While Vermont’s greenhouse gas emissions may seem modest on a global scale, our commitment to renewable energy serves as a beacon for others,” Rep. Amy Sheldon said.
Klar: The real threat to your way of life
Why famine and food shortages grow more likely each day…in America!
LaMarche: Time to GET REAL about democracy
We must confront the inherent risks posed by unchecked political dominance, but the GOP seems to be focused more on internal squabbles.
Galfetti: The cost of Renewable Energy Credits
The Floor Report: 03/21/2024.
Wilson: GOP unity?
Be vigilant, respectful, and honest. We need to resist bad government. A house divided against itself will fall.
Bossange: Elect Mr. Trump again?
Be careful what you wish for… You will likely just be trading one “deep state” for another.
Roper video: Anti-fossil fuel lobbyist caught on hot mic moment
Behind The Lines columnist Rob Roper comes out from behind the keyboard to expose an anti-fossil fuel lobbyist’s hypocrisy.
Roper: House passes Renewable Energy Standard amidst cloud of baloney
Sponsoring Rep. deploys word salad to avoid stating truths about the bill.
Klar: Renewables threaten the US power grid
The crisis has regulators scrambling.
An ostrich approach to mental health truth
Office of Public Guardian with its head in the sand
Smith: Inequitable, un-environmental illusion
The unrealism of the Renewable Energy Standard grows.
Maynard: Will it liberate?
A critical look at the new bondage promoted by Critical Race Theory.
Page: Aral Sea catastrophe a warning for geoengineering
A cautionary tale against climate engineering.
LaMarche: Paternalist policy puzzle
We should examine the twisted ways this legislature has “shielded” children from danger.
Keelan: State of the Union, or a major opportunity squandered
The President’s speech quickly devolved into a rant blaming and bashing his opponents.
Despathy: Homeschool civics at the State House
These homeschoolers give me hope for the future and I believe they will continue to stay informed.
Dear Sen. Baruth – Republicans fought climate change when you didn’t
‘Fess up – you’ve been too picky about your flavor of carbon-free electricity.
Bean: the Legislature is coming for your Zyns
They’ve never tried them, they barely know what they are, but the Legislature is coming for your Zyns.
Roper: Rearranging one deck chair on the sinking Clean Heat Standard
S.5 requires a just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels – now Senators Bray, White, Watson, McCormack and MacDonald say, ‘Meh. Who cares?’
Vermont Legal Aid and parents’ Black hole
Vermont residents can and should expect more from publicly funded organizations than the Blacks received.
Cohen: Dems get blown out in Burlington
It was voter repudiation of the way Democrats have run – or not – the crime-and-drug-infested city.
St. Marthe: ‘All blacks should vote Democrat’ undermines diversity
The narrative of encouraging minorities to abort their babies while simultaneously supporting migrants bringing their babies across the border is contradictory and perplexing.
Klar: The biggest climate lie is about cows
If regenerative animal husbandry is eliminated, the chemical spigot will open fully wide to produce “meat alternatives”, destroying our bodies and our planet.
Roper: Senate President Pro Tem’s disgraceful anti-small-“d”-democratic rant
Baruth tells senators to ignore voters and dictates to media how to report.
Huff: It’s time to G.E.T. R.E.A.L. about Vermont’s future
We cannot afford the crushing tax burden the majority is placing on our household incomes. State spending is out of control.
LaMarche: Joan Shannon’s political autopsy
The Progressives data, voter outreach, and organizing were simply too great – and cheaper.
Bensman: An immigration crisis beyond imagining
In 2023 there were three million apprehensions of illegal immigrants, a daily average of 8,219. Entering 2024, apprehensions were up to 12,000-15,000 per day.
Klar: Fur trapping to save the planet!
A recent study concludes that explosive repopulation of Arctic terrain by beavers is thawing large areas of tundra and releasing climate-destroying methane.
Gonter: Don’t let Legislature pick F&W board
The anglers, hunters and trappers on the current Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board are Vermont’s most committed wildlife advocates and conservationists.
Warner: A warning to Vermont Moms, Part 2
Children are being plucked out of class by administrators and “counselors” who then march them down the path of gender-identity struggle.
Despathy: The minor consent lightning rod
Not only is S.151 delusional, it places all children in Vermont directly in harm’s way.
Chittenden County win$$ big in ‘equity’ school funding
Winooski and Burlington were the big winners in the education funding equity sweepstakes Tuesday. Not Bellows Falls.
Warner: Warning to Vermont Moms, Part 1
Children are being manipulated emotionally into making permanent, drastic decisions that they cannot fully comprehend.
Durgin: Bill helps dairy farmers switch crops
Crop transitions aren’t easy and governments should provide support and assistance.
Roper: Vermont must cap individual property tax increases
47 states limit property tax increases in some way. We don’t.
Vermont Public Guardian motto – Live free or die
How far should the State of Vermont go to help those who truly can’t help themselves?
