By E. Thomas Sullivan & Stephen C. Terry Editor’s note: E. Thomas Sullivan is resident emeritus and professor of law and political science at University of Vermont where he writes and teaches in constitutional law and history. He is […]
Tag: trump
Op - Ed
Climate, Biden, Trump and the hate today’s politics incites
By Angelo Lynn Like the rain in Vermont these past two weeks, signs of climate change are everywhere. From record heat waves to record rainfall, melting icecaps to Canadian forest fires so extensive the residual smoke from 1,000s of […]
Commentary, Opinion
Trump was the middle finger of the proletariat
By Tom Evslin This commentary is by Tom Evslin of Stowe, an entrepreneur, author and former Douglas administration official. The Trumpenfinger to the elite wasn’t meant to be pretty. I’m being optimistic in using the past tense about the former […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
A sea-change in expectations
Editor’s note: Angelo Lynn is the editor and publisher of the Addison County Independent, a sister publication to the Mountain Times. Since Election Day, Americans have seen a sea-change of political fortunes and attitudes: from the conservative Trump-supporters who expected […]
Commentary, Opinion
Trump’s troubling trove
By Angelo Lynn Editor’s note: Angelo Lynn is the editor and publisher of the Addison County Independent, a sister publication to the Mountain Times. The latest news that a top-secret document describing a foreign government’s military defense readiness, including its […]
Op - Ed
Will Trump drown in the swamp he created?
By Angelo Lynn Not since President Richard Nixon has the United States faces the prospect of indicting a sitting president, and not since Nixon has a sitting president been implicated in a felony crime. In Trump’s case, this first felony […]
State News
Sen. Leahy, Gov. Scott endorse police chief to Marshals Service
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy and Governor Phil Scott have recommended Essex Police Chief Brad LaRose to President Trump to become Vermont’s next U.S. Marshal. If nominated and confirmed, LaRose would oversee all U.S. Marshals Service operations in Vermont. With offices […]
Mountain Meditation
The chaos and fury of a tweeting fox
By Marguerite Jill Dye One day last August I was stupefied when words spilled from my pen without pause or thought, as fast as I could write them down. When I reread what I’d written, I was confused and afraid […]
Op - Ed
The worst year ever
By Barrie Dunsmore This will be my last column of 2017. Traditionally, this has been an opportunity for reflection on important events of the past year, usually with a look ahead – and if possible – a positive spin that […]