Barnaby Feder – Addison Independent

Letter to the editor: Senator’s vote explanation seems flawed

it’s hard for me to believe Sen. Heffernan honestly thought a “no” vote on the Mahdawi resolution wouldn’t be read in Addison County as making a political “I’m…

Jul 31, 2025

Letter to the editor: All must ‘pull one’s weight’ to fight global warming

Steve Thurston’s recent letter restated a number of the talking points the fossil fuel industry has inundated Vermonters with for years. But that doesn’t mean his remarks weren’t…

Nov 7, 2024

Letter to the editor: Helping Turning Point and Zen Center good for the whole community

I read the recent coverage noting the concerns of some in the community about the relocations to Court Street of Turning Point Center and the Breadloaf Mountain Zen…

Oct 17, 2024

Letter to the editor: ‘Truth with love’ means love all

I read with interest and disappointment the June 29 “Community Forum” submission by Renee McGuinness of the Vermont Family Alliance.

Jul 6, 2023

CVUUS leader ready to step aside

Barnaby Feder in 1980 had reached the pinnacle of print reporting — a job at the New York Times. He became a capable scribe for the Gray Lady’s…

Jun 22, 2023

Letter to the editor: Stolen flag will be replaced

As many folks have heard, the Pride Flag that has flown in various versions for several years outside the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Sanctuary at the corner of…

Mar 30, 2023

Climate Matters: The shifting shoreline of what we think we know

“It might be the very assumption you know something that blocks you from really knowing, but it might be that there is something unknowable mixed in.”

Oct 20, 2022

Letter to the editor: Anti-racism slogans can send the wrong message

The BLM slogan is inclusive, despite the desperation of so many people to brand it as divisive.

Oct 13, 2021

Letter to the editor: ICAN urges an end to injustice

We, the members of the Interfaith Climate Action Network of Addison County (ICAN), were saddened to learn from a recent Human Rights Commission report of the discrimination, based…

Jul 14, 2021

Letter to the editor: Thomas would bring unique perspective to board

I was encouraged to read in Laura Asermily’s letter the strong feeling that both of these candidates for the one-year remainder of Victor Nuovo’s term would make excellent…

Feb 25, 2021

Ways of Seeing: The spiritual side of climate change

Across the religious spectrum, climate change is becoming a place where people with varied faith traditions can find common ground for interfaith work. There is no governing body…

Mar 19, 2020

Feder to give Rabbi Reichert talk on Sunday

RIPTON — The Rev. Barnaby Feder, minister of the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society in Middlebury, will deliver the annual Rabbi Victor E. Reichert Bible Talk at the…

Oct 3, 2019