Courtesy of Rick Foley, Brattleboro.

________________________________

Read Burlington Free Press journalist Sally Pollak's article here.

It was quite a day.

Free Vermont!

Not much intellectual heft or deep analysis here, but plenty of great moments from the convention. Thanks, Eva.

Pearls, Politics and Power - Madeleine Kunin's new book. Pearls, Politics and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead
By Madeleine Kunin/Book Review by Rob Williams
Chelsea Green; 2008; 233 pages

“Remember the ladies.”
– Abigail Adams

“Well-behaved women rarely make history.”  
- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Editor’s note: Christopher Ketcham contributes to GQ, Vanity Fair,
Harper's and many online publications. He is writing a book on American
secessionism. This letter first appeared in the Los Angeles Times on
September 10, 2008, and is reprinted here with the author’s permission.

Editor, Vermont Commons:

Sarah Palin's secessionist sympathies sparked minor hysteria last week.

Secession: How Vermont and All the Other States Can Save Themselves from the Empire
By Thomas Naylor
Feral House, 119 pages, $12

BOOK REVIEW: "Booking" the Empire: Why We Fight Filmmaker Makes His Case In Print

Do we laugh or do we cry?

Virtual sugar maple to our secessionist friends in Ohio.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Free Vermont!

Editor's Note: I received this intriguing article from Pete Edler in "the Old Country" last week.

 The Shape of Frogs to Come