Ways of Seeing: The reach of the border

Recently, ICE has raided and invaded Vermont. Last month, for example, agents chased someone into a home on Dorset Street, then, after waiting for a warrant, ultimately broke down the door to apprehend those inside. After the chase, people gathered to protest. Vermont law enforcement officers arrived on the scene to help manage the growing crowd. Many Vermonters have said that the officers, in aiding in the raid, used excessive force. In the end, both citizens and non-citizens were left angry, traumatized a … (read more)

Now is not the time to add pressure to property taxes or the state budget.

Among its many flaws, the ordinance fails to reflect the numerous concerns that town residents have expressed to the selectboard.

As a toddler and boy in the 1960s, I watched Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Milton Berle in drag. I turned out OK. As a teen in the 1970s, I watched Flip Wilson in drag. Some readers may remember his character Geraldine Jones. I turned out OK. As a young adu … (read more)

Leaves are an important year-round habitat for all manner of insects.

It does not take an advanced degree or high school diploma to reach this conclusion. Anyone can be judged as right or wrong … morally, ethically, logically, strategically. If integrity is an important part of who we are, the Supreme Leader was a poor choi … (read more)

A few weeks ago in S. Burlington, federal immigration agents entered a home looking for one person but detained three others who were not named on the warrant. These individuals were released following a judge’s order, but many people detained in Vermont … (read more)

So… you drove by the No Kings 3 rally in Middlebury and observed that “most of the protesters looked like they never got over the thrill of protesting the Vietnam War” and that if Trump were actually a king “there would be no protesting.” My response is a … (read more)

Orwell residents will have the opportunity to ban this ill-advised local law by voting YES at the Orwell fire house at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 18.

With his tail tucked between his legs, President Donald Trump signaled early Wednesday morning that the U.S. may concede Iran has the upper hand.

When crafting bills about rural Vermont, get rural Vermonters at the table.

As an organization allegedly dedicated to educating our children, the MAUSD decision to cancel Identity Week quite successfully teaches them all of the wrong lessons.

The next time you wonder just how a place turned into itself, look under your feet. It might matter more than you think.

Most of us are unaware of the dread and grief all our ancestors endured as parents. Living in the current moment, I need to share the truth of what America was like then. It was awful.

The Addison County senator zeroed in on provisions of a bill meant to recognized the value of crops donated by farmers, which would have increased the supply of donated food to food shelves.