Artificial intelligence is the same kind of challenge to the (over-) educated class that globalization was to those without a college degree.
Timothy Page
VT Headlines: Two arrested after Rutland shooting
Neighbors complain of problems around Burlington’s pod community;
Vermont State University reverses library & athletics change; Serial robber sentenced to 7 years in prison
The Ethan Allen Institute’s 30th Anniversary Gala with George F. Will
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will is America’s most widely read political columnist, and its foremost conservative voice.
One Day In July named best Financial Planning / Investment Firm by Vermont Business Magazine
In their 2023 Best of Business Awards, Vermont Business Magazine named One Day In July the best Financial Planning / Investment Firm in the state as voted on by their readers.
McClaughry: Pay Attention to Corporate Climate Profiteering
The Clean Heat Standard bill (S.5) is designed to shield the law from the charge of being a carbon tax – although it will have precisely the same effect on consumers.
VT Headlines: Cannabis sales ahead of long-term projections in Vt.
Medicaid reenrollment is underway, and it’s complicated; Phil Scott looks to Canada as a possible source for abortion pill, but Vermont’s drug importation plan is stuck in government bureaucracy
VT Emergency Forum to Assess the Respiratory Hazards of Masks
The Vermont Emergency Forum to Assess the Respiratory Hazards of Masks will be held Friday, May 12 from 9:00 – 4:30 pm, at Burlington City Hall in Contois Auditorium.
Wilson: Not ‘hate speech’ – just facts about bills harmful to farms and homeowners
If current legislation passes, more dairy farms will go under, landlords will continue to raise rents, energy, health care and transportation costs will rise,. We will see more lawsuits against the State of Vermont and a doubled salary increase for the legislators.
Roper: Actions speak louder than words regarding Clean Heat Standard costs
Supporters reject amendment capping price impact at 20¢ per gallon for heating fuel.
Scott, Krowinski spar over whether S.5 and its checkback will really work
S.5 just a study bill? T’aint so, Phil Scott says. Is too, Jill Krowinski insists. Read both arguments here.
Bills would ban outdoor smoking ban near buildings
S.147 would “prohibit smoking cigarettes or using electronic cigarettes within 25 feet of any place of public access or of a multiunit dwelling.”
3 indicted for “disinformation,” political beliefs
3 St. Louis residents indicted on charges of spreading ‘disinformation,’ promoting pro-Russian ‘propaganda,’ and ‘sowing discord’ through the African People’s Socialist Party.
VT Headlines: Developers pitch 240 apartments in White River Junction
DOC: 7 prison deaths so far this year; Vt. cannabis advocates seek to loosen consumption rules; State considers selling Caledonia airport to Beta Technologies
Herricks Cove Wildlife Festival on May 7
If you’re a wildlife enthusiast itching for spring then be sure to check out the Herricks Cove Wildlife Festival on Sunday, May 7, on the Connecticut River in Rockingham, Vermont.
Lipton: Is industry taking over legislation instead of common sense and science?
The bill will exacerbate climate change, impair human health, and add to the biodiversity crisis.
VT Headlines: Assisted suicide for out-of-staters on Gov’s desk
Witness says man who died at Springfield prison pleaded for help, was threatened by corrections officer; Burlington’s cannabis marketplace is quickly becoming crowded
VT Headlines: Jewish Vermonters rally for Palestine on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Traffic Alert: Rolling roadblocks on I-89 Wednesday; UVM aims for carbon neutrality by 2030; UVM training students, faculty in emergency response
Bartley: Housing status quo no longer acceptable
It’s clear the process is broken. Status quo can no longer be an excuse.
Greco: S100 endangers Vermont paradise
There is a distinct possibility that the paradise that is Vermont is on the verge of being lost. Legislators in the Statehouse are considering a bill (S.100) that will force dense housing over rural lands.
Dame: Housing facade
When this year’s significant housing bill, S.100, arrived at the House’s Committee on Housing, many of the members were looking forward to conducting thoughtful legislation to collaborate and make it possible to increase the housing stock in our state.
Mermel: ChatGPT predicts George Will’s EAI Speech
Columnist George Will will speak at the Ethan Allen Institute dinner May 31. What would his speech sound like if written by ChatGPT? Could you tell the difference?
VT Headlines: What’s keeping runners from this year’s Vermont City Marathon?
