Commentary Series
Commentary Series
Blinkhorn: Health Care Innovation
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As 2013 confronts the nation with a fresh set of challenges in implementing the Affordable Health Care Act, an innovative pioneer program at Dartmouth college designed to help meet those challenges has caught Tom Blinkhorn’s attention.Commentary Series
Blinkhorn: Bretton Woods Story
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The recent discovery in Washington DC of a rare transcript of the 1944 conference at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, at which the World Bank and International Monetary Fund were created, got Tom Blinkhorn thinking about the back story of that meeting and its global importance.Commentary Series
Blinkhorn: John Paul In Vermont
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The recent beatification in Rome of Pope John Paul II – one of the last steps in the process that confers sainthood – has reminded commentator Tom Blinkhorn of a visit the late Pope once made to Vermont.Commentary Series
Blinkhorn: Audubon In New England
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Recently, John James Aubudon’s rare masterpiece, "Birds of America," sold for more than $11 million dollars, setting a record for printed books at auction. This inspired Commentator Tom Blinkhorn to look into Audubon’s New England connections.Commentary Series
Blinkhorn: Volcanic Disruptions
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The recent airline disruptions across Europe caused by the Iceland volcano reminded commentator Tom Blinkhorn of another volcanic eruption which had a devastating impact on Vermont and New England.Commentary Series
Blinkhorn: The ukulele revival
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Recent headlines have reminded commentator Tom Blinkhorn of his long love affair with an old, sometimes maligned, musical instrument.Commentary Series
Blinkhorn: Remembering Ted Kennedy
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Commentator Tom Blinkhorn has been recalling some favorite personal encounters with the late Senator Ted Kennedy.Commentary Series
Blinkhorn: McNamara at the World Bank
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Commentator Tom Blinkhorn, who worked at The World Bank in Washington, DC when Robert McNamara was president, recalls a very different man from the one who is usually remembered for his role in the Vietnam war.Commentary Series
