How does the ‘mass formation’ delusion affect Vermont? Med school grad and health care policy expert Meg Hansen discusses.
Hansen: Mass delusion fuels data, policy disconnect
Bucchieri: Prop 5 puts teeth in MEN’S reproductive rights
Some day a court may use Prop 5 to decide that making a man pay child support for a baby he wanted the mother to abort violates his ‘personal reproductive autonomy.’
Yacovone: If only there were a bill to help the lost souls
A veteran Vermont legislator and public servant regrets that there are human problems that legislation just cannot solve.
Master Class: How to Karen Like A Boss
Taking your Miss Bossy Pants game to the next level.
News item: solons ponder mascot mandate
The Vermont Senate has tacitly decided there will be no mask mandate. But it might pass a school mascot mandate.
Arnn: The Way Out
by Dr. Larry Arnn Here are two questions pertinent to our times: (1) How would you reduce the greatest free republic in history to despotism in a short time? and (2) How […]
Dame: While Dems control State House, real school choice only for the wealthy
As long as Democrats have control of the State House, they will never give school choice to anyone but the wealthiest Vermonters.
McGuinness: We must demand transparent Covid data
If Vermont hospitals collect vaccination data on patients, why can’t the Vermont Dept. of Health tell us how many Covid-19 deaths were unvaccinated?
Mazur: Hoovervilles and Bidenburgs
Similarities between Hoover and Biden increase as the U.S. descends from prosperity into – whatever awaits.
Fernandez: FBI foolery over synagogue kidnapping recalls Burlington B/D/S effort
Discussing the ludicrous statement from the FBI that the Texas synagogue hostage situation was not “related to the Jewish community.”
Editorial: Prop 5 and our listening Legislature
Prop 5 will be decided by voters on November 8, not by a masked, Zoomed House committee tomorrow night.
McClaughry: Gov. Scott’s Diamond Mine
Phil Scott has hit the mother lode: vast amounts of federal dollars borrowed, at interest, from current and future taxpayers of our great Republic.
Nurse haunted by instruction to treat late-term abortion survivor ‘like a specimen’
A retired surgical nurse details a horrific experience in California 48 years ago of being handed a breathing survivor of a late-term abortion – and then being told to ‘treat it like a specimen.’
Evslin: ‘Affordable housing’ must address Act 250
Why isn’t middle-class housing being built to meet the aching demand? Tom Evslin points to one BIG reason: Act 250 makes it unaffordable.
My Anti-Racist Struggle Session
Vermont fake news reporter Johnny Bananas wakes up with a bad case of racism.
Warner: Mass formation psychosis – it’s a thing
Mass formation psychosis has paved the way towards totalitarianism. Will we go down that road?
Evslin: Build the grid back better – switch to DC
So many of our household appliances – not to mention our solar panels – already run on DC. Why not just make the switch on a grid level?
Eshelman: Tinfoil hats and Covid vaccines
Putting on the tin foil hat and heading down the rabbit hole to Covid Conspiracyland….
It’s Bananas: The Mascot Dilemma
Rather than excel at sports and academia, our schools now strive to excel at grievances. First in line, mascots!
Mazur: Fighting inflation and solving debt
Discipline now, or disaster later.
Keelan: a country doctor turns in his stethoscope
An ode to Arlington’s retiring family physician, Dr. Michael Welther.
Facebook censors VT fuel dealer post about Climate Council
Facebook won’t let a Vermont fuel business inform readers about the Vermont Climate Council. The owner of Proctor Gas is not happy.
Gaffney: Kunin wrong on abortion and filibuster
Men can’t get pregnant, even if former Governor Kunin writes it to be true.
Evslin: Out with the cows, in with the trees
Reforesting Vermont’s declining, phosphorus-producing dairy farms would be a cheap, effective way to meet the state’s carbon reduction goals.
