By Emerson Lynn What passes for economic development in Vermont is largely ineffective and not suited for the 21st century, according to Peter Stromgren and Bill Schubart who co-wrote a recent op-ed that was widely circulated. They are correct in […]
Category: Opinion
Op - Ed
‘ A, my name is Alice ’
By Lawrence Zupan “A, my name is Alice, and I come from Arlington, Vermont, and we sell… abortions.” The above variation on the children’s innocent alphabetical song game might well become reality if a bill currently under consideration by the […]
Op - Ed
Coyote policies lead to ‘ reckless killing ’
By Vermont Humane Federation On Christmas Day a Pittsford family dog was shot and killed by a man when he mistook the dog for a coyote. The man claims that he thought the coyote was chasing a deer. Neither party […]
Letter
Time for a world revolution
Dear Editor, The real travesty to the news like that of recent similar instances that Green Mountain College will be closing due to economic problems is that meanwhile billions upon billions of federal taxpayer money goes to funding a bloated […]
Letter
Pursuing other endeavors
Dear Editor, To our wonderful community at large: It’s been over nine years since I was hired to run the Rutland Youth Theatre as its leader. It has been an amazingly successful ride for all those years of making magic […]
Op - Ed
Understanding Trump is to know why Dems can’t cave
By Angelo Lynn What happens when Democrats and Americans begin to confront Trump? When they call his bluff and simply say, “This will hurt you more than it will hurt us.” Democrats were at that point with the government shutdown […]
Op - Ed
Electric vehicles save in the long run
By Ross Sneyd As with most adages, there’s truth to the one we hear a lot. Vermont can be an expensive place to live. After we pay the rent or mortgage, taxes, health care, transportation and heating, there’s often not […]
Letter
The truths about the public safety building
Dear Editor, There have been many misconceptions by the general public regarding the need for a new Public Safety Building. The major objection is to the cost, with no real regard to the pressing need due to the antiquated facility […]
Op - Ed
Women lose opportunity under school mergers
By Pamela Frasher As a record number of female members of Congress are sworn in this month in Washington, D.C., things are different in Vermont. Here, top state officials are removing elected officials from local office, and the removals disproportionately […]
Op - Ed
Grateful for state’s politics?
By Angelo Lynn As political partisanship reaches an all-time high in the country (recent studies show the nation’s two major political parties have never been further apart in terms of their priorities and ideology), Vermont’s political leaders offered a different […]