I was one of four people from my high school who lined South Main Street in Hardwick this past Saturday to participate in the No King Day 2 protest against the Trump administration. It was easy to forget the dreary weather with all of the music and signs waving. What[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor
Questions raised about Cabot select board process
To the editor: There are a couple of takeaways from the Cabot Select Board (SB) meeting Monday night, October 6. One: The SB chair is acting independently from the rest of the board by going to the town lawyer on his own without the knowledge or vote of the rest of the board, which according[Read More…]
People are the sovereign power
On this Saturday, Oct. 18, in communities throughout the U.S., we gather in mass, nonviolent protest to again say “No Kings in America.” Mass nonviolent protest has been effectively used world-wide for generations to demonstrate resistance and refusal to those who would disallow the will of the average folks: the[Read More…]
Stand up and say, “no!”
To the editor: I am thrilled that both the Jewish hostages and the Palestinian prisoners were released today, October 13. President Trump deserves credit for achieving this first major step. However, there is much work to be done before there is actually peace in the Middle East. The actual plan[Read More…]
Good riddance, I say
To the editor: The fascist Trump regime is being widely resisted. People all over the country are standing strong against it: against his ICE Gestapo snatching immigrant workers off the streets and disappearing them into concentration camps, against the dispatching of armed soldiers to cause turmoil in our blue cities[Read More…]
History Repeats
To the editor: It took Hitler 53 days to disable and dismantle Germany’s constitutional republic after he became that country’s Chancellor on January 30, 1933. Within two months he had completed the concentration camp, Dachau, and rounded up prisoners: first political opponents, then trade unionists, gypsies, artists and Jews. It[Read More…]
Capturing the administration’s cruelty
A shout out to Julie Atwood for her timely cartoon in the October 8 issue of The Hardwick Gazette. With a subtle use of color, she captures the cruelty and absurdity of the administration’s efforts to intimidate and control the population. Kudos to her. Shame on President Trump and his[Read More…]
Alumni Assn. coin drop receives donations from motorists
To the editor: HARDWICK – The Hardwick Academy/Hazen Union Alumni Association hosted a coin drop in front of the Hardwick fire station, Saturday, Sept. 20, and received many donations from motorists. The Association took to the Wolcott St. location at around 9 a.m. and collected donations throughout the morning, finally[Read More…]
It’s not enough
To the editor: It’s not enough to complain to a neighbor about the erosion of our constitutional rights and the dismantling of our social safety net, environmental laws and government agencies protecting our health. It is not enough to protest in the streets, even though it is a start and[Read More…]
Our forests need help
To the editor: Our national forests provide clean drinking water, habitat for fish and wildlife, beautiful places to hike and camp, and some of our nation’s last stands of old growth forest. Our community knows this firsthand because we’re lucky enough to live near Green Mountain National Forest. Right now,[Read More…]
United States on a precipice
To the editor: Killing somebody because they disagree with you over politics or religion is not just another crime of passion: it is a sign that our shared civic life is unraveling. When debate becomes dangerous, when disagreement can mean death, a society teeters on the edge of something dark.[Read More…]
Despair is not an option
To the editor: Teach-in on citizen activism, Sept. 27 The daily onslaught of terrible news, both domestic and international, is overwhelming, crushing even: An economy that is not affordable for all, the dismantling of our democratic republic, the continued erosion of our constitutional rights, death and destruction in Ukraine and[Read More…]