Employees at Ben & Jerry’s Burlington store petition to unionize; Vt. man sentenced in Burlington murder, likely to spend life in hospital setting; VTrans looks to expand EV charging locations in Vt.
Roper: Supermajority’s taxing and spending is divorced from reality
According to the Tax Foundation, in 2022 Vermont already had the 4th highest state and local tax burden in the country at 13.6 percent. But, oh, wait till next year!
Bilger: UN Report Calls for Legalizing Sex Between Adults and Children
A disturbing new report from the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) adds to growing concerns about global leaders pushing to normalize pedophilia.
Vermont becomes second destination state for assisted suicide
The assisted suicide lobby knows that many states will not legalize assisted suicide, so they are forcing states that have legalized assisted suicide to provide death to every American seeking one.
Koch: Support your legislators’ wallets?
Who do you know who is slated to get a raise of 23% plus? Answer: Your local legislator! And what’s more, that’s only part of the story—it gets worse!
Video: Special support to the youth of “marginalized communities”
H.511 would “establish a pilot program to provide community health and wellness programming and services to youth in Black, Brown, and marginalized communities throughout the State.
VT Headlines: Vt. bank rolls out “Halal Loans” specifically for Muslim Vermonters
Burlington sees post-pandemic glut of office space; UVM rolls out new life-saving stations on campus; Jewish Community of Stowe honors Holocaust Remembrance Day
Wilson: Feeling like the Last of the Mohicans…or Republicans
The current supermajority rules and it is all about programs and committees, out-of-state agendas, and a huge growing bureaucracy. Who really stands to benefit? The very few elites.
Roper: Giving 16 and 17-year-olds the vote
Why not? Who cares if it’s ridiculous and unconstitutional?
FBI infiltrates Churches and dioceses to combat ‘domestic terrorism’
The FBI recently sought to develop sources inside Christian churches and Catholic dioceses as part of an effort to combat domestic terrorism, according to released internal documents.
VT Headlines: Fraudsters target VT town bank acct.
Springfield prison super faces allegations of misconduct; Vt. delegation pushes to protect abortion pill access; VT students have been restrained or secluded at least 125 times this school year
Warner: Convention of States Needed Now More Than Ever
The term convention of states (COS) can be confusing to the average citizen given its vague federal and constitutional implications. What are the risks if any?
Klar: Woke Theocracy Dominates America
Doubtless this new religion will eventually be challenged by American secular jurisprudence. The outcome of that court battle will determine whether America remains a land of the Constitutionally free.
Vermont has the worst internet quality for remote working
New research has revealed which US states have the worst internet for remote working, with Vermont ranking bottom, behind West Virginia and Maine.
Kauffman: Conversion therapy is reproductive freedom, too – and VT law prevents it
H89 and S37, the so-called shield bills, do not extend equal personal reproductive protection as required under Article 22.
Project Features Wild Native Lake Trout
A sign project at Vermont’s state fishing access areas featuring wild native lake trout got underway this month in a joint effort by the VT Dept. of Fish and Wildlife and the Native Fish Coalition.
Willoughby Steelhead Rainbow Trout Will Be Jumping
One of the state’s premier wildlife watching opportunities is taking place in Vermont. The steelhead rainbow trout have started their upstream migration.
Roper: Will the Clean Heat Standard destroy Vermont’s maple sugar industry?
Could the real existential threat to Vermont maple syrup be very actions taken to prevent climate change?
VT Headlines: VT man dies in motorcycle crash in Windham County
UVM students protests guns; Border communities support migrants; BFA-Fairfax threat investigated; Suicide in returned military personnel
Evslin: Homeowners and Hotels Swap Guests
Government should allow and encourage (not require, not subsidize) more building of less expensive housing including rental units.
Fernandez: UVM’S Anthony Lamb, NBA Warrior
Anthony Lamb is by far the finest competitor to ever lace up basketball shoes for UVM, and he is enjoying the most expansive post-collegiate success of any Vermont college cager.
VT Headlines: Pandemic housing supports ending soon
Homeless shelter staff take “pause” after co-worker killed; Colchester Fire Dept. confronts Town about staffing shortages; Burlington police patrols, response plan prepared for summer
Bananas: VPA Reinstates MVCS Thanks To Cocaine Bear
Rather than simply acknowledge their constitutional right to follow their consciences and exercise their religious liberties the VPA did what principals live to do best – hand out punishments.
