Category: opinion

Ways of Seeing: Faith and doubt are often together

Posted on June 13, 2013 |

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By Rev. Andrew Nagy-Benson

“I’ll believe it when I see it!”

As a child, I became familiar with that expression. It might have had something to do with my walking into the house with muddy sneakers for the billionth time. Or my incessant insistence from the backseat of the station wagon that my sister was on my side — she crossed the line! At times like these, my mother would give me a look and offer a well-earned corrective. Before the bench of maternal justice, I’d offer guaranteed forecasts of better behavior. The Judge looked hopeful, if unconvinced.

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Clippings: They peek when François sings

Posted on April 4, 2013 |

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By Karl Lindholm

I have a favorite moment at Middlebury College basketball games. It’s when François Clemmons begins to sing the National Anthem.

I dreaded the Anthem when I was an athlete. I was ready to play the game. Starters had been announced and were out on the playing surface, tense, excited, full of adrenaline. Let’s go!

Then we had to wait, often for a scratchy recording, sometimes for a live singer, who sang at a funereal pace.

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Greg Dennis: In quary photos, Vermont rediscovered

Posted on April 4, 2013 |

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By Greg Dennis

We are surrounded by marble and granite, so much so that we rarely give it a thought. Much of the state is made of the stuff, our mountains and courthouses and old inns.

Marble and granite are among our most famous exports. When we see TV images of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials, we are looking at pieces of Vermont.

What happens, though, when we see the stone itself as art?

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Clippings: Playing the role of elder statesman

Posted on January 31, 2013 |

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By John Flowers

Passing the half-century mark has been full of surprises. There was that first letter from the American Association of Retired Persons, then (to my shock) the availability of a some “senior” discounts. Then, on Sunday, came my first “elder statesman” talk with our daughter, Diane.

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