By Secretary Lindsay Kurrle and Secretary Jenney Samuelson Editor’s note: Lindsay Kurrle is the secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, which includes the Department of Housing and Community Development. Jenney Samuelson is the secretary of the […]
Category: Op – Ed
Op - Ed, Opinion
Gaza invasion puts American priorities in a new light
By Angelo Lynn Editor’s note: Angelo Lynn is the editor and publisher of the Addison County Independent, a sister publication of the Mountain Times. Vermont Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), were joined by Sens. Elizabeth Warren […]
Op - Ed
We poison ourselves with industrial food, sugar and pills
By Bill Schubart Editor’s note: Bill Schubart is a retired businessman and active fiction writer, and was a former chair of the Vermont Journalism Trust, the parent organization for VTDigger. I once weighed 485 pounds. I now weigh a bit […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Revisiting Oppenheimer and science: ‘It’s not a priesthood’
By David Moats David Moats, an author and journalist who lives in Salisbury, is a regular columnist for VTDigger. He is editorial page editor emeritus of the Rutland Herald, where he won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for a series […]
Letter, Op - Ed
Where has all that money gone?
By the Vermont State Colleges Labor Task Force Editor’s note: the VSC Labor Task Force is a group formed in 2020 that fights to bring faculty and staff voices and research to the decision-making processes that have accompanied the […]
Op - Ed
Can we disagree like adults?
By Maria Gigliello Editor’s note: Maria Gigliello is the communications coordinator for the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. “They [Vermont Fish and Wildlife] need to be dispatched (tortured, beaten) the same way [as a trapped animal].” “You’re no better […]
Op - Ed
Countering social disintegration
By John McClaughry Editor’s note: John McClaughry writes for the Ethan Allen Institute, a conservative think-tank. Of all the problems facing today’s America, the most seemingly intractable is the intertwined issue of the physically and mentally sick and homeless, […]
Op - Ed
Writing the global, influenced by the local
How moving to Killington provided me with a fresh perspective — and a more granular comprehension — of my globetrotting transatlantic subjects By Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff Editor’s note: Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff is a historian, speaker, and consultant, author of “Basketball […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
McCarthy’s fail, GOP’s travesty
By Angelo Lynn Editor’s note: Angelo Lynn is the editor and publisher of the Addison County Independent, a sister publication of the Mountain Times. The ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is notable for many things — including the fact […]
Op - Ed
Poverty limits school success
By David Sharpe Editor’s note: David Sharpe of Bristol is a former long-time member of the Vermont House of Representatives, where he chaired the Education Committee. It’s no surprise that the latest educational report of the widening gap in […]