Right to Life has long advocated fetus legislation Many thanks for the Banner article by Dawson Raspuzzi (Oct. 25) covering the memorial service in Bennington for the unborn twins Kaleb Michael Blair and Harley Olivia Blair, both of whom died as a result of a head-on car crash on August 11. I attended the service and was moved by the love the Blair family has for all of their children,   Full Story

Denial of COLA for retirees is intolerable The proposed denial of any Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2010 by the Social Security Administration, for the first time in 35 years, represents nothing less than the betrayal of America's elderly by the very agency charged with protecting us.   Full Story

Reminded of what is always our duty as citizens An impressive letter from the former political science student in Arlington articulated the current dysfunction and the foreseeable even greater degradation of our political system and how it affects the integrity of our democratic form of government.   Full Story

In her recent column, Audrey Pietrucha questions whether health care is a human right. Her final analysis is that it is not, based on her definition that a right is "something that should not involve the usurpation of a fellow citizen's rights." Perhaps the issue is not how we define human right but whether we do what is right.   Full Story

Thursday, June 11 Send letters and columns to the Bennington Banner: by mail to 425 Main St., Bennington, VT 05201; by e-mail to news@benningtonbanner.com (no attachments, please); by fax to 802-442-3413. We may edit any letter or column for length, style or content, and reserve the right to reject letters or columns as not suitable.   Full Story