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Gregory Dennis: Imaginary Trump talk warms up

Posted on May 4, 2017 |
By Greg Dennis



I recently had a chance to sit down (in my imagination) with President Donald Trump to discuss the Peoples Climate March in Washington, D.C.

The march brought an estimated 200,000 people to the streets of the nation’s capital to protest Trump Administration policies that push for burning more coal, oil and gas. There were scores of similar events around the globe, including in Montpelier.

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Letters to the Editor: All must protect migrants' rights

Posted on May 4, 2017 |
By Jack Mayer and Emily Joselson



“About 12 years ago, I made a house call — really a farm call— on the newborn twins of the wife of an undocumented Mexican farmworker. I’d cared for them in our community hospital and connected them with public health nursing and breast-feeding assistance. This family also had an 8-year-old boy in the local school, who was performing beautifully and beloved by all. His father was a pious, hardworking laborer on the dairy farm. Had he been documented, he would be a “model citizen.”

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Letters to the Editor: Join Green Up and give Bridport roads a break

Posted on May 4, 2017 |
By Sheila Huestis



Open letter and invitation to you who travel and feel the need to discard your trash on Middle Road (or any road) in Bridport. The banks on this road are steep, making it very difficult for the volunteers on Green Up day to pick up your trash! Please stop! You can also stop in at the Town Clerks office any time and pick up green bags and help pick up after yourself. To the Twisted Tea person, please dispose of your cans properly, not on the side of the road.

Thanks.

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Victor Nuovo: Aristotle on 'becoming virtuous'

Posted on May 4, 2017 |
By Victor Nuovo



Editor’s note: This is the fifth of a baker’s dozen of essays by Middlebury College Professor Emeritus Victor Nuovo on the origins of western political thought.

According to Aristotle, a virtue is a behavioral habit that is acquired by practice. Becoming virtuous is no different from becoming skilled in an art, craft or sport. It requires experience and instruction and the use of reason, good judgment and a wealth of experience.

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Letters to the Editor: Negotiation, not war, the answer

Posted on May 4, 2017 |
By Patricia Heather-Lea



Over 2,000 years ago, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples. Jesus led by example. For me, there is something caring and tender about that scene. How do we simply love and serve one another? I read that maundy is a shortened form of the Latin word, mandatum, which means commission or commandment. Jesus said, “A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” (Book of John, Chapter 13, Verse 34)

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Letters to the Editor: Insurance deal for all teachers merits bipartisan backing

Posted on May 4, 2017 |
By Seth Hopkins



Angelo Lynn’s editorial “$26 million savings is too much for Dems to ignore” in last Thursday’s Addison Independent was spot-on. Gov. Scott’s proposal to create a statewide health insurance contract for teachers and school staff is a once-in-a-generation opportunity that so-called leaders of the Legislature show every sign of passing up.

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Ways of Seeing: Johanna Nichols: Words to live by — Keep on flossing

Posted on May 4, 2017 |
By Johanna Nichols



If Bob Nist weren’t a dentist he could be a stand up comic. The best part about my appointment with the dentist was his Midwestern brand of humor. His jokes were like bad puns. It was his timing — the way he drawled them out — that made them funny.

His hygienist was another story. An appointment with Charlotte was torture. She dug into my gums and left me bleeding. Then, the verdict would be a recall in three months. If I got into the habit of flossing, I might make it to six months. It was worth a try.

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Letters to the Editor: Tax reform must make big business pay fair share

Posted on May 1, 2017 |
By Matt Birong



Who doesn’t love the Bill Murray classic “Groundhog Day”? The movie portrays the irreverent shenanigans of a man bumbling his way through the same life event stuck on repeat. He tries desperately over and over, but no matter what he does to change the outcome, he awakes the following morning to the frustration that he must do it again. So, in vain he attempts to change the ludicrous outcome time and time again. Sounds like tax day to me!!

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Letters to the Editor: Actions, demeanor of President No. 45 unfortunate

Posted on May 1, 2017 |
By Mary Jo Dupoise



How? How did this happen? How did America become the private property and ultimate celebrity show of a flaccid faced, lipless, combed over hair bozo? Look at him! Each day he becomes literally, physically, more bloated, from the power he feeds on.

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Letters to the Editor: Green Up here in Middlebury

Posted on May 1, 2017 |
By Peg Martin



Green Up Day is Saturday, May 6.

Come help — the roadsides are a mess!

In Middlebury, Green Up trash bags are available at the Ilsley Library, town offices, National Bank of Middlebury, Addison Independent, Town Public Works office on Route 7 South. If you need more information, call the Middlebury Green Up coordinator — me — at 388-7697.

Peg Martin

Middlebury

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