Letter to the editor: Escape clauses needed for college naming honors

Slavery, racism and other public issues are viewed very differently by the public today than in past times when they were overwhelmingly accepted and were unobjectionable under then-existing laws.

In a July 9 letter to the editor, Timothy Case of Middlebury presented a strong case to prohibit Middlebury College resuming in-person classes. Some institutions of higher learning have been very successful at distance learning — online education — even p … (read more)