Valley News Feed https://www.vnews.com/SpecialPages/RSS?feed=Opinion RSS Feed for most recent Valley News articles en A Yankee Notebook: Among the crowds on vacation out West https://www.vnews.com/A-Yankee-Notebook-Among-the-crowds-out-West-54523409 Our cab arrived at 4:40 a.m. on the dot and deposited us at the entrance to United Airlines about 5:30. Check-in was amazingly easy, and the trek to our gate likewise. We took off from Logan also on the dot — it seems to be true that the earlier in... By WILLEM LANGE / For the Valley News Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:30:56 -0400 Opinion Willem Lange Yankee Notebook https://www.vnews.com/A-Yankee-Notebook-Among-the-crowds-out-West-54523409 Column: No one should be bullied because they stutter https://www.vnews.com/Column-There-are-better-ways-to-be-an-ally-in-our-culture-54509070 Recently there has been an increase of ableist bullying of people who stutter after a former president mocked President Joe Biden’s stuttering in the State of the Union address. This bullying is a result of our ableist culture. Here are some ways to... By KENDRA LaROCHE / For the Valley News Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:53:25 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Column-There-are-better-ways-to-be-an-ally-in-our-culture-54509070 Forum for March 26, 2024: ‘Moral compass?’ https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-26-2024-54510644 Whose ‘moral compass?’A recent op-ed (“There must be room for debate on Palestine,” March 12) begins by stating dialogue is important and then goes on to say “Yet, the Israel lobby and supporting groups are working overtime to ... suppress any... Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:52:40 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-26-2024-54510644 Column: Israel’s history enables its self-defense https://www.vnews.com/Column-Competing-claims-to-land-are-an-intractable-issue-in-Israel-54456662 Rashoman’s elephant is a tool to teach multiple perspectives. Several persons hold a part of an elephant and describe the animal. The person holding the ear … “It is soft, fluffy, cuddly.” With the trunk “it is powerful, maneuverable, dangerous.”... By PHILIP J. KINSLER / For the Valley News Mon, 25 Mar 2024 12:37:25 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Column-Competing-claims-to-land-are-an-intractable-issue-in-Israel-54456662 Editorial: Baseball season opens amid a farewell to arms https://www.vnews.com/Editorial-Opening-Day-of-baseball-season-is-a-farewell-to-arms-for-many-pitchers-54481462 With Opening Day* of the Major League Baseball season right around the corner, we sing today, as did the poet Virgil, of arms and the man — specifically the arms of pitchers and injuries to them.First, though, let us dispose of the Boston Red Sox, as... Fri, 22 Mar 2024 21:31:13 -0400 Opinion editorial https://www.vnews.com/Editorial-Opening-Day-of-baseball-season-is-a-farewell-to-arms-for-many-pitchers-54481462 Column: Robert Frost connects the local to the global https://www.vnews.com/Column-India-s-affinity-for-a-Dartmouth-legend-54457396 Last June in a White House meeting, President Joe Biden gave India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi an extraordinary gift, an autographed first edition copy of the “Collected Poems of Robert Frost,” one of America’s greatest poets.Modi responded with an... By NARAIN BATRA / For the Valley News Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:10:06 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Column-India-s-affinity-for-a-Dartmouth-legend-54457396 Column: Construction waste dump is wrong for Claremont https://www.vnews.com/Column-Construction-waste-proposal-is-wrong-for-Claremont-54482936 Claremont residents have a long history of resisting dangerous pollution, protecting the health of our most vulnerable neighbors, and fighting for the thriving economy that we all deserve. Given that we spent decades organizing to shut down a... By JIM CONTOIS, REB MACKENZIE, NELIA SARGENT, JUDITH KOESTER and HAYLEY JONES / For the Valley News Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:05:54 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Column-Construction-waste-proposal-is-wrong-for-Claremont-54482936 Forum for March 23, 2024: Lebanon firehouse project https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-23-2024-54471828 What’s the tax impact of Lebanon’s firehouse project?The new Lebanon fire station project discussed at Monday’s Planning Board meeting is estimated to cost three and a half times the $10 million proposed by the School Board a few years ago for a new... Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:05:40 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-23-2024-54471828 Column: Only the US has the clout to end the war in Gaza https://www.vnews.com/Column-Only-the-US-has-the-clout-to-end-the-Israel-Hamas-conflict-54468345 The Biden Administration remains committed to the ability of Israel to defend itself, and to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state able to improve the prospects for its people living peacefully in close proximity to Israel. The... By ARTHUR HOLCOMBE / For the Valley News Fri, 22 Mar 2024 14:21:25 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Column-Only-the-US-has-the-clout-to-end-the-Israel-Hamas-conflict-54468345 Column: Dartmouth isn’t prosecuting student protesters https://www.vnews.com/Column-Valley-News-editorial-board-is-wrong-about-Dartmouth-protester-arrests-54447425 Newspaper editorial boards are entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts. This paper’s editorial, “Dartmouth’s puzzling prosecution of protesters,” is sloppy at best and, perhaps more likely given its recent... By JUSTIN ANDERSON / To the Valley News Fri, 22 Mar 2024 14:20:26 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Column-Valley-News-editorial-board-is-wrong-about-Dartmouth-protester-arrests-54447425 Forum for March 22, 2024: VT-ALERT https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-22-2024-54470588 Sign up for VT-ALERTI encourage everyone living in Vermont, or who spends time there, who is not already signed up to VT-ALERT to do so.Vermont Emergency Management launched VT-ALERT in 2013 as a means of reaching Vermonters directly with emergency... Fri, 22 Mar 2024 14:19:40 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-22-2024-54470588 Forum for March 21, 2024: Dartmouth sports https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-21-2024-54457212 Dartmouth needs sportsNick Boke (“Union Vote gives Dartmouth room to dream,” March 14) is correct in suggesting that the attempt by Dartmouth College’s men’s basketball players to form a labor union offers an opportunity for the college to... Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:50:25 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-21-2024-54457212 A Yankee Notebook: Travel generally involves some tension https://www.vnews.com/A-Yankee-Notebook-The-travails-of-travel-54433682 This coming Saturday morning, a Boeing 737 Max 8 bound for Denver will be taking off (or at least is scheduled to be taking off) from Logan Airport at 7:19 a.m. This means that my intrepid traveling companion, Bea, and I need to be at the United... By WILLEM LANGE / For the Valley News Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:16:58 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/A-Yankee-Notebook-The-travails-of-travel-54433682 Forum for March 20, 2024: Vote for democracy https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-20-2024-54446208 Let’s vote for democracyAs the world’s superpower, the U.S. has two systems that contradict each other: democracy and capitalism.Democracy operates as a public system of collaboration; capitalism as a private system of competition. Both operate within... Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:16:55 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-20-2024-54446208 Forum for March 19, 2024: Paid leave in Vermont https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-19-2024-54434199 Paid leave is overdueAs a mother of two who experienced the value of paid leave, I hope Vermont legislators pass a universal paid family and medical leave program this year.Paid leave after the birth of my children afforded me time I could never get... Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:02:39 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-19-2024-54434199 Editorial: Dartmouth’s puzzling prosecution of protesters https://www.vnews.com/Editorial-Why-is-Dartmouth-so-intent-on-prosecuting-two-nonviolent-protesters-54404336 It’s a great mystery why Dartmouth College, the new home of “brave spaces” for public debate, continues to pursue the criminal prosecution of a pair of peaceful pro-Palestinian student protesters accused of trespassing on their own campus.The mystery... Fri, 15 Mar 2024 21:48:34 -0400 Opinion editorial Dartmouth College https://www.vnews.com/Editorial-Why-is-Dartmouth-so-intent-on-prosecuting-two-nonviolent-protesters-54404336 Column: Vermont should stop sending public money to private schools https://www.vnews.com/Column-Vermont-should-stop-sending-public-money-to-private-schools-54363915 The Common Benefits Clause of the Vermont Constitution provides “that government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the people, nation, or community, and not for the particular emolument or advantage of... By G. GREGORY HUGHES / For the Valley News Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:29:58 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Column-Vermont-should-stop-sending-public-money-to-private-schools-54363915 Forum for March 16, 2024: Vermont conservation https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-16-2024-54406270 Vermont delegation’s conservation recordI am writing to express my gratitude for the Vermont Congressional delegation’s impressive scores on the recently-released League of Conservation Voters’ 2023 National Environmental Scorecard. As the chair of... Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:26:55 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-16-2024-54406270 Column: Public school equity is going to require more funding https://www.vnews.com/Column-Equitable-school-funding-has-long-been-contested-54405111 Two recent Valley News’ editorials focused on what it called Vermont’s “education funding mess.” Vermont’s education funding is a mess, but a mess that is hardly unique to Vermont. It is not unlike New Hampshire’s “education funding mess” or the... By WAYNE GERSEN / For the Valley News Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:26:47 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Column-Equitable-school-funding-has-long-been-contested-54405111 Column: The burning world and cares close to home https://www.vnews.com/Column-Embrace-the-burning-world-54348140 Chugging up the sunny hillside toward home after our usual morning walk in the woods, my husband and I entered our warm cottage. It felt good on a 13-degree Vermont day, in contrast to the previous day’s 55 degrees We hung up our heavy coats and moved... By MARY K. OTTO / For the Valley News Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:26:04 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Column-Embrace-the-burning-world-54348140 Column: Grieving for Palestinians and the dream of Israel https://www.vnews.com/Column-Grieving-for-Palestine-and-Israel-54393490 In June 1967, after quickly defeating Egypt, Jordan and Syria in what has come to be known as the Six-Day War, Israel began a military and economic occupation of the Palestinian territories — the West Bank of the Jordan River and the Gaza Strip. What... By DOV TAYLOR and JUDITH TAYLOR / For the Valley News Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:04:10 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Column-Grieving-for-Palestine-and-Israel-54393490 Column: Basketball union vote gives Dartmouth room to dream https://www.vnews.com/Column-Dartmouth-could-address-sports-beyond-the-basketball-union-54368447 Finally, a well-known American college can act like a college.Now that Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team has voted to unionize, and the college has countered that “the students on the men’s basketball team are not in any way employed by Dartmouth,”... By NICHOLAS BOKE / For the Valley News Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:03:10 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Column-Dartmouth-could-address-sports-beyond-the-basketball-union-54368447 Forum for March 14, 2024: NH school funding https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-14-2024-54369083 NH must solve its school funding crisisAs a concerned New Hampshire resident, I’m deeply troubled by the inequitable distribution of education funding. The current system, which relies overwhelmingly on local property taxes, perpetuates disparities... Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:01:55 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Forum-for-March-14-2024-54369083 Column: New Hampshire should support Palestinian freedom https://www.vnews.com/Column-Lebanon-City-Council-takes-brave-step-with-ceasefire-resolution-54349090 Two years ago, New Hampshire declared May 21 Ona Marie Judge Day. Doing so, our state honored the woman who fled enslavement by our first president, George Washington, and bravely boarded a ship for New Hampshire.The story of Ona Judge exposes the... By AHLAM ABUAWAD / For the Valley News Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:54:59 -0400 Opinion https://www.vnews.com/Column-Lebanon-City-Council-takes-brave-step-with-ceasefire-resolution-54349090 A Yankee Notebook: Our fixation on age is getting kind of old https://www.vnews.com/A-Yankee-Notebook-Ageism-is-getting-out-of-hand-54360786 It’s likely the unavoidable fate of both teenagers and golden-agers that most news reporters and writers are aspiring 20-somethings eager to make splashes. Thus, if a young person with a newly minted driver’s license loses control of their vehicle on... By WILLEM LANGE / For the Valley News Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:54:58 -0400 Opinion Willem Lange A Yankee Notebook https://www.vnews.com/A-Yankee-Notebook-Ageism-is-getting-out-of-hand-54360786