WILMINGTON — Maybe try walking, since you can't drive safely (so you say). And slow the hell down if you can't stop. Genius.
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
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WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
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As predicted, lawmakers on Tuesday easily overrode Gov. Phil Scott's veto of H.217, a bill set to invest well over $120 million annually into Vermont's ailing child care sector, enacting the measure into law. The only surprise, at the end of the day, was how quickly it all happened. The House voted early in the day, 116 to 31, to override Scott. (It takes a two-thirds majority to override a gubernatorial veto.) And as of early afternoon, the plan remained...
This nation is in a painful and necessary self-evaluation of its political system brought on by the ascendency of the regime of Donald Trump. In her recent column “Trump is just another garden-variety demagogue” [Brattleboro Reformer, March 21], Vermont Senator Becca Balint argues in part that Trump is basically no different from previous demagogues in our history. While her columns are consistently thoughtful, this most recent piece deserves a challenge and a reconsideration from a more historical perspective. She states...
Can music really heal the physical body? “Leading scientific research says yes,” writes opera-singer-turned-healer Donatella Moltisanti. Moltisanti, a New York-based alternative wellness practitioner who calls herself a “soul healer,” writes that “whether singing lullabies or sacred chants, mothers and religious leaders have known for millennia what scientists are only beginning to understand: Singing has the extraordinary power to uplift, transport, and heal us, as well as to connect us to the Divine.” To support her contention, Moltisanti cites recent studies...
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