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By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. We hear a lot about being a nation administrated under the rule of law. However, we seldom examine the role of law. This...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. I support the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution affirming that “the right of the people to keep and bear...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick, who has a BA in English language and literature, writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. The demand for science education is growing in high schools and perhaps...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. This week, while I was having my teeth cleaned, I was looking up at a four-foot by five-foot poster on the ceiling,...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. When I was a child I would frequently protest to my parents, “It’s not fair.” The answer I received each time was the same,...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. Since 1935, more than two-thirds of small and midsized farms in the United States have been swallowed up by huge mechanized...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick volunteered with the World Council of Churches as an ecumenical accompanier in Palestine and Israel in 2010.  He writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. I have...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. Faith-based nationalism is a separatist movement by a splinter group from a primary religious faith. It is founded on the...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. Outside my window is a view of pine trees, some scrub oaks, and a few red maples. Cones and seeds drop to the ground from...