A great power like the United States has two enduring imperatives:
• Maintain dominance in its own hemisphere (“Monroe Doctrine”).
• Prevent any peer competitor from achieving regional hegemony elsewhere.

Vermont’s long-term obligations for retiree health care benefits remain a major financial burden, even as the state has begun setting aside more money to address them.

It’s anti-children, anti-education, and anti-taxpayer.

Prop 4 states equal treatment under the law cannot be denied on account of a person’s, “race, ethnicity, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or national origin.”

An open letter to Vermont legislators and citizens

Rights are surprisingly fragile things. Declared “unalienable” in the Declaration and billed as constitutional in state and the federal constitutions, their power is largely dependent on the character of the people. When the people are virtuous, our rights are secure. But if we are bull-headed, then we tend to smash them in some fit of pique.

Why is the department keeping Springfield taxpayers in the dark about such a dangerous and serious case?

Open letter to Rutland and other municipalities looking to adopt resolutions or policies prohibiting or limiting federal ICE Enforcement activities.

How toxic is it?? It’s been a very bad week for Vermont’s climate warriors.

How post-national governance is quietly redefining borders, sovereignty, and political legitimacy

As America’s 250th anniversary approaches, the Declaration of Independence will take center stage with celebrations all over the country. Many Americans still recognize parts of the document, such as All men are Created Equal, and Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. However, what about the first paragraph? Can the same be said about the terms “one People” and “the Laws of Nature and of Natures God?”

Drescher’s judgment—the ability to confront hard facts, resist political pressure, and act deliberately—is precisely what we should seek in a justice on Vermont’s highest court.

The University of Vermont and Middlebury College each have a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), while Dartmouth College lists two similar but separate programs: Palestine Solidarity Coalition of Dartmouth Students (PSC) and Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine. But where are their organizations to protest and advertise the occupation and subjugation of other unrecognized peoples?

Fixing the roads is a core government responsibility, DEI is not.

The former Prime Minister of Turkey, Ahmet Davutoglu, once said, “The Mid-East needs a success story.” And here in Vermont, that is precisely what we need in 2026.

In an era defined by hesitation, that alone is a notable accomplishment.

Vermont Futures Project: right diagnosis, (mostly) wrong solutions.

Continued action by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials has raised important questions about constitutional due process. The Fifth Amendment is clear: “no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law”. Senate Republicans believe that any discussion on this issue must begin with a commitment to due process for all individuals, including non-citizens. 

Two bills sponsored by Vermont Democrat and Progressive legislators continue to push the Transgender Ideology Agenda at the potential expense of Vermont taxpayers and female prison inmates. H.576 intends to establish an “Affirming Health Care Trust Fund,” while H.550 intends to allow transgender incarcerated persons to choose their prison and their cellmate based upon their gender identity.

If you met everyday Americans in Burlington, St. Johnsbury, or Rutland, and asked about the purpose of military power in making them safer and more secure, you may receive a different and less self-aggrandizing answer than some of their elected representatives. 

Childcare Center US claims there are 687 childcare centers in New Hampshire, over 2100 in Massachusetts, and over 1300 childcare centers in Vermont. We should check them all, but who, besides me, thinks the Vermont number looks a little high?

And are, in fact, disastrous.

One afternoon coming home from work, I had to lay on the horn to back into my own driveway as some chick was tweaking, blocking access to my driveway.

What Vermont cannot do is continue pretending it can sustain prohibitive regulation, minimal growth, lavish spending, high-cost labor structures, small schools everywhere, expansive public programs, and low taxes at the same time.
Part 2 picks up where that conversation left off, continuing through the remaining structural challenges affecting Vermont’s economy, cost of living, and long-term fiscal stability.

We are already paying more than our fair share.

Charitable giving should be more public

Some intellectuals claim that they are

The pressures shaping Vermont’s future are very real.

Today, artificial intelligence (AI), a technology that is more profound in its capacity to change and improve lives than electricity, holds the promise of transforming America. Indeed, it can take us to the golden age President Trump envisions.