Ch-ch-ch-ch Changes: Sorting through the unanticipated aftermath of 9/11
The smoke and dust from the ruins of the World Trade Center towers has finally cleared, and visitors to the site — an estimated 3.6…
Beating Around the Bush: In the year since the terrorists attacked America, more questions than answers remain
One year has passed since Sept. 11. Yet we, the American people, still don’t know exactly what happened. There are still no plans for a…
What’s Left? Political columnist Jim Hightower on Saddam, civil liberties and the American Flag
Jim Hightower is the U.S. left’s closest equivalent to the right’s Rush Limbaugh — only much funnier. Both commentators have been able to attract and…
Show Down? Assessing the impact of 9/11 on the performing arts in Vermont
An appropriate headline for last year’s performing arts preview might have been “Curtains.” As we were putting the finishing touches on the issue — which…
Four Play: An abundance of acting companies helps Middlebury make a scene
To tell an Arabic love story right after September 11 would be a real good thing to do,” instructor Steve Small tells the dozen-and-a-half high…
The Political Gutter
Let’s make believe for just a second, okay? Just imagine the existence on Vermont’s political stage of a stridently partisan, pro-Democratic political Web site that…
“Changed” for the Worse
Through some miserable twist of calendars and fate, this column is scheduled to run on the very anniversary of the day everyone now calls 9/11,…
Bully Pulpit
One year ago this week, the U.S. had the world’s sympathy as we tried to pick ourselves up from terrorist attacks on our soil. For…
Ontario Scenario
When air traffic was grounded after the 2001 terrorist attacks, movie stars at the Toronto International Film Festival rented cars to drive home across the…
