Authoritarianism is rooted in the notion that politicians, bureaucrats, and their favored special interests have the right to tread on everyone.

Destroy law and order, then institute state control of food.

I don’t think we should attempt to put either the genius or the genie back in the bottle. We will have to watch them both.

Across the pond, the United Kingdom’s Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, has pledged that if he wins a majority in parliament he will seek to re-negotiate key aspects of Brexit. 

Central to this work is the goal of increasing Vermont’s population to 802,000 and increasing housing inventory to 350,000 non-seasonal units by 2035.

We have to break free from the tolerance we have built up toward the transgressions of those in government and honestly examine whose name we check off on our ballot paper.

The rippling effects of the Ukraine War are cataclysmic in greenhouse gas terms.

We’ll never be perfect, as the document itself in its wisdom recognizes, but its promise is that we can be a more perfect nation today than we were yesterday, and an even more perfect nation tomorrow.

In order for America to sustain a strong and objective-minded military apparatus, it is paramount that we create a clear demarcation between corporate interests and the protection of national security

At best, this will be an expensive, inefficient way to dispose of these highly addictive substances. It is quite likely a significant amount of opioids will be stolen and sold illegally,.

Alarmists cultishly fiddle as Rome burns. Not even arsonists deter them from incinerating sensible science.

This is blatant attempt to politicize the Supreme Court, which was and is supposed to be separated from and be a check and balance on the partisan passions that drive the elected branches of government.

We not only have a shortage of workers but also a shortage of women of child-bearing age to give us more workers even if the fertility rate increases.

Vermont’s not among the 13 states with movement to keep Donald Trump off the ballot. Yet.

Our glorious leaders in Montpelier will take their work as gospel, even as they continue to neglect the Odanak people and bolster divisive notions of ‘justice.

The Vermont Constitution established a Council of Censors “that would assure that the freedom of the commonwealth may be preserved inviolate forever”.

Three hours a day riding a school bus is the price some students pay for the school district’s failure to hire enough drivers.

Many voters are woefully or intentionally blind to what’s going on, or they are happy being just obedient servants. They limit themselves to knowing only what their party’s propagandists tell them.

As the UK had resoundingly rejected neoliberal thought in favor of jump-starting the repatriation of national decision-making, so must we.

You and I are blessed to live every day amid four-season (okay, three) scenes of splendor.

An outfit called Our Children’s Trust brought a suit from 16 Montana youth who allege they are harmed by climate change and the state’s energy policies.

You don’t want to leave politics up to those who have an agenda. 

The average age of American farmers is now 60. More people are switching to farming careers, but even there, the average was 46.3 years in last Census, and new farms are more likely to be smaller.

If you can’t find or afford a place to live in a state, odds are you’re not going to live in it. So, what political party’s policies are making it difficult and expensive to build housing in Vermont? Hmmm…

The nation is at a new tipping point now, and we all need to consider what actions we each need to take to be sure our democracy survives.

Last week, the first Republican Presidential Debate set records for viewership, totaling a live audience of over 12 million. It was the most-watched cable telecast of the year outside of sports.

The radical Left aim to to punish and eliminate the opposition just like regimes do in Third World Countries.

It’s long overdue for Vermont to look beyond the many “stakeholders” jealously guarding their interests, and start looking at tested – and affordable – real world alternatives.

Trump’s appeal is not him.  It’s his willingness to call out the phonies, the industry of liars and the brutal honesty of a man who’s benefited by the system.

Existing congregate shelters and subsidized housing – and emergency rooms – will be better and safer alternatives for those who need them if they are not dumping grounds for the mentally ill.

The Vermont state government using the July flood to pressure citizens to adopt EVs.

My intention is to warn people, not to debate with good people. I am thankful to my constituents and to those who appreciate my work at the statehouse. It is an honor to serve you.

Nationalism should not be a readily available commodity for the right. In reality, before the 21st century (with a few noteworthy outliers), it wasn’t.

They call it sex work, describe it as a right, and dress it up as a noble calling. That sounds great, but what legalized sex work actually looks like is slavery, trafficking, and sexual assault.

Another example of why more people are dying of climate change policy than climate change. Vermont politicians are prioritizing virtue-signaling over practicality and safety, yet again.

The constitutional and economic ramifications of California’s Proposition 12, which banned the sale in California of pork from pigs held in tight confinement, are profound.

Asteroids at least 460 feet long — those with the potential to wipe out cities or small countries, should they impact Earth — are very difficult to locate. And we just found one.

The agency is not as good at looking down at the planet as it is looking up to ideologues for direction.

The Beauty of Substack is that it offers a growing forum for Americans to free themselves from the stifling false narratives of a failed media.

What will you do the next time the “manure” hits the fan and you are told what to do by an authority figure and pressured by your peers to do it?

If Democrats were really “Pro-Choice” they would stop attacking pro-life pregnancy centers.

You have to wonder why the Vermont Climate Council is urging land use controls to keep people and businesses out of high ground, and cluster them in downtowns that flood.

With the recent disasters, the Legislature should return to Montpelier and rethink the spring spending spree they unleashed on the State.

This intergenerational sapping of rural culture is evident in Vermont, where agriculture, especially cow dairying, has generally declined for a century.

What we’ve been doing is prioritizing greenhouse gas reduction over adaptation and preparation as a policy for dealing with extreme weather events. Let’s stop doing this. Today.