Monthly Archives: February 2000

Pork Barrel Politics

2/23/2000 – 4:54 pm

I have a confession to make: I love pork. I eat pork at least once a week. I had pork chops for dinner on Monday and leftovers for lunch Tuesday and they were delicious. I acknowledge there are any number of ethical and philosophical arguments against eating meat and I agree with many of them, […]

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Hitler’s Highway

2/17/2000 – 4:58 pm

I like living in Burlington, I just hate driving here. I have never encountered a group of citizens less familiar with the rules of the road than my fellow denizens of the Queen City of Lake Champlain. Yes, they’re even worse than the fabled bad drivers of Boston. At least in Boston, the intentions of […]

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Bishop Attacks Queen

2/10/2000 – 5:00 pm

According to the legend, St. Valentine was a bishop in what is now Italy back in the days when the Romans were killing Christians. He was beheaded on February 14th, which became his feast day. In the middle ages, people began sending love letters – or Valentines – on this day because folk wisdom held […]

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Low-Grade Special Effects

2/3/2000 – 5:02 pm

Last September, I was sitting on a bench on the University of Vermont’s campus green when the sprinklers suddenly turned on. No, I wasn’t soaked, but I sat and watched what looked like jets of water shooting out of the lawn. I thought of the Bible story of Moses and Aaron bringing forth water from […]

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