Russ Weis
CommentatorRuss Weis advises first-year students at Northern Vermont University in Johnson, where he also teaches writing and works closely with two student environmental groups.
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Fletcher 鈥� the town where I live - doesn鈥檛 have a post office. So even though I pay taxes and vote here, and my kids went to school here, my mail comes鈥� -
Einstein famously said, 鈥淲e cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.鈥� And lately, I鈥檝e been trying to apply that鈥� -
My family and I live across from a marsh and down the road from a pond.These bodies of water immeasurably add to our enjoyment of life, especially during鈥� -
Although it鈥檚 not so politically-correct these days to admit it, I relish a good pro football game. This may stem from the fact that watching the NFL on鈥�
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Mark Twain once said that 鈥淭he difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. 鈥楾is the difference between the鈥�
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Abraham Lincoln 鈥� a favorite of current day Republicans, Democrats, and even Independent Socialists 鈥� once spoke these words: 鈥�(L)et it be remembered鈥� our鈥�
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Even on cloudy winter days , I鈥檓 nonetheless optimistic about the long-term potential of solar energy. In fact, solar鈥檚 been on my mind lately for a鈥�
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We celebrated my Grandma Rose鈥檚 103rd birthday recently, and this got me thinking about the world she was born into more than a century ago. We tend to鈥�
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Let鈥檚 start with the 鈥渞eal vs. fake Christmas tree鈥� debate. Turns out, real trees are the better bet. That鈥檚 because artificial ones are usually made with鈥� -
You may have seen the popular bumper sticker that reads, 鈥淐ompost Happens.鈥� But does it? Or, more to the point, does it happen often enough?Well, about鈥�
