Bob Stannard: 2017 Year in Review

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bob Stannard, an author, musician and former lobbyist. This piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner.
By the time you read this 2017 will be about done and good riddance. What an awful year it’s been. It began with the inauguration of arguably the worst president in our nation’s history and it’s ending with key figures in his administration either being indicted or pleading guilty. There were, however, some happy moments — s