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Citro Effect

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October is the month for scary stories and things that go bump in the night. And that always reminds commentator Philip Baruth of something he likes to call “the Citro effect.”
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Racquetball with Barbara

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Former First Lady Barbara Bush’s recent visit to Vermont in behalf of Republican hopeful Martha Rainville inspired one of commentator Philip Baruth’s occasional flights of fancy – one in which he imagines a truly epic game of racquetball.
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Money and politics

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In the fall of 2001, commentator Philip Baruth wound up at a small dinner in Burlington for Democratic strategist, James Carville. Carville put forward a concept for campaign funding reform that Philip has never seen discussed elsewhere but it’s an idea that Philip thinks has a certain wild, out-of-the-box appeal to it.
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Strong language

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Marrying into another language and culture inevitably entails moments of frustration, and helplessness. At those moments, it’s good to be able to swear in many languages. Fortunately, commentator Philip Baruth’s father-in-law is a world-wide authority on strong language. Here’s Philip.
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Look-alikes

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According to commentator Philip Baruth, the Burlington Bikepath is experiencing an alarming amount of erosion. But it’s not himself or his family that Philip’s worried about it’s the celebrity look-alikes who bike and jog the path on a daily basis. Here’s Philip.
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Little Siberia

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When he was growing up, commentator Philip Baruth’s family raised Siberian Huskies at a kennel in Upstate New York. To this day, he can’t see a husky without remembering the best, and the worst, of those adolescent years.
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Young workers

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Recently Hillary Clinton made a series of disparaging remarks about the work ethic of the younger generation. Commentator Philip Baruth spent two back-to-back weekends working with young writers this month, and he begs to differ.
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Gift for Mom

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Commentator Philip Baruth recently stumbled on the perfect Mother’s Day gift for his sainted Mother a Mother’s Day scratch-off lottery ticket worth up to 250,000$. Here’s Philip.
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Sports & politics

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Commentator Philip Baruth has come to the conclusion that there are only two sorts of people, those who love sports and those who love politics and they inhabit two entirely different Americas.