Commentary Series
Commentary Series
Mares: Two Armstrongs
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The recent death of Neil Armstrong and the potential professional death of Lance Armstrong for alleged drug use has gotten Bill Mares thinking about hero worship in America.Commentary Series
Mares: A Swarm Of Beekeepers
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Earlier this month over 700 beekeepers and a million honeybees swarmed happily around the University of Vermont in Burlington. Commentator and beekeeper Bill Mares was there.Commentary Series
Mares: Corruption
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The latest report of political contributions for Vermont statewide campaigns has got Bill Mares thinking about a book he recently read on national politics and moneyCommentary Series
Mares: Giving Blood
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Writer Red Smith once said it’s easy to write. You just sit down at the typewriter, open a vein and bleed. So recently, Bill Mares sat down and opened a vein for charity.Commentary Series
Mares: J Street
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Bill Mares is always on the lookout for the ever-elusive middle ground solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Last week at a Burlington synagogue, he heard one plausible attempt.Commentary Series
Mares: The Swerve
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Commentator Bill Mares’ early summer reading list includes a Kindle edition of a standard book… about a manuscript copied in vellum… from the original written on a papyrus scroll.Commentary Series
Mares: The Intervention Debate
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Pressure is mounting for collective military intervention in Syria and Iran. But Bill Mares thinks that Americans must first determine whether or not this kind of action would be truly in our national interest.Commentary Series
Mares: Recycled Water
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For much of our history Americans have treated water as an almost unlimited commodity, equally suitable for washing, watering the garden and drinking. But Bill Mares thinks that attitude is changing.Commentary Series
