Elayne Clift: How will the patriarchy survive strong women?
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Elayne Clift, who writes about women, culture and social issues from Saxtons River. The first time I sensed how challenging it was for a female to assert herself I...
View ArticleBarrie Dunsmore: The real news on fake news
Editor’s note: This commentary by retired ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore first appeared in the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and Rutland Herald Sunday edition. All his columns can be...
View ArticleTim Jerman: An unelected president, again
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rep. Tim Jerman, D-Essex Junction, who is the vice chair of the Vermont Democratic Party and a Vermont elector to the Electoral College. He is retiring from the...
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Police to Sanders, Trump and Clinton: Pay your bills already
A crowd gathers to hear Bernie Sanders in Indiana last year. File photo courtesy of Sanders campaign(This story is by Dave Levinthal, of the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan...
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FBI chief tangles with Leahy over Clinton ‘October surprise’
FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate oversight hearing on the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails.WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats this week questioned the judgment of James Comey, the...
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Howard Dean to help lead Hillary Clinton’s new organization
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean addresses a crowded recital hall at Williams College. Photo by Scott Stafford/The Berkshire Eagle Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean will be a top lieutenant in Onward...
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Sanders swipes back at Clinton over leaked book excerpts
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., appeared on The Late Show Thursday night. In a late-night TV appearance Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders responded to criticism 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary...
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In new book, Clinton praises Sanders
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s new book, “What Happened,” features 37 pages on her Democratic presidential primary challenger, Vermont’s U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger The biggest...
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Margolis: Clinton’s grudging admiration for Sanders
Hillary Clinton posted a Twitter photo of herself and Sen. Bernie Sanders after he officially endorsed her presidential run in July 2016. So Hillary Clinton didn’t trash Sen. Bernie Sanders in her book...
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In wake of Russia indictment, confusion over knowledge in Sanders camp
Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton at a joint New Hampshire appearance July 12, 2016, as pictured on her Facebook page. In the wake of the indictment of 13 Russian nationals and three companies...
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DNC adopts Sanders-backed superdelegate reform
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in the final debate before the 2016 New York primary. Photo courtesy of CNN In a decision praised by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Democratic Party officials have...
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Margolis: Reaction to Jane Sanders’ ‘wife’ remark points up Twitter’s downside
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with his wife, Jane Sanders. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons Long ago in what seems like another world, the wife of a Democratic candidate for president, a woman...
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Margolis: An opportunity and a test in Bernie’s tax returns
Bernie Sanders speaks to a crowd at a campaign rally in Concord, NH on March 10. Photo by Kit Norton/VTDigger For a few reasons, Monday looms as a big day for the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie...
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Hillary Clinton politically candid in Upper Valley visit
A capacity crowd listens to Hillary Rodham Clinton talk with former colleagues Jake Sullivan (left) and Daniel Benjamin at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Photo...
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Sanders first top tier candidate to back Gabbard in war of words with Clinton
Rep Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks at the Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 9. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Sen. Bernie Sanders has defended fellow Democratic...
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Margolis: Political high ground? Nope, just beach sand
(Jon Margolis is VTDigger’s political columnist.) So Bernie and Jane Sanders have bought themselves a nice little vacation house on an island in Lake Champlain with 500 feet of lake frontage, four...
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Bernie Briefing: On the road and on the air again
(Editor’s note: “Bernie Briefing” is a periodic campaign-season look at how Vermont U.S. senator and onetime Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is playing in the national media.) This...
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Sanders stumps for Clinton in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Bernie Sanders returned to the presidential campaign trail on Labor Day — this time stumping for Hillary Clinton. At several venues here Sanders tried to persuade fierce New...
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On stump for Clinton, Sanders will try to rally young voters
Bernie Sanders appears with Hillary Clinton to endorse her presidential candidacy in July in Portsmouth, N.H. File photo by Jasper Craven/VTDigger As national presidential polls tighten, the army of...
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Bernie Briefing: Sanders steps up pitch to ‘kids in the basement’
(Editor’s note: “Bernie Briefing” is a periodic campaign-season look at how Vermont U.S. senator and onetime Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is playing in the national media.)...
View ArticleWalt Amses: Honesty takes an evening off
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Walt Amses, a writer and former educator from North Calais. Deprived of a fawning audience, without a stage full of Republican patsies, and with both moderator and...
View ArticlePoor Elijah’s Almanack: A republic, if you can keep it
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Peter Berger, an English teacher at Weathersfield School, who writes “Poor Elijah’s Almanack.” The column appears in several publications, including the Times...
View ArticleElayne Clift: The archetypal journey of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Elayne Clift, a writer who leads a writing workshop based on the Archetypal Journey. She lives in Saxtons River. Like many other feminists, I tweeted and posted to...
View ArticleBob Stannard: For better or worse, in sickness and in health
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bob Stannard, a former lobbyist, who is still an author and musician. This piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner. Of the three marriages in the news lately...
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UPDATED: Vermont first state called for Clinton
Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton at a joint New Hampshire appearance July 12, as pictured on her Facebook page. (This story was updated and expanded Nov. 8 at 10:40 p.m.) BURLINGTON — Democratic...
View ArticleDan DeWalt: It’s my party, I’ll cry if I want to
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Dan DeWalt, an artisan and activist interested in democracy and the Constitution. He writes from South Newfane. The Democratic Party has made their bed. Now we all...
View ArticleGabriel Brunelle: Clinton’s loss due to racism
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Gabriel Brunelle, a Burlington resident originally from West Charleston, Vermont. He has been a student, worked as an educator and a social worker, and is currently...
View ArticleBarrie Dunsmore: Liberals’ loss
Editor’s note: This commentary by retired ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore first appeared in the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and Rutland Herald Sunday edition. All his columns can be...
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Margolis: Evidence is persuasive that third-party candidates can sway...
The Green Party ticket of Howie Hawkins, for president at right, and Angela Walker, vice president, will be on the ballot in Vermont and other states. Jon Margolis is a political columnist for...
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Fact-check: Molly Gray’s claim she voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 is false
Democrat Molly Gray, right, and Republican Scott Milne during a Lt. Governor’s candidate debate sponsored by VTDigger at the Mad River Barn in Waitsfield on September 24. Photo by Glenn...
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