Apr 23-29, 2008
Congressman Welch Cracks Down on War Contractor Fraud; A Butcher-In-Training Learns How to Cut It; War Torn St. Michael’s College Takes a Vote
Benny Lava for Everyone
This has got to be the funniest music video of all time — even without the “translation!” Only from the land of Bollywood . ….
Free Press = Fruit Loops?
Last week, Burlington’s CCTV Channel 17 taped another episode of its Media Literacy Series. This one features Burlington Free Press environmental reporter Candy Page, Seven…
If You Can’t Take The Heat, Get A “HotHolder!”
You may already have seen these in Patrick Mullikin’s article called Kitchen Kitsch, but just in case you missed it, I wanted to call attention…
Richardson to Douglas: Find Nick Garza
From an unsourced story by KOB-TV, in Albuquerque: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s office plans to ask Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas to “step up” the…
Down in the Hole in America
The New York Times: “The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population. But it has almost a quarter of the world’s…
Sustainable Woodstock
Maybe this is how it will happen. In the absence of leadership on energy policy and global warming from our elected leaders, individual communities will…
Coffee Cuff
This makes me wish two things:1. That I still drank coffee.2. That I thought of it first….
I’m In Love with Pete’s Greens (This Week’s Farm Share)
It may have been 80-degrees today, but it’s still April, and usually, that means the only local vegetables available to Vermonters are baby spinach, sprouts…
Welch’s Contractor Loophole Bill Passes House of Representatives
This just in… Regarding this week’s cover story: Legislation introduced three weeks ago by Rep. Peter Welch to require overseas contractors to report cases of…
Woe is They
The suits at Gannett, I mean — those dashing men and women charting the future of America’s largest chain of “information centers,” which includes The…
Middlebury College: Are You Getting Your Money’s Worth?
The Campus Question #14: Middlebury College
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Pure Pop Record Store Day [SIV76]
4/19/08: The first ever international Record Store Day was in full swing at Pure Pop Records Saturday. Music fans swarmed the bargain bins and went…
French Connection
Art Review: Gaal Shepherd, “La Muraille: an exhibition on the theme of a wall.” Cooler Gallery, White River Junction. Through May 2.
Second Annual Ewaste Recycling Event
Small Dog Electronics, South Burlington, Saturday, April 19, 11 A.M. – 1 P.M.
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for April 23-April 30, 2008. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here…. ARIES (March 21-April 19): The U.S. government is…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Baltimore transit authorities said Issac Ray Dunn, 58, boarded the city’s light rail system but failed to show a ticket when asked….
Moose Leaves Burlington
The Burlington Free Press reports that the moose on the loose earlier today has scampered safely away into South Burlington….
It’s Over…Thank Goodness!
Regular and even irregular readers of this blog may have noticed that I, um, haven’t been around much lately. In an earlier excu..post, I mentioned…
The Ken Lay Chair in Economics
Sounds like the punchline of a Motley Fool joke, doesn’t it?It’s not. As an alum and former member of the faculty at the University of…
Chicken Without the Bird
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is offering $1 million to anyone who can “produce meat in the laboratory — without killing any animals.”…
Moose on the Loose!
View Larger Map This morning we got a call about a moose sighting on Ledge Road in Burlington. Toffee Cowles called to tell us that…
