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Former professor argues it’s time to leave the Union
November 16, 2003

By ROBIN PALMER Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE — Nothing about Thomas Naylor seems radical — except, of course, his politics.

Naylor is soft-spoken and polite. A former university professor, he exhibits obvious intelligence. He’s also kind, a proud father and, well, rather likable.

But Naylor insists he’s serious when he says Vermont should secede from the United States and become a republic. He’s founded a political movement, the Second Vermont Republic, to do just that, and now he’s published his book on the subject: “The Vermont Manifesto.” ...