McKibben to Biden: decree things Congress won’t pass
Liberals worried about real threats to democracy should look first at Bill McKibben.
Herron: ‘Bullet Point Becca’ long on rhetoric
Becca Balint will throw out bullet points on issues but will give no substantive details on how her policy spending will fix them.
Act Now To Save Democrats!
Meanwhile in Vermont, the Democrats running the Vermont State House have disregarded a non-partisan, good-government plan to break up two-member House districts. Good in principle, bad for Democratic outcomes in the next election.
Evslin: when Zoom freezes over, free way to find out whose fault it is
Computer nerd Tom Evslin has written a program to determine why your Zoom is freezing.
The Peril of the Federal Billions
No-one – except John McClaughry – is asking what we will do when the flood of federal money ends.
Letter: Condos’ defense of election integrity at odds with facts
Secretary of State Condos says voter integrity measures are meant to reduce the vote. Rather, they are prudent and fair efforts to ensure free and fair elections.
Letter: Progressives/Socialists in legislature introduce child tax credit for parents earning $400K
The VT tax code is being changed to include non-taxable welfare payments to taxpayers with children.
Vermont at high risk of gerrymandering: national report
It will come as no surprise to people following the Democrat-controlled House Gov’t Ops dismantling of Legislative Apportionment Board recommendations that Vermont is at high risk for electoral district gerrymandering.
Ignoring popular recommendation, House committee rushing two-person House districts
Using the distraction of Covid, Vermont Democrats are ignoring a popular plan to eliminate two-seat House districts in favor of the partisan-favoring status quo.
Donahue: Proposal 5 threatens health care provider conscience protection
Proposal 5 would protect any abortion, for any reason, until the moment of birth. Doctors and nurses whose consciences forbid them from taking the life of the unborn would have no protection.
Pathetic start to the 2022 session
The decision to go remote for “just” two weeks puts the Vermont Legislature off to a pathetic start.
Keelan: Don’t be a cop in Vermont
Just what Vermont’s critical police shortage needs: a new law that would make it much easier for crooks to sue the cops who apprehend them.
School masking not so black and white
While there is some evidence to suggest that masking in schools is an effective mitigation measure, it is not backed by the most rigorous research.
Jeffries: the next Covid casualty?
We’ve already lost so much. Could loss of more gun rights be next?
Strong: Faith not Fear
A Vermont legislator in the thick of the battle for vaccine and mask mandate freedom is also a pastor’s wife. And she has a word for Vermonters facing an uncertain 2022..
Evslin: changing crops will solve VT farming woes
Changing crops is Vermont’s only hope.
Top News ’21: Essex student and CRT critic fired from lifeguard job (June 17)
It takes a village to attack a teenager.
Alex Katsnelson was fired by the Village of Essex Junction from his position as a lifeguard at the Maple Street pool due to his public opposition to Critical Race Theory as taught at Essex High School.
Hansen: Do as you’re told and don’t question
Debate about mask mandates was intense during a recent WDEV radio program.
Top News of ’21: Left’s hatred escalated post-Trump (March 5)
John Klar writes on March 5 – “Donald Trump has passed from view, but the virus of New Leftism is thriving and easy to see. And what is visible is that it is a bitter, seething contempt, far wider than any one man.”
Nuggets from Vermont’s ambitious Energy Plan
According to the new state energy plan, Vermont should drive and heat electric. It should also have reliable electricity. Can we have both?
Gregoire: lawmaker’s nude fitness photos explained
The nude fitness photos were meant to highlight the beauty of the human form.
Robbing economic rescue to fund Climate Plan
With a carbon tax no longer a viable option, the Vermont Climate Council now wants to raid federal ‘recovery’ money to fund its aggressive anti-carbon campaign.
Lott: Is ensuring election integrity anti-democratic? Facts say no
In most democratically-elected countries, voting requires photo ID. Absentee voting is rare. Where allowed, Strict ID is required. But mention these safeguards in the U.S., and the progs call you racist and regressive. What’s going on?
