Why I’m Skipping My 50th Reunion at Middlebury College

I’ll miss seeing my classmates and reminiscing about our college days. My regret would be greater, however, if I were to pretend that I was happy with cancel culture at my alma mater.

The spire of Mead Chapel towers over the Middlebury Campus. Wikimedia Commons

A half-century ago this month I graduated from Middlebury College. I will not be attending my 50th Reunion.

At the crack of dawn seven months ago, while the campus was just coming to life, Middlebury College removed the sign denoting the name of the institution’s house of worship.

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