Dear Editor, Last March my wife and I spent two weeks way down south. One week was on the Florida coast just north of Miami, the second on coastal Georgia. While it was wonderful to enjoy warm weather, the […]
Category: Opinion
Opinion, Uncategorized
Legislature accomplished a large number of vetoes
By Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman The Legislature reconvened for a special summer veto session — a time to review the bills that the governor vetoed and vote on whether those vetoes should be overridden. At the end of the […]
Opinion
Full speed ahead on PCB testing, but where’s the money?
By Rep. Peter Conlon Editor’s note: State House Rep. Peter Conlon, D-Cornwall, chair of the House Education Committee. The recent news that Vermont’s Attorney General has filed suit against Monsanto for its sale of PCB-containing materials is an important […]
Letter
Unhousing the unhoused
Dear Editor, The unhousing—eviction—of people in the motel voucher program is continuing as planned by the governor and legislature. Approximately 760 households are being evicted this month. Some of the 1,100 households scheduled to be booted out on July […]
Letter
Blood needed
Dear Editor, The Pete Giancola Gift-of-LIfe Mini Marathon Blood Drive is fast approaching — but appointments are not filling fast at all. At this point last year, we had twice as many appointments as we have right now for […]
Letter
Everybody can be good, kind, caring and giving
Dear Editor, In my letter to the Brattleborow Reformer on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, with the headline, “Homelessness is a sign of a society that’s failing,” I wrote, “We spend a lot of time preaching about the importance […]
Opinion
New law gives Vermonters a chance to build a conservation vision
By Drew McConville Editor’s note: Drew McConville, a resident of Montpelier. He is a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress, and a former official at the White House Council of Environmental Quality under President Obama. Vermonters who […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
We can see clearly now
By Bill McKibben Editor’s note: Bill McKibben is an internationally known climate activist and writer who lives in Ripton. In Vermont, the scent of wood smoke on a late fall afternoon is an iconic smell. It’s not like that […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
‘The system is broken’ is a cruel joke, there is no system
By Richard Rawson Editor’s note: , Ph.D, is a research professor at the UVM Center for Behavior and Health. He lives in Brandon. He also is a professor emeritus in Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at […]
Letter, Opinion
One year since Roe was overturned
Dear Editor, Saturday, June 24, marks one year since the Supreme Court of the U.S. overturned Roe v. Wade in the case titled Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. With that decision, the court ended the federal constitutional right […]