Roper: Will legislators fix their Clean Heat Standard catastrophe?
So far, no interest in the vaunted “check back” they hyped.
Dawson: Supporting Vermont’s veterans
Resources and efforts aim to address common challenges of veterans in our communities.
Fernandez: Dearborn, MI, victimized by Islamophobia?
By simply crying, “ISLAMOPHOBIA!” organized haters of America and Israel are granted license to lie and steal malleable American hearts and minds.
Keelan: Dear wealthy, please don’t go
H.827 would send the wealthy out of the State, robbing it of tax revenue and economic boons.
Warner: Scott endorses Haley after divisive speech
“In my opinion there is no one less equipped no more incapable of healing this divide than Donald Trump. He’s made a career of throwing fuel on the fire of hate and anger,” Scott said.
MacDonald: Slippery meet slope
Doctors recommend assisted suicide to woman paralyzed by COVID jab.
Roper: Vermont’s education property tax system is not broken
Squeezing the taxpayer dry is what it’s designed to do, and it’s working.
Vote no on school budgets ’til 87% Solution kicks in
Our schools are literally out of our control. But there is a solution.
Antley/Catapano-Friedman: Moving backwards on cannabis
Dispensaries ensure safety of customers, kids in ways retail shops can’t…or won’t.
Warner: Hartford has an activist problem – now they know about it
If it’s hateful to warn a tiny Vermont town to take a closer look at the source of its sudden social problems and rising incompetence at the local government level then I plead guilty.
Klar: Beef prices just jumped over the Moon: here’s why
A few pennies along the way to the market equal bloated food budgets in 2024.
Despathy: An overdue thank you to those who hunt coyotes with dogs
If coyote hunting with dogs is banned, humans, pets, homes and livestock will be at increased risk from roaming coyotes who know no boundaries and have no reason to fear humans and dogs.
Thurston: Adding insult to insanity
The dark side of H.289, 100% renewable electricity by 2030: when all else fails, Dem’s resort to renewables-shaming
Roper: So, it’s okay to poison the children now?
Or was the PCB scare just a scam that got out of control?
LaMarche: In Burlington’s mayoral race, money talks loudest
In a few days, one will win. But in three years time, will you tolerate another fabricated pair?
Evslin: Three toxic phrases
“Progressive” buzz-phrases prove ever more Regressive.
Warner: Mid-Vermont girls team headed to championship despite legal battles
This a year after they made international headlines for taking a principled stand against playing a school boasting a biological male athlete, identifying as “trans”, standing nearly 6’3” tall.
Huff: Local school boards “in a pickle”
Legislators became drunk on Federal Covid dollars and are desperate for the binge to continue leaving the hangover headache for constituents to deal with.
Harrison: Difficult choices
If seniors on social security are expected to get by with the 3.2% cost of living adjustment this year, our state government should be able to do the same.
Pelham: It’s okay to vote no on school budgets
Vote no on school budgets and deliver the message that the current entangled and costly system is not OK.
Dawson: Remote work in Vermont is here to stay
As the shift in working arrangements continues to reshape workers’ lives and the economy, Vermont looks likely to become a popular primary residence for many.
Johnson: Is America a Christian country?
First of all, let me tell you: Joe Biden is as much as a Catholic as Elizabeth Warren is a Native American.
Vogel: UVM’s remarkable turnaround has improved life for Jewish students
From first in the nation to best in class
Keelan: The media’s two Vermonts
The Vermont scenes, as depicted in Vermont Magazine and other tourist outlets, are being usurped, and our Legislative leaders need to stop their denial until the scourge is eradicated.
Sibilia: The Consolidated Communications transition and the future of rural landlines in Vermont
Let’s work together to make sure all Vermonters, especially those in rural areas, have their voices heard in this process, ensuring a smooth transition for our communication services.
Klar: More cows needed to reverse climate change, experts say
Scientists are speaking up for beef.
LaMarche: Lavish spending, lackluster results
Vermont’s K-12 system is broken.
Bufka: Washington’s 1796 farewell address
There is much more wisdom to be found here. It is a powerful tonic just to follow his words, to drink in the clarity of his thought and vision.
Gorsline: In support of S.258
Contrary to what biologists at Vermont Fish & Wildlife, and some hunters may say, coyotes and other predators don’t explode in population if they’re not aggressively removed.
Roper: Pay no attention to that billion dollar price tag!
House Ways & Means Chair admonishes committee not to consider massive cost of Renewable Energy bill to ratepayers.
Kenyon: Creating a crisis
The MO of Democrats’ governing
Dawson: Meeting VT EV mandates in a high-end market
Sales tips for selling luxury EVs to Vermonters.
Roper: Already the State can’t afford the clean heat standard
No funding to pay people to design the program, let alone run it!
Bill depriving parents of vax consent breaks federal law, Senate Health & Welfare told
A proposed state law allowing child vaccination without parental consent violates Federal law, a Washington, D.C. law firm has notified a Vermont Senate committee.
