Commentary Series Icy Road Escapade By Jay Parini | February 7, 2005 Commentator Jay Parini remembers a winter morning in Vermont not so long ago.
Commentary Series In Our Homeland By Jay Parini | January 25, 2005 Commentator Jay Parini reflects on a recent trip to the Middle East.
Commentary Series Tax cuts By Jay Parini | October 11, 2004 Commentator Jay Parini has been reflecting on the recent middle class tax cuts enacted by congress.
Commentary Series Penn Warren By Jay Parini | October 1, 2004 With the coming of fall, commentator Jay Parini is reminded of the work of Robert Penn Warren, an unlikely Vermonter.
Commentary Series Political Statements on Car Bumpers By Jay Parini | September 1, 2004 Commentator Jay Parini has been reflecting on the sudden profusion of bumper stickers that accompany the political season.
Commentary Series Thank You, Mr. Obama By Jay Parini | July 30, 2004 The Democratic National Convention ended Thursday in Boston and one person in particular caught the attention of commentar Jay Parini.
Commentary Series Endangered places By Jay Parini | June 16, 2004 Commentator Jay Parini reflects on the current development uproar in Vermont and a similar situation in his own home town, fifty years ago.
Commentary Series Lessons on dictatorship and democracy By Jay Parini | June 2, 2004 Commentator Jay Parini reflects on a recent visit to Belarus and the aftershocks there of the prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq.
Commentary Series Cheney and Iraq By Jay Parini | April 29, 2004 Jay Parini reflects on a statement about the Iraq war from a surprising source.
Commentary Series Iraq war anniversary By Jay Parini | March 19, 2004 Commentator Jay Parini reflects on the one-year anniversary of the war in Iraq.