December 10, 2013

Remembering Bill Coperthwaite

By Peter Forbes William S. Coperthwaite (1930-2013), architect, author, maker, visionary social critic, and homesteader, has died.  My own family has lost both our sail and our […]
December 19, 2013

Blowback: When Secret Plans Go Bad

By Greg Guma For two decades the US government claimed that its decision to begin working for the overthrow of Afghanistan’s government in the final days […]
December 19, 2013

Detroit Bankruptcy: An Attack on the Constitution

By William Boardman “Through its provisions, Public Act 436 establishes a new form of local government, previously unknown within the United States or the State of […]
December 20, 2013

The Mad Farmer Walks Away: A Review of “Most Likely to Secede”

 by Chellis Glendinning Nothing that is can pause or stay; The moon will wax, the moon will wane, The mist and cloud will turn to rain, […]
December 21, 2013

Cluster-Fukushima: US Navy Sailors Sue TEPCO Over Radiation Exposure

By William Boardman “Why has this not made national headlines??? The Aircraft Carrier Ronald Reagan is nuclear powered. Radiation detection equipment did not pick up on […]
December 21, 2013

The Devil Came Up to Vermont

by Ron Jacobs According to the tale called The Iliad, the Greek god of war, named Ares, was “The most hateful of all gods….” Indeed, his father […]
January 6, 2014

Pulp With A Point: Dons Of Time by Greg Guma

By Rob Williams Looking for one of the best novels of the past year penned by a Vermont writer? Consider picking up Greg Guma’s Dons Of Time, […]
January 14, 2014

Secrets and How to Keep Them By James Marc Leas

Sometimes defending freedom does not require the use of bombs, rockets, or jet planes. Sometimes defending freedom just requires the Air Force to follow the orders […]
January 16, 2014

Catching Lightning In a Bottle

Like many other thinking citizens these days, I am fond of demonizing Wall Street. After all, Wall Street deserves demonizing, given the extraordinary corruption, excess and […]
March 27, 2014

COLD WEATHER, HARD STATE by Peter Miller

Cold penetrates my neck, creeps down my backbone, seeps into my limbs…cold…I am cold…my arms …fingers…toes. Thirty days of below zero weather since December, not counting […]