Dr. William C. Hsiao's report on the potential for a single-payer health care system in Vermont has met with optimism and excitement by local lawmakers and community. But that optimism was mixed with healthy doses of reality. Hsiao, the K.T. Li Professor of Economics at the Harvard School of Public Health, presented his team's 130-page report, Health System Reform Design: Achieving Affordable Universal Health Care in Vermont, to the Legislature on Jan. 19. While still in draft form until after...
In Patience Merriman's piece, so rampant with hatred and anger, she calls for people protesting Trump's election to conduct “massive, disruptive demonstrations,” including acts such as setting off fireworks and throwing rotten eggs. Merriman goes on with this angry tangent and takes things a step further. She actually suggests that people “shoot out [Trump's] signs” and slash Ivanka Trump dresses with razors, all without regard for public safety. Merriman then suggests people deface Trump properties by doing the following: “Spread...
The Windham Orchestra is accepting entries for its 27th annual Concerto Competition. Auditions are Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at the Brattleboro Music Center, 38 Walnut St. The concerto competition is open to serious music students in grades nine through 12 who live in Windsor, Windham, and Bennington counties in Vermont; Cheshire, Sullivan, and Grafton counties in New Hampshire; and Berkshire, Franklin, and Hampshire counties in Massachusetts. Contestants may play any concerto (or other accompanied solo piece) within the limits of...
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