Mazur: Daunte Wright should have been in prison
The man shot and killed by Minneapolis cop Kim Potter never should have been out on the streets.
“Science,” uh-huh
Another gifted artist among Vermont Daily Chronicle readers submits his first political cartoon.
Cady: Fear justifies hate
Hearing echoes of the Holocaust in some Vermonters talk about solving the unvaccinated problem.
The case for Christmas
Christmas unites believers and non-believers in the promise of generosity and goodwill.
Vaccine injuries: More than a number
Reported adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccines have dramatically increased.
Gen Z paying the price for pandemic policies
Our youngest Americans are paying the price for government’s indiscriminate policies enacted due to Covid-19.
Burlington mayor: Council makes new police chief hire unlikely
Kinda hard to hire a new police chief when the Burlington City Council won’t let Mayor Miro Weinberger pay him/her enough or delegate authority to discipline officers.
Dame: GOP visibility, donations increased
Fundraising is up and plans for growth will be announced shortly, the new VT GOP chair says.
Congress-critter-watching……
Watching Vermont’s Congress Critters on social media is like watching wildlife on a backyard camera.
Post: BBB would cost $4.95 trillion
Willem Post isn’t shedding any tears over the demise of the Build Back Better bill – if, in fact, it’s really dead.
Roper: Climate Council no clue how to pay for ‘plan’
The Vermont Climate Council has plans a’plenty for carbon reduction but neither the money nor the workforce to make them happen.
Sanders’ slick socialist semantics
Selling socialism under the guise of liberalism, Bernie’s 1976 dream is becoming a reality.
Evslin: Dems, GOP both fear next election stolen
Democrats and Republicans alike fear the next election will be stolen. They’re both giving us all plenty of reason to worry.
Medicare: Four years to insolvency
Medicare – the federal health insurance for retirees and others – will be insolvent by 2026, an expert predicts. What then?
Klar: Small town Vermont voter fraud uncovered
Email exchanges show grooming for illegal voting.
Connelly: Covid response not about personal rights
Arguments about mask wearing are akin to children arguing about bedtime.
Lynch: Continuous shaming of the unvaccinated
Shame and blame are the name of Scott’s vax ‘encouragement’ game.
Herron: Balint wants executive branch to usurp her power
Vermont Senate Majority Leader Becca Balint doesn’t understand the role of the Legislature. Would she continue this error as a Congresswoman?
For third time, elites try to rid rural Vermont of residents
For the third time in less than 100 years, urban elites are trying to empty rural Vermont of its poor people. (Fourth, if you count the eugenics legislation.)
Kelley: Poor, rural students are being cheated
The Legislature’s school funding formula harms rural, poor students, former Hazen school board chair says.
Respirator expert: the safety hazards of masks
Nuclear power plant respiratory gear expert talks from experience about what real mask protection looks like, and what it doesn’t.
Hansen: The Fine Line Between Making History and Trouble
Vermont women are expected to wait their turn while the men hold the big seats.
No parental OK required for State of VT kiddie condom giveaway
Parental permission has gone by the wayside in Vermont, as the state ushers in condoms for all.
Response to William Schubart: who gets to decide hate speech?
Just who are the hate speakers?
John Locke reminds us about Consent of the Governed
What would the father of modern liberalism say about today’s delegated government?
Rand Paul leading the way to freedom
Sen. Rand Paul is one of the few Republican leaders really challenging the Fauci/Biden vaccine policy.
All dogs go to Heaven
A Montpelier flower shop’s best customer service rep leaves behind a tail-wagging legacy of lessons in love.
Keelan: 254 climate goals for your New Year
Weatherize 90,000 Vermont homes by 2030? The VCC must have never heard of the phrase “situational awareness.”
