Dec 9-15, 2009
Vermont’s New Crop of Educated Dairy Farmers Faces an Uncertain Future; A Court for Brain-Injured Vets; The Jazz Guys Say Goodbye
Parini Film Adaptation Makes Those NYC Arthouse Crowds Swoon
Last February I reported that an all-star movie adaptation of Middlebury prof Jay Parini’s novel The Last Station was in the works.The finished film hit…
A Good Excuse to Play Tetris
Reading the Sunday New York Times magazine is one of my favorite things to do over the weekend, but yesterday, I was disappointed to see…
Protesters Denounce Obama’s Troop “Surge” in Afghanistan
More than 100 people gathered in front of Burlington’s City Hall Saturday to protest President Barack Obama’s planned troop “surge” in Afghanistan.Braving bitter winds and…
Comcast, RETN Settle Contract Dispute
The Vermont Public Service Board has dismissed a case involving a long-running dispute between Comcast and the Regional Educational Technology Network (RETN) over how public-access…
The Salmon Speech (video edition)
Plenty of folks expressed an interest in my column this week, in particular as it pertains to State Auditor Tom Salmon and his use of…
VT National Guard Send-Off in Pictures
Vermont National Guard soldier Matt Doyon (pictured at right, below) packed his Army duffel bag with an Xbox and the video game NHL ’10 for…
Siegel’s “Big Fan” Deserves a Big Audience
This year’s celebrity blog postings offer one resounding conclusion: Sports, alcohol, sex and celebrity-dom do not mesh well. (They make for high ratings, though.) Today…
Federal Media Shield Law Goes to Full Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee announced this afternoon it has reached a compromise on legislation to enact a so-called “shield law” that would prevent journalists from…
House GOP Leader Announces Senate Bid
The 2010 electoral game of musical chairs continued Thursday with State Rep. Patricia McDonald (R-Berlin) announcing that she is running for a Washington County Senate…
Death of the Ugly Christmas Sweater Party
I am all for the merciless assassination of ridiculous trends. And so is my best friend, our great poet laureate and statesman Jay-Z. In his…
The 20/20 Challenge: Killington (Week #1)
One Snowboarder’s Quest to Hit 20 Vermont Resorts in 20 Weeks
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police investigating a drive-by shooting at a home in Buchanan, Wis., found auto glass in the street and deduced the shooter had…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for December 9 – 16, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Indignation is one…
Mountain Dog Photography Gives New Meaning to “Sit”
Kelly Schulze’s photographic subjects don’t always do what they’re told. Some won’t look at the camera. Others get up and wander away. More than a…
All I Want for Christmas, for Under $10
Getting By: How Vermonters Are Surviving the Recession
Wrestle Mania
U.S. national team grapplers chop, hike and swim their way to victory in the Green Mountains
Sisters Without Borders
A Burlington journalist recounts the stories of women in war-torn Baghdad
Letters to the Editor
Bad Argument I’d love to know how banning smoking reduces instances of bad behavior on the street [“Next Up for the Burlington City Council: an…
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An Indian Wedding [SIV155]
12/5/09: The Burlington Chapter of Asha for Education raises money to help educate underprivileged children in India. Saturday night 50-60 dancers and performers from the…
Picturing Vermont
Art Review: “The Art of Action,” Burlington International Airport in South Burlington. Through January 15.
B-Town Chef at the Bocuse d’Or?
Side Dishes: Daily Planet chef a competition semifinalist
The 20/20 Challenge (Explained)
One Snowboarder’s Quest to Hit 20 Vermont Resorts in 20 Weeks
Best Bites: Wings Over Burlington
150 Dorset Street, South Burlington 863-9464 Sometimes I’m craving fried chicken. Other times it’s ribs. More often than not, it’s both. That’s when I head…
Gay Marriage Radio Documentary Tonight on VPR
Ten years ago this month, the Vermont Supreme Court issued the landmark Baker v. State of Vermont ruling that paved the way for civil unions,…
“You Don’t Deserve to Call Yourselves Americans” — and Other Fallout from the 7D Norwich Survey
“People are going to think that this school is producing torture machines.” “Your article is biased with the purpose of making the population view this…
Conservative St. Mike’s Students Screen Documentary Critical of “Global Warming Hysteria”
Last night, a conservative student group at St. Michael’s College screened a film called “Not Evil Just Wrong,” which promises to deliver information about “the…
