Legislative Report: Dems aren’t addressing Vermont’s big issues

As the Legislature’s crossover date passed and more electric buses burst into flames, so are my hopes for solving Vermont’s affordability crisis during this legislative session.

  The other night, a group of very talented people were rewarded for their stunning accomplishments. The Academy Awards are given to people who are very, very good at lying. Actors, directors, cinematographers and thousands more all work together to … (read more)

What had been a growing concern over Trump and his administration’s abuses and illegal power grabs is now an urgent fear and an ‘enough is enough’ impatient anger.

We’re sharing widely recognized warning signs scholars and historians use when studying authoritarian systems because democracies don’t disappear overnight.

Addison Town Meeting Correction.

Friday was Crossover at the State House, the day when bills must pass out of their original committees in the House and Senate in order to cross over to the other chamber this session.

In Vermont, Gov. Scott, Lt. Gov. Rodgers, Republican Legislative leadership, and the Commissioner of the Department of Public Service are all on record promoting new nuclear power for Vermont. Phil Scott continues to push for legislation labeling nuclear … (read more)

One of the consistent complaints about today’s younger generations is the lack of focus and expectation of instant (usually digital) gratification. This lack of focused attention is often cited as a contributing factor to our toxic online spaces, shallow … (read more)

“Bombing is fun… The war will end when I feel it in my [bone spurs]”

These are not usual times for schools or students or for adults. Everyone is on edge. 50 percent of Vermont households live under financial stress. Few expect to be better off than our parents. Act 73 turns its back on all of this!

Vermont is one of 10 states recently targeted by a GOP-controlled U.S. House Committee that allegedly aims to eradicate fraud in the state’s Medicaid program. It’s mostly bogus.

The economic system we live under is one of ruthless competition. Everything is monetized, even the most basic necessities of life.

The story of Bernie Sanders’s rise from couch-surfing, penniless single dad to mayor of Burlington, the U.S. Senate and presidential politics is both familiar and astonishing.

The GOP needs to separate themselves from Trump and start to build a rational law-abiding Republican Party that could deserve our support.

I think many of those who thirst for power and dominance seek to rob us of our greatest strength, the honoring of our diversity.