Vermont’s Spring Turkey Hunting Starts Soon
It’s almost time for spring turkey hunting in Vermont. Youth and novice turkey hunting weekend is April 29 and 30 this year, and the regular spring turkey season is May 1-31.
VT Headlines: Robbery spree in Fairfield
Vermont eviction rules’; Swatting at Vermont school; Vt. father pleads not guilty to manslaughter of son; Colchester fire chief says he was pushed out over staffing disagreement with town manager.
Roper: Vermont does not need or want a full time, professional legislature
Virginia is for part-time legislature lovers – thirty calendar days in odd years and sixty in even years.
McClaughry: Diminishing the culture of violence
Banning sales of certain classes of firearms because they can be used in mass shootings – the so-called “assault weapons” ban – was tried for ten years with approximately zero positive results.
VT Headlines: Former newsman J.B. McKinley finishes his last page
J.B. McKinley never, ever showed off his vast understanding of the world and the English language. He just lived it and loved it.
VT Headlines: Rutland student threatens classmate with gun online
VT students address substance abuse; Burl. PD threatens to arrest doc treating gunshot; Standardized testing changes
Warner: Trump, Taibbi and Repressive Tolerance
“Rules for thee and not for we” seems the motto of the day.
VT Headlines: Morning fire in downtown Barre
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. files paperwork to challenge Biden in 2024; South Burlington police to hire bike-riding patrollers; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. files paperwork to challenge Biden in 2024
Opinion: Heat pumps troubling / VT taxpayers on hook for Burlington high school?
No way should the Legislature make Vermonters pay for Burlington’s new high school.
Trump pleads “not guilty” to 34 criminal charges
The indictment against former President Donald Trump was unsealed Tuesday with 34 criminal charges related to falsifying business records.
VT Headlines: Hinsdale driving out immigrant business for profit?
Farm seeks to sell renewable natural gas; Winooski School District unveils renovations; Burlington High School Project behind schedule; Lincoln schools ask for budget as independent district
Video: New bills would allow non-citizen, ranked choice voting in the Queen City
Four House bills introduced on April 4 would make numerous changes to Burlington’s voting regulations.
VT Headlines: Vetoes likely for legislation that’s going ‘off the rails’
Threats at Neshobe Elementary; Missing autistic teen: Soaring egg prices; BTV to be named for Leahy; Financial literacy in education
Steidler: Give postal workers tasers — for their safety and ours
America’s rising, out-of-control crime wave claims a growing number of Postal Service workers as victims of robberies, beatings and even murder.
Roper: So, the “check back” in S.5 isn’t really a check back
House committee clarifies it’s a (very limited) “throttle down.”
Galfetti: Like Buffalos running off a cliff
And so, the buffalos are running off the cliff. The House has passed three terrible bills this week…
Warner: It’s Never Been A Better Time To Be A Christian
You, like me, may not even bother to look out the windows on a daily basis to lament the sad goings on in our world.
Despathy: S.5 a parasitic tapeworm
S. 5 would negatively impact the price of heating fuel or bring collateral damage to Vermonters, small businesses and our economy as a whole.
Anti-hunting activists oppose Vermont tradition, conservation
These anti-hunting activists have decided their fellow citizens merit no regard, including even the simple courtesy of a civil debate as is evidenced by elitist, segregationist statements.
Smith: Vermont’s Next Radical Shift in Education
Gone are the days of Martin Luther King Jr.’s colorblind society.
Fireovid: Due diligence missing from VPA sports ruling
Whereas progressive European countries are pursuing science-based policies, the VPA is listening only to wildly biased, unscientific opinions of ideological activists.
Wilson: Holding onto Vermont – Holding onto Vermont Traditions
Authentic Vermont embodies agriculture, self-sufficiency and independence, a strong work ethic, healthy communities and families, faith and honorable values and fiscal responsibility.
Hammond Cove Shooting Range Will Open April 1
The Hammond Cove Shooting Range in Hartland, Vermont will open on April 1, at 10:00 a.m. The range operates under rules set by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.
Gervais: VT broadband victim of the Sunk Cost Fallacy
The Sunk Cost Fallacy is the notion that once an entity invests in something, it becomes harder to walk away from it.
Two state troopers resign over off-duty comments made while playing video games
Two rookie state troopers submitted their resignations and publicly apologized for using inappropriate language while playing a video game off-duty.
Kauffman: What expansion of “personal reproductive liberty” really means
Vermont legislators are set to expand Article 22, “personal reproductive liberty”, without voter approval or a day in court.
