Con Hogan: Where we live

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Con Hogan, of Plainfield, who is a former member of the Green Mountain Care Board. He was secretary of the Vermont Agency of Human Services from 1991 to 1999.
On April 12, I sat down in front of the TV, to watch the Boston Bruin’s first game of the NHL playoffs. A classy old timer came onto the ice to sing the national anthems of Canada and the United States. As our “Star Spangled Banner” was being sung, I experienced a hitch in my thr