The Vermont newspaper Seven Days reports:
Librarians at the University of Vermont's special collections say interest is spiking in the "Bernard Sanders papers" — 30 boxes of meticulously organized material documenting Sanders' eight years as mayor of Burlington.-RW
That should come as no surprise, given the independent senator's rapid rise in the polls in New Hampshire and Iowa, which hold the nation's first presidential nominating contests.
Media outlets, such as the Guardian, have drilled deep into the archives and unearthed tasty tidbits — but they're not the only ones interested in getting to know the senator.
Last Thursday, two casually dressed twentysomethings were spotted combing through the Sanders files and decades-old Vermont newspapers. As they were on their way out the door at the end of the day, Seven Days asked what they were doing.
"No comment," said one of the young men, dressed in a T-shirt and flannel. "No comment."
I think history shows that humans are more powerfully motivated to avoid pain than they are motivated to seek pleasure. The greatest movements toward free enterprise and civic liberty were preceded by years or decades of human pain and suffering. Most recently in the U.S. this was demonstrated by the war between the states and then two world wars and the great depression. The only two candidates capable of inflicting this kind of pain and suffering appear to be Sanders and Trump. Otherwise we will be subject to politicos who simply want to pluck the tax paying goose without causing too much squawking.
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