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- What Killed Michael Brown?
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- Is Town Meeting Obsolete?
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Introduction to this blog
Author Archives: George Putnam
Hamilton: An American Musical
The tragic death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer has shocked our country. It has led to nationwide protests, riots, and calls for change. Where do we go from here? I … Continue reading
Lockdown in Vermont
We are nearly three months into the COVID-19 pandemic. How are we doing? Over on my other blog, The Switchel Traveler, I published statistics about the prevalence of the disease: COVID-19 in Vermont COVID-19 in Other States (especially New York … Continue reading
To wipe or not to wipe?
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, should people wipe down their grocery purchases before putting them away at home? This post explores the expert advice on this question, how it has evolved, and how it has been reported. This is in … Continue reading
Podcast Recommendation
Want to learn more about diseases such as COVID-19? I recommend This Podcast Will Kill You by Erin Welsh, PhD and Erin Allmann Updyke, PhD. Drs. Erin and Erin are disease ecologists and epidemiologists. They discuss the biology, history, and … Continue reading
You Can’t Cheat A Pandemic
In the previous post (Where do you get news?) I discussed mainstream media such as the New York Times. But of course many of us get a portion of our news these days from social media. There is an essay … Continue reading
Where do you get news?
Over on my other blog, The Switchel Traveler, I have been posting about the COVID-19 pandemic currently raging in the world. (Click here for all posts on that blog about that topic.) My question for this post: Where do you … Continue reading
Democracy in the Mountains
The Varnum Memorial Library in my village of Jeffersonville, Vermont, recently hosted a talk titled “Democracy in the Mountains: The Vermont-Switzerland Connection” by Susan Clark. Several posts on this blog have discussed town meetings in New England generally, and specifically … Continue reading
Simulacron-3
My previous post (Are we living in a simulation?) reminded me of a book that I read as a youth: the science fiction novel Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye. So, subsequent to writing that post, I pulled out my copy … Continue reading
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Are we living in a simulation?
Are we living in a computer simulation? This post is prompted by a column in the New York Times: Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out. The column is by Preston Greene: Ph.D., Philosophy, Rutgers University; … Continue reading
Anne Frank and the Four Freedoms
Anne Frank and President Franklin Roosevelt did not know each other, but there is a profound connection between them: the Four Freedoms. President Roosevelt gave a famous speech to Congress in January 1941, eleven months before the United States entered … Continue reading
The Switchel Philosopher 