Sometimes, the biggest stories in an infirm republic happen in the smallest places.

The Haskell Free Library & Opera House was long one of those quirky, delightful New England stories beloved by many of my more obnoxiously provincial fellow citizens, and the associate producers on the Funky Anomalies Network. It’s been literally straddling border between Derby Line, Vermont and Stanstead, Quebec since it opened 1904. It was the friendliest spot on the world’s friendliest border. People drove for hours on both sides to browse books internationally without the necessity of passports. Then, of course, this country elected Trump again. From The New York Times :

For decades, Canadians left Canadian soil and walked down an open sidewalk next to the library to reach its main entrance, locat

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