Peter Gilbert
CommentatorPeter Gilbert is executive director of the Vermont Humanities Council.
For commentaries from Peter before April 2013, visit the VPR Archive.
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On Nine-Eleven, 1997, the late actor Charlton Heston, best known for his role as Moses in The Ten Commandments, spoke at the National Press Club on behalf…
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I saw a car parked on School Street in Montpelier not far from the library. It had a bumper sticker that said, “I [heart] Bacon.” I smiled. Imagine a…
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After the shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas that left 26 dead and many wounded, many of us had the same thought: of all places for this to happen – a…
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More people these days are asking whether the high cost of a college education is worth it, and many people are noticing the many expensive nonacademic…
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Viewing the solar eclipse this week, I recalled how, in 1986, I looked skyward for Halley’s Comet, drawn to the rare, the cyclical, the stellar - as…
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When there’s political or social unrest, people take to the streets and protest. Recent examples include the Women’s March, the People’s Climate March,…
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With all the talk in the news today about alternative facts and untrue statements, I’ve been reminded that before Google and Wikipedia, the best source of…
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On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass, former slave, eminent abolitionist, and perhaps America’s greatest orator, spoke near his home in Rochester, New York…
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Superlatives are rare. The biggest, the best, the oldest – they are unique: there’s only one “biggest.” Superlatives are particularly noteworthy when they…
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The frequent news stories these days about the countless hungry and homeless strangers seeking shelter and security, both in Europe and the US, raise the…