Lately, Stephanie Greene has been thinking about the
ways in which we’re manipulated by the very tools that are supposed to
speed us on our 21st century way.
Monday, 04/09/12 7:55am
Henningsen: Citizenship And Service
A recent
report on Americans in the military got Vic Henningsen thinking about the relation
of service to citizenship.
Friday, 04/06/12 7:55am
Dunsmore: The New Normal
Seven people were killed this week when an apparently disgruntled former
student opened fire on students and staff of a religious college near
Oakland, California. Barrie Dunsmore calls this "the new normal."
Thursday, 04/05/12 5:55pm
Levin: Reptiles At The Feeder
They may be the same old birds at the feeder, but Ted Levin tells us that the knowledge of
their pedigree has changed.
Thursday, 04/05/12 7:55am
Parini: Spring Poetry
As spring comes to Vermont, Jay Parini is recalling some of his
favorite lines of poetry about this glorious, if sometimes challenging,
season of rebirth.