Commentary Series
Commentary Series
Gilbert: Willie’s Story
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Today is both President’s Day and the anniversary of an event that caused great sadness in the Lincoln White House. Commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert has the story – not of a President, but a President’s child.Commentary Series
Gilbert: The Presidency
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Commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert loves movies about the American presidency, especially thrillers. Recently, he saw two that he’d never seen before.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Corporations’ Free Speech
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Two years ago this month, a bitterly divided Supreme Court overruled precedent and held that the government may not ban political spending by corporations, and that the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 violated corporations’ right to free speech. Here’s commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert to explain.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Centenary
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Commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert tells us a true story of great suffering, disappointment, and pathos that’s one hundred years old this month.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Philanthropy
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When most of us think of philanthropists, we think of people who give a lot of money to charity, like Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates. But commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert argues that the real meaning of philanthropy is found in the roots of the word itself.Commentary Series
Gilbert: A World Torn Loose
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The terrible flood damage in Vermont caused by tropical storm Irene has reminded Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert of a poem by Robert Frost – a poem inspired by an incident Frost witnessed during the great flood of 1927.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Before 9/11
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As America prepares to observe the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, VPR commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert offers some historical context.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Jesse Owens
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Exactly seventy-five years ago today Adolf Hitler personally welcomed the world to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Perhaps what we remember most about those games is an African-American athlete named Jesse Owens. Here’s commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert with the story.Commentary Series
