Bill Mares
CommentatorWriter Bill Mares of Burlington is also a former teacher and state legislator. His most recent book is a collection of his VPR commentaries, titled "3:14 And Out."
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While co-authoring a recent book about Vermont and presidential politics, I come up with an idea that could neatly shorten the Democratic selection鈥� -
Over the long holiday weekend, many small parades and ceremonies throughout the state began or ended under the watchful gaze of uniformed Civil War鈥� -
A proposed new law with 60+ co-sponsors to address neonicitinoid pesticide use in Vermont has certainly struck an ecological nerve. Bill H-205 responds to鈥� -
Just this week, superstar cellist Yo Yo Ma made headlines again when he surprised a small group of onlookers with an outdoor, informal performance in鈥� -
In his new film the acclaimed New Zealand film director and producer of Lord of the Rings, Sir Peter Jackson, has all but raised the dead 鈥� by means of鈥� -
I was in Kennebunkport to interview George Bush senior for a book on presidents who fished. As former First Lady Barbara Bush waved cheerfully from the鈥� -
In my first week as a cub police reporter in Chicago, when I called in to ask the night editor, Arnold Dornfeld, 鈥淲hat do you have for me?" he replied鈥� -
When Matt Damon recently satirized Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday Night Live as a "keg half-full kind of guy" I realized our new Supreme Court Justice鈥檚 many鈥� -
It all started when we won a stay at a 150 year old house on Isle la Motte that coincided with the island鈥檚 annual Teddy Roosevelt Day - sponsored by鈥� -
Seems like we鈥檝e barely reacted to one wave of bad news these days when the next one breaks over us 鈥� reminding me of the '60's musical and film Stop the鈥�
