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SAXTONS RIVER-I read this article by Joyce Marcel expecting some background on the issue. Usually The Commons provides long (often too long) articles that go deeply into the material. Not so in this case.
Although there is plenty of background on why thousands of Afrikaners are being profusely welcomed into the USA (while other groups like Afghans have been shut out), none of it appeared in the article. Nor was there any perspective on the issue from the South African government.
The only comment was from Ethiopian Community Development Council Executive Director Joe Wiah, who referenced the problem the resettlement might be for ECDC volunteers. But no volunteers were interviewed.
For a lead front page story, I found this article fell short of my expectations.
SAXTONS RIVER-One of the reasons that I strongly support Leslie Goldman and Michelle Bos-Lun as state representatives is that they have made and followed through on a commitment to be available and to communicate with their constituents. I have participated in sessions with them at the Rockingham Free Public...
At last it comes out: Phil Scott, Daddy. Of course we kind of knew it, since he was just like most daddies: While the family would argue and plan what to do, Phil/Daddy would sit in the living room reading a newspaper and think about being off to the...
Roger Allbee, a lifelong “liberal Republican,” is reported to have changed to the Democratic party because the Republican party “no longer has room” for people like him. Allbee did not elaborate on why Vermont Republicans have suddenly become so un-liberal. Nor did he mention what he meant by “liberal” Republican. In the beginning of the article, we find that the Republican Party “does not have a primary, and does not have a candidate for Senate.” Is this a coincidence? Perhaps...
