Wander Boys: A band of itinerant musicians sings in hobo harmony
Rik Palieri is a tramp and a hobo. And if you think those are insults, then you just don’t get it. “A hobo works and…
Saving Faces: A close-up look at Vermont photographer Ethan Hubbard
The directions to Ethan Hubbard’s house are complicated. Miss one of the turns and you can wander Orange County’s serpentine back roads for awhile without…
Road to Victory!
Lake Champlain was the beautiful backdrop the other day as Democrat Doug Racine tried to claim the crown of the “environmental candidate” for governor of…
Under Whose God?
Well, score one for our side, however briefly and without a prayer of success, if you’ll forgive the expression. I refer to the “God” business…
Chunky Monkey Business
It’s no secret that Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield made a fortune playing the underdog. For more than 15 years, they were the counterculture hippies…
Work: Allen Parker, redemption center sorter
The din of clanking bottles and cans is music to Allen Parker’s ears. He found his dream career — redemption — about six years ago….
Flick Chick
holy roles When the “under God” crisis broke last week, Republican lawmakers lined up with telegenic precision to recite the deity-friendly pledge of allegiance in…
Op-ed
ENEMY WANTED. Serious enemy needed to justify Pentagon budget increase. Defense contractors desperate. Interested enemies send letter and video (threatening okay) to Enemy Search Committee,…
Curtain Calls: Uncovering Vermont’s painted past
A landscape from another time and place overlooks the dusty, rarely used second floor of the land-locked Starksboro Public Library. Mounted in the proscenium arch…
Lady Lock: In Vermont pro-wrestling rings, Lisa Hayes is the grand dame of slam
In this corner, shouts Roy Haynes, from a land unknown, comes Lisa The Adjuster! The Adjuster raises her fists triumphantly and stomps the mat, gearing…
