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Though Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Howard Dean is not known for being publicity-shy, a speech by the former Vermont governor at Harvard Law School Saturday was closed to the press. Dean laid out a strategy for Democratic victories in 2006 and 2008 elections, according to students in attendance. Although Dean addressed the media’s perception that Democrats have no plan or message, students in attendance said, the media itself was barred from the speech. “Governor Dean’s presentation...was not intended to be a open press event, but rather an opportunity...
That would be instead the school’s basketball team, which clinched its first ever berth in the NCAA tournament on Saturday afternoon, beating Vermont 80-67 in the America East Conference title game...
...must surely have been painful to watch Wilson pile up 29 against the Catamounts, a reminder of what might have been for this year’s Harvard squad. The Crimson’s three key victories over quality non-league foes—Harvard beat Vermont in its opening game, and also knocked off Patriot League finalist Holy Cross—show that the team did indeed have the promise to contend for the first league title in school history...
...with Hulett’s guilty plea, Judge Cashman—a Vietnam War veteran and former prosecutor known for handing down harsh sentences from the bench—found himself up against a classic dilemma: seek rehabilitation or settle for retribution. In this case, a bizarre twist in Vermont law made the choice particularly stark. Because Hulett was classified as “low risk” by the state corrections department, he would be ineligible to receive mental health treatment in a traditional prison. To get Hulett into a treatment program, Judge Cashman had to keep...
...What I find most disturbing about the whole episode is its effect on the political climate in Vermont. The case, and O’Reilly’s story, has given a boost to Republicans in the state legislature who want to require judges to give harsher sentences to criminals. Ironically, the Vermont assemblymen couldn’t have asked for a better illustration of why mandatory minimums are such a despicably bad idea...