Cleaning out your pockets with the Clean Heat Standard
Out with the TCI, in with the Clean Heat Standard – the renewable industry’s latest scheme to make Vermonters pay for their products.
Jeffries: real reason behind holiday supply chain woes
Cartoonist Dan Jeffries unravels the complex problems causing the 2021 Christmas holiday supply chain problem.
Searching for healing, common ground
Fractured Vermonters can find common ground in our common, human rights.
Behind closed doors, Proposal 5 leaves Roe v. Wade in the dust
Proposal 5’s dark possibilities: abortion throughout all nine months, underage abortions, gender transformation, sterilizations, and more.
McClaughry: CNN blames ‘a car’ for Waukesha mass killing
Just say it, CNN: a BLM supporter murdered six people by hitting them with a car.
Lawrence: why does Digger author dislike Trumpsters?
Ron Lawrence asks why a VT Digger write demonizes pro-Trump Republicans.
Johnny Bananas: a merry little Christmas tune brought to you by COVID
The 12 Days of Christmas goes COVID!
McClaughry: Capital gains tax hike would stifle innovation
Democrats are now proposing to sharply raise capital gain taxes, which would kill incentives to invest in new businesses.
Evslin: vax freedom has consequences
In Singapore, vax resisters must pay for their Covid-19 treatment. With freedom comes responsibility.
Felker: There is no such thing as collective liberty
“Collective” liberty or individual liberty? Burlington GOP chair urges city council to choose the latter. It doesn’t.
Roper: Town A residents can vote in Town B election? Say it ain’t so!
What’s worse than non-residents deciding local elections? State election officials who don’t understand Vermont election law or have no interest in enforcing it.
Bananas: beware the Moronic Variant
Delta, Omicron, yadayadayada. The Moronic Variant is among you – you moron!
Krauss: less electoral beauty pageant, more job interview
Elections should be like job interviews – a time to ask politicians the tough, important questions before you decide whether to hire them.
Keelan: The season of giving with fossil fuel fees
The collapse of the TCI is an early Christmas present. But our joy may be short-lived.
Climate warriors hope ‘Clean Heat Standard’ succeeds where carbon tax, TCI failed
The carbon tax struck out. TCI struck out. Next up at the plate: the Clean Heat Standard.
Dodge: St. J lawmaker hypes climate fear
Citing scientific facts gets you precisely nowhere against the entrenched Vermont media and government-renewable power complex, J.T. Dodge learned. But he’s not giving up.
Iselin: The snare of the COVID vaccine
Dr. Michael Yeadon former V.P. and chief scientist at Pfizer, says the Covid vaccine agenda is ”evil”. Dr. Robert Malone, the actual discoverer of mRna technology, advises people not to take the vaccines.
McDonald: Let’s be honest about public employee compensation
A public employee pension liability of $4.5 billion and growing can’t be ignored any longer.
Krauss: New pool of candidates needed to lead Vermont
Vermont needs new leaders. Vets, moms, and coaches make good natural leaders, a retired legislator and human resources executive says.
McClaughry: a socialist faces reality
A socialist author warns fellow believers to get ready for a long, hard slog.
Bananas: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Rioting Safely
For your rioting, safety wear at least one bullet-proof layer so as not to get “Ritten-housed.”
Mayor Weinberger comment on Kyle Rittenhouse shows disdain for facts, law, Constitution
Miro Weinberger’s take on the Kyle Rittenhouse decision disdains the facts, the law, and the Constitution.
McClaughry: Thomas Jefferson and public debt
Thomas Jefferson would abhor the large-scale printing of paper money by our current federal government.
Mazur: Debt $300 billion and rising
Federal interest payments consume $300B of our taxes and it’s projected to grow faster as debt and interest rates increase.
Warner: Demagogues, drama a recipe for disaster
Perhaps the most overlooked role in the drama is that of the rescuer. Rescuers are often well intended ideologues or narcissists who confuse their rescuing help as an excuse to play God.