Keelan: A rare species, the Primary Care Doctor
Searching for a primary care doctor in SW VT has taken on the same level of anxiety as finding a plumber, electrician, carpenter, or car mechanic.
Malloy: It is an exciting time to be a Republican!
So we are moving in the right direction, but we absolutely cannot let up. Vermont and Vermonters, literally, cannot afford another two years of the Democrat/Progressive supermajority.
Roper: Bad information leads to bad policy
But Vermont lawmakers routinely seek out bad information if it confirms their bias.
LaMarche: Our city’s “Big Lie”
Will the truth be accepted? Or will there be a total, visceral rejection of it?
Despathy: BTW Vermonters -You are all a bunch of NIMBYs
Renewable Energy Vermont, Sen. White, and industry lawyers like Wilschek are determined to clear the path for their profit-driven renewable energy projects, including removing us “NIMBY” Vermonters.
Smith: Renewable power industry exploits poorest towns
Sen. White has turned this situation upside down. Aesthetics has nothing to do with it. Poor towns have been targeted because they are vulnerable to monetary promises.
Gervais: Arlington selectboard needs a fresh voice
In Arlington, there has been much blame cast about following the issuing of property tax bills with a staggering increase in the town tax rate this past September.
Baker: Someday this will be funny, hopefully
Biden administration deems its detractors, Conservatives “vulnerable to disinformation methods”.
Roper: “Solution” to high property taxes is… more higher taxes!
Dems looking at higher sales taxes, sweetened beverage tax, food & clothing tax, cloud tax…
LaMarche: On housing, Shannon fails
Plugging your nose to avoid a bad stench doesn’t work.
Fireovid: Act 250 reform bill gaslighting?
This bill—just like the emperor—has no clothes. It won’t do much to solve the housing problem, or to help the homeless or even most Vermonters. It’s corporate cronyism.
Keelan: Will Vermont continue to be a going concern?
Presently, significant matters must be dealt with within the State government simultaneously; each carries financial implications.
Roper: Legislature logic: Ban flavored tobacco, but not flavored pot, and legalize meth
Seriously, are these people high themselves?
Huff: Lipstick on a bloated pig
Vermont is rapidly becoming unaffordable for even the middle class. More spending and more subsidies is not the answer. If you find yourself trapped in the bottom of a deep hole, STOP DIGGING!
Klar: New ‘study’ extolling greenie redistribution unwittingly exposes toxic climate cult
The ugly head of eco-Marxism.
Klar: Shockwaves coming from the commercial real estate crisis
Taxes, inflation, vacancies, and shoplifting becoming too hard to bear.
Bossange: The high cost of not developing low-income housing
We need to accept the reality that 71,500 Vermonters live in poverty, with too many now homelessness. All Vermonters need a place to call home. Either we pay now or we pay more later.
MacDonald: Democrats drove the Putney Paper Mill out of business
Every industry in the state except for the government is at risk; according to USA Facts, the government is the biggest business in Vermont and is only likely to get bigger.
Roper: The Mafia-style corruption in the Clean Heat Standard
Lawmakers to give cronies literal license to steal.
Baker: Shots fired, cops called, no-one came
The point of this true story is that no one is coming to save you. You must save yourself. We are inches away from a world where the Rule of Law is nonexistent.
Fireovid: Legislature considers Defend the Guard Act
The Vermont Defend the Guard Act is part of a nationwide effort to return control of state militias to the states and to the U.S. Congress as specified in the U.S. Constitution
McCormick: Weatherization crews deserve our respect
The General Assembly (G.A.) cannot enforce us to abandon our cars or oil heaters.
Harrison: Budget and barb
In his Budget address, Gov. Scott called for cooperation and urged the Legislature to recognize the budget pressures in a year after record spending and with pandemic aid drying up.
Roper: Clean Heat Standard exploding on the launch pad
A perfect storm of legislative incompetence and bureaucratic bumbling.
Warner: At Hartford selectboard, views exchanged over Drag Story Hour
Several Hartford residents chided Selectboard Member Lannie Collins for his statement made regarding Drag Queen Story Hour.
McEnany: In memory of Martin Luther King Jr.
His work is a stark contrast to what we see today in the U.S., with any and every excuse given to divide us. We seem to have turned to violence and destruction with very little regard for humanity.
Fernandez: October 7, or what’s behind Israel’s 9/11?
October 7th was about Arabs taking Palestine back by force and moving it back into the House of Islam, or Dar Al Islam.
Brennan: It’s time for Vermont lawmakers to put flavor bans to rest
Legislators would be well served to consider policies that would bolster education and training practices that continue to meet the objective, drive down youth tobacco use.
Roper: Get ready for $800 million in higher electric costs, just cuz
More ideological virtue signaling with other people’s money.
Klar: A tale of two billionaire farmers
What Mark Zuckerberg’s cows tell us.