McClaughry: Sen. Ram Hinsdale and ‘climate migration’
Sen. Ram Hinsdale urges readiness to house massive numbers of climate refugees.
VT attorney general urges feds to ensure asylum access
In the comment letter, the coalition urges the federal government to continue to explore commonsense solutions to protect access to asylum.
University of Irasburg returns with pop-up campus after two-year hiatus
The University of Irasburg is set to return this April after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
Klar: Let them eat bugs!
The World Economic Forum is now the self-designated world-saver — not only from climate change, but also from global starvation.
Video: S.130: The end of at-will termination?
A Senate bill introduced on March 15 would eliminate at-will termination, and protect employees’ voting rights and free speech.
VT Headlines: Flavored tobacco, e-liquids banned in VT
Search underway for missing Middlebury teenager; Vermont State Police conducts recovery operation for missing Waitsfield woman
NY Grand Jury Votes to Indict Trump
A Manhattan grand jury has reportedly voted to indict former President Donald Trump over his alleged role in a payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016.
Vermont could legalize sports betting apps
How does the plan compare to New Hampshire?
Video: VSC library protection bills
Three bills would protect Vermont State College’s physical libraries from being reduced or eliminated.
Thayer: Senate Ed. Committee does not go far enough
The Democratic leadership in the Vermont legislature is not going far enough in protecting our school children.
VT Headlines: Anonymous threat at Lamoille Union Middle School
Extended EBT benefits end; House approves ranked voting for primary elections
Burlington voters will again consider who is allowed to vote on Town Meeting Day
If the provision passes, legal non-citizens would be able to vote in municipal elections.
Roper: Auditor’s Report: Just how bad our lawmakers screwed up the broadband buildout.
Sibilia and her colleagues opted to go with their own complicated plan to install cable to “the last mile” of every dirt road in the state.
VT Headlines: House passes anti-suicide gun control bill H. 230
Senate gives preliminary approval to flavored tobacco ban in Vt.; WHO experts revise COVID-19 vaccine advice, say healthy kids and teens low risk.
Another U.S. chemical train derails
At least eight freight trains have crashed across the country since the beginning of February.
VT Headlines: Brattleboro man dies of exposure in home
Brattleboro man dies of exposure to cold in home; Burlington approves recommendations for police department; zoning changes in Burlington
Bullock: Lest we forget—the electric line workers
When have we ever witnessed an awards celebration for electric line workers?
Warner: Tennessee Shooting: Fear Is the Goal
Let’s think rationally about this situation.
Wilson: Dem./Prog. supermajority has established elitist rule
Your future financial wellbeing may not be as bright as you might have hoped for.
Roper: Rep. scolds equity official for showing how S.5 will “force/pressure” low-income Vermonters into spending money they don’t have.
Green’s point remains undeniable that low-income Vermonters cannot afford the upfront costs of taking even the most rudimentary clean heat measures.
This week in committee: March 27-31
Items on the agendas for Vermont Legislature Committees this week.
VT Headlines: State bill could ban Catholics’ sealed confessions
State legislation could strip Catholic churches’ right to protect members’ sealed confessions.
VT Headlines: Maple Weekend in Vermont
Sugar houses open doors for maple weekend in Vermont.
Vermont needs to trust the voters to choose their sheriffs
You can kill a mosquito with a sledge hammer. But should you?
Kauffman: Sen. Lyons, show us the data for your ‘data-informed’ transgender decisions
Both youth patients and their parents are reporting the lack of informed consent in growing testimonies and lawsuits against “gender-affirming” health care.
Sanders: Silicon Valley bank president shouldn’t continue to serve on Federal Reserve Board
It would come as a shock to most Americans to find out that Gregory Becker, the CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, was a director of the same body in charge of regulating his bank: the San Francisco Federal Reserve.
Driver in “hero dog” crash on I-89 guilty of DUI
Driver in ‘hero dog’ crash on I-89 guilty of driving under the influence.
Putin blasts UK move to send ammo with depleted uranium to Ukraine
Russia has previously warned the use of depleted uranium will be considered an attack by a ‘dirty nuke’
Rutland Legislators Step Up Strong
Physical libraries are protected by proactive legislators.
EAI’s 30th Annual Jefferson Day Event – 2023
Ethan Allen Institute’s 30th Jefferson Day Event will look at slavery and the author of the Declaration of Independence.







