Practical Solutions

Do you have any ideas that will help the middle class? I believe in the intrinsic value of education, however, I also think we need to be practical and take into consideration the realities of today’s economy. Kids should attend college but I think they should carefully consider their major area of study. Unless you

Bernie Sanders Prepares to Fight

By David Gram, Associated Press Writer  |  November 8, 2006 BURLINGTON, Vt. —Preparing to crash the gates of the world’s most exclusive club, self-described socialist and senator-elect Bernie Sanders on Wednesday vowed to continue his fight for the middle class and poor in the Senate. “I believe that right-wing extremist policy is now dead in America.

A Toast to Vermont: Poem by J. Howard Flower

In beauteous lands that earth can boast, When men propose their proudest toast To each; when, lonely at my post,      I stand to make my vault, My memory like a homesick ghost Still haunts the scenes it counts the most Resplendent of the handsome host:             Give me Vermont!   Here first I heard

Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT)

  Senator Jim Jeffords is retiring from the Senate. I met him once at the 4th of July parade in Rutland. He is a very nice man. I am happy to say his successor will be Bernie Sanders.  

Our Lady of the Snows, Woodstock VT

Our Lady of the Snows, Woodstock VT, originally uploaded by PhilipJones.

Woodstock’s Mt. Tom: The Pogue

What is the Pogue, and how did it get its name? The Pogue is a man-made 14-acre pond tucked into the hills of the Marsh-Billings- Rockefeller National Historic Park’s Mount Tom Forest. Naturally a spring-fed boggy area, it was created in the 1880s when an earthen dam was constructed. It is rumored to be bottomless! The origin of

Thurmond Knight: Vermont School of Violin Making

Thurmond Knight at his workbench Thurmond Knight’s violin shop sits on 160 acres of woods and meadows in Glover, Vermont. Here, he builds violins, violas and cellos, all by hand. From 1992 until 2000, Thurmond was  German Master Maker Karl Roy’s teaching assistant at the Violin Craftsmanship Institute, University of New Hampshire, Durham. Thurmond takes a limited

Vermont Artist Sabra Field

Sabra Field was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and grew up in the metropolitan New York Area. She earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in the Arts from Middlebury College, which awarded her its Alumni Achievement Award in 1984 and an Honorary Doctor of Arts in 1991. She also holds a Master of Arts in

Madeleine Kunin

Madeleine May Kunin (born September 28, 1933) is a Swiss–American diplomat and politician. She was the Governor of Vermont from 1985 until 1991, as a member of the Democratic Party. She also served as United States Ambassador to Switzerland from 1996 to 1999. She was born in Zurich to a Jewish family, and moved to

Vermont State Capitol Building Montpelier

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