SELECTIONS FROM VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO
(1998 THROUGH 2008)

Note: In 2002 VPR won a Vermont Associated Press Award for a commentary series entitled "Terrorist Attacks." These commentaries were written by Bill Seamans, Rebecca Coffey, Olin Robisson, and Ellen David Freidman; producer, Betty Smith. One of Coffey's "Terrorist Attacks" commentaries is included in the selection below. It is titled "Shattered Assumptions."

• "They're Not Well Liked: Notes on the Columbine Disaster." April 1999.
• "What Did the Children Hear and When did They Hear It: Notes on Family Violence." May 1999.
• "Leader of My Pack: Bad Parenting Hits Home, with a Bang." August 1999.
• "Dancing with My Darling." October 1999.
• "Ritalin." December 1999.
• "Elian Gonzales Needs to Go Home." January 2000.
• "What Are Little Boys Made Of?" January 2000.
• "Old Family Mysteries: Truth is a 'Use it and Lose It' Thing" October 2000.
• "The FBI is Your Friend, Kid: Thoughts About Murder and Violence at School." December 2000.
• "Shattered Assumptions: 'Couldn't Happen to Me" in the Post 9/11 World." September 2001.
• "Like a Butterfly: War, Napalm, and the Typical Child." October 2002.
• "War Stories: Notes from the Morning After the Bombing of Baghdad Began." March, 2003
• "Sexual Predators in Vermont." February 2006.
• "The Parent Trap: Really, It's Depression." March 2006.
• "The Perfect Storm: Floods, Tremors, and Vermont Yankee's Dry Cask Storage." May 2008.