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Guest editorial: Protecting access to public records
The start of the new year provides an opportunity to reflect and set out our intentions for the months ahead. This year, I am asking all legislators to…
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Guest editorial: Poultney offers model for development excitement
The temptation with bad news, like that of the closing of Green Mountain College, is to sit on one’s hands, paralyzed by structural change beyond immediate local control.…
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Guest editorial: The president is on trial; so is the Republican Senate
Editor’s note: As this country enters a new decade and tries to put the first two tumultuous decades of this new century behind us, Americans face a peril…
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Guest editorial: Yes, Virginia…
Editor’s note: An editorial about the credibility of Santa Claus appeared more than 100 years ago in The New York Sun. It was written by Francis Pharcellus Church,…
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Guest editorial: Support for proposed Middlebury solar site
It’s the season of joy and light. And among the most heartening local developments this year has been the proposal for a greatly needed solar energy field off…
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Guest editorial: Was the legislature hoodwinked by school officials on Act 46?
I am distressed by the proposals for school closings in Addison County. The Legislature’s Education Committees took many weeks of testimony over a six-year period regarding how we…
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Guest editorial: Let’s be the best place in America to live
The Vermont State Auditor’s recent report entitled “Structural Weaknesses and Questionable Gains by Vermont’s Remote Worker Grant Program” not only raises questions about the design and efficacy of…
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Guest editorial: Vermont towns in fiscal trouble, institute says
Lately the media has paid some much-needed attention to Vermont’s financial challenges related to unfunded pension liabilities, demographic changes, and labor force at the state level. However, our…
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Guest editorial: Beat the dead horse harder!
The latest round of flagellation of dead horse flesh has been provoked by the release of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores. After 20 years of…
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Guest editorial: Younger generation needed to preserve Vermont aesthetic
The recent passing of Paul Bruhn, a champion of preservation and community development for more than 40 years, is a blow to the heritage conservation movement. Much like…
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Guest editorial: The day Sen. Aiken planted his anti-Vietnam War acorn
What happens when you speak truth to power? Often no immediate impact. But the words themselves can be like planting an acorn that grows into an impressive oak tree. It usually…
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Guest editorial: Why America needs whistleblowers
In accusing the intelligence community whistleblower of partisanship and treason, President Trump has redefined whistleblowing to serve his private interests rather than the rule of law. In the…
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Guest editorial: Can we minimize mass murder?
Recent repeated instances of terrorist mass murder in our country have made it mandatory that we enact legislation to fix the issue and ultimately save our society as…
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Guest editorial: A recent grad’s perspective on higher education today
Neither of my parents went to college. Yet, I can remember first considering higher education in second grade. I was only interested in careers with more than four…
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Guest editorial: Imagine if Vermont got immigration right?
In a recent conversation with Governor Scott, one of his principle economic concerns was the gap between job openings and applicants. With Vermont’s population either slightly shrinking or…
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Guest editorial: Russia’s American president
There is absolutely no way to explain much of what President Trump does nationally or internationally, largely because he changes his mind so often on so many things. What…