By Marguerite Jill Dye I never knew I craved normalcy To such an extent, to such a degree. But suddenly, I’m finding myself Heaving sigh after sigh of needed relief. Your calm, steady voice, and healing words, Spoken directly […]
Category: Commentary
Commentary, Opinion
Bold actions needed to restructure Vermont State Colleges
By Bob Allen, former president of Green Mountain College, Poultney The Select Committee and the Vermont Legislature have a difficult task ahead. Covid-19 exacerbated and accelerated a problem that has existed in higher education for at least a decade or […]
Commentary, Opinion
Pathological politics
By John Steen Editor’s note: John Steen is a retired scholar and teacher of philosophy, followed by a 20-year career in health care planning, health regulation and public health, ending as a professor of health policy and a private consultant. He […]
Commentary, Opinion
Covid recovery and renewal – building a proposition for the future of Vermont
By Paul Costello As we come out of the crucible of the pandemic and look to a new year, we need more than recovery, we need to work together to advance renewal and resilience for our communities and economy. The […]
Commentary, Opinion
The chilling assault on our constitutional republic
By U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Jan. 6, 2021, will forever mark a day of infamy for our nation. It will be remembered because our beloved Capitol building — the very heart of our democracy — was stormed and laid […]
Commentary, Opinion
Domestic terrorism in the Capitol
By Haviland Smith Editor’s note: Haviland Smith is a retired CIA operations officer who was the CIA’s first chief of counterterrorism. Since his retirement in 1980, he has lived in Vermont. It is a fact that the best, noblest political movements […]
Commentary, Opinion
Covid recovery and renewal – building a proposition for the future of Vermont
By Paul Costello As we come out of the crucible of the pandemic and look to a new year, we need more than recovery, we need to work together to advance renewal and resilience for our communities and economy. The […]
Commentary, Opinion
Focus on recovery
An open letter to Governor Phil Scott and the Vermont Legislature from industry leaders We appreciate the challenge of governing during a global pandemic. Instead of meeting with colleagues and constituents, we now rely on video chat, texts, emails, and phone calls. We […]
Commentary, Opinion
The tip of the iceberg: Nature and the pandemic
How our disregard for nature is making us sick By Tom Rogers On a warm summer evening this past July, I arrived home feeling unusually worn down. I’d been exhausted all day, and I was soon overcome with waves of […]
Commentary, Opinion
Broadband is essential for the health and wellbeing of our communities
By Molly Gray, lieutenant governor-elect Editor’s note: this commentary was originally written as an open letter to the Biden-Harris Administration. Over the last year, rural Vermont much like rural America has been hit hard by this pandemic. While our small […]