Road rage is for fools.
Watson: Tailgating: the chase is on!
Roper: Gates cops to climate change hoax
Will Vermont legislators continue with the lies, or heed the call to pivot?
Holt: When Public Service becomes a lifetime throne
In the United States today, political office too often resembles a throne more than a term of service. But it was not always this way.
Moore and Johnson: Vermont’s housing needs require decisive action – step up or step away
Governor Scott has taken action. We stand ready to implement solutions. The question now is whether environmental interest groups who claim to care about Vermont’s future will contribute to solving this crisis or perpetuate the status quo.
Soulia: Strike-alls: How a bill metastasized into your backyard
A single sentence added to Vermont’s planning code in 2016 has redrawn how the state thinks about its forests — and about the rights of Vermonters to use their property.
Page: Stirring the pot on food stamp changes
And, hey check out this cellphone teleprompter!
Rovics: Escape from Vermont
Is there a chronically-online identitarian cult lurking in the Green Mountains? Let’s investigate.
Roper: In defense of Whataboutism
The unsung crowdsourced enforcement mechanism for equal justice.
Kinsley: Things are better, but let’s not pop the champagne just yet
Yes, things are better, but the “better” comes with an asterisk the size of a mortgage payment.
Despathy: Corrupt renewable energy developers vandalizing Vermont
Predatory industrial-scale renewable energy development in Vermont has just reached an all-time low with continued ecological devastation and accompanying rate hikes in queue.
Roper: The solution to the SNAP & LIHEAP crisis: Demand Sanders & Welch vote to open the Government!
Why aren’t Vermont state politicians calling on our federal delegation to end the crisis?
Soulia: Montpelier should measure twice, legislate once
Vermont has a habit of passing grand, high-minded laws before anyone’s sure how they’ll actually work. It’s like breaking ground on a massive construction project before you’ve even drawn up the blueprints. The result isn’t progress — it’s chaos.
Roper: The lynching of Sam Douglass
This was not justice.
Soulia: Inside Vermont’s eco-litigation loop
In Vermont, the line between environmental policymaking and courtroom strategy has nearly disappeared. The same advocacy network that helped write the state’s climate and water rules now sues the agencies and farms that follow them—an endless loop of petitions, corrective orders, and consent decrees that leaves little room for either legislators or citizens.
Manley: No Kings: What else did they accomplish?
The people who participated in the “No Kings” rally demonstrated that they wish to Make America Great Again.
Bossange: A reckoning with evildoers
There are three people who are orchestrating the Trump presidency and implementing the Heritage Foundation’s agenda. It is evil, and needs to be stopped.
Tiemann: Investigate, inform and advocate
Parents can’t exercise their rights if schools never inform them about what is being taught or how their child is being treated.
Beerworth: Governor Scott knows how political pressure works
Maybe it is past time for the Governor to take a good, long look in the mirror before casting stones.
Keelan: What the Constitution means to me—flashback to 1987
250 years ago in Philadelphia, those who met had to process issues that were of far greater substance than what our present Congress so helplessly contends with today. What was present then and is missing today is the willingness and courage to adopt compromising positions. By failing to carry out its role, the three-legged table has lost its integrity and been damaged. And so has the country.
Bean: I am leaving the Party of Weenies and Cowards
I do not think there is a state in America that hates young men more than Vermont.
Manley: No Kings at 5 Corners
Chuck Schumer, leader of the US Senate Minority, recently said “Rise Up, faithful Democrats!” on a nationally televised broadcast. Rise up against what, and do what, I wonder?
Compass Vermont: The shutdown’s real cost to Vermont
To protect Vermonters from the federal crisis, the state may be forced to sacrifice its own strategic plans for housing and property tax relief.
Harrison: Preparations for the Legislature
It’s the time of year when we begin to get ready for the next season. Golf clubs and kayaks get cleaned and put away for next year. The list includes an appointment at Charlie Dorr’s to change over to snow tires, taking down the garden hoses at the house and much more. And while the State House is mostly quiet these days, some are preparing for the new legislative session, which begins January 6.
Soulia: Are Vermont farms’ tile drains about to become expensive Federal pollution pipes?
A pair of environmental nonprofits are threatening to sue one of Vermont’s largest dairies for allegedly polluting Dead Creek, a tributary of Lake Champlain — but the dispute could reach far beyond a single Addison County farm. If the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) prevail, their interpretation of the Clean Water Act could redefine how nearly every Vermont farm manages its land and water.
Mirror, Mirror on the wall: Who’s the next sinner we blackball?
Politics is about power, and Douglass has it right now. My advice to the 27-year-old state senator from Orleans County: Don’t give it up.
Roper: Sanders and Welch votes to keep the government closed threaten food and heat benefits
Partisan agenda could leave low-income Vermonters cold and hungry.
Steidler: Senator Sanders’ doom campaign on AI and jobs
Simply put, there is no real-world evidence to back up the Senator’s claims. It also appears he is using fear about AI to jump-start his socialist economic agenda.
Coester: GOP knee-jerk reaction ‘appalling’
Be aware: the youth will not look kindly on any of the “alleged” leaders who threw Sam under the bus in the blink of an eye.
Soulia: How Vermont let its courts collapse while chasing climate glory
That’s not a crisis of resources—it’s a crisis of judgment.
Klar: Blue states rebelling against Kennedy and the CDC are gambling with lives
Contrary to the fear-mongering by state and federal officials, Covid is not killing millions of Americans, as vaccine worshippers seem to imagine: current CDC surveillance data review a Covid death rate of zero people per 100,000 Americans as of the week that ended September 6, 2025. Such deaths have not risen above .3 per 100,000 people since the week of February 17, 2024.
Deal: Economic freedom drives political liberty
Governor Scott is the only thing standing between Vermont and a continued moral and fiscal bankruptcy that would end any remaining semblance of independence. He is also the only proven unifier known for decades. What every citizen should do, anyone who sees the picture painted above for what it is – in reality, and not ideology – is write the Governor and ask him to run again.
Ingalls: No substitute for GOP victory
The Vermont Republican Party has the policies Vermonters want to rally around, and we need to make sure our messaging matches the moment.
Roper: Mike Pieciak is planning a negative campaign against Donald Tru– Er, Phil Scott
They want to know if Vermonters will buy a bunch of negative attacks on Phil Scott linking our governor to President Trump.
Deal: On its 250th birthday, remembering how the U.S. Navy was born
When the seas grow contested, commerce falters, and ordinary citizens feel it first — at the store, the gas pump, and the paycheck.
Roper: Act 73 survey: Time to tell ‘em what you really think!
Where’s the bleeping property tax relief?
Vaillancourt: School children struggle to read, not with ‘white supremacy’
“To borrow a term from you, Parents are tired of being marginalized,” Vaillancourt told the school board.
Despathy: A Modest Proposal – for Vermont
This extractive economy is invasive and abusive and government and many companies either via force –or under the Silicon Valley spell– fall prey to the shiny new profitable tech that commodifies life in ways never witnessed.
Klar: America’s brotherly love crisis
Why is the nation becoming more uncivil?
Neubieser: No, Vermont isn’t immune to our system of legalized corruption
Vermonters know the difference between free speech and legalized bribery. These reforms aren’t radical — they’re common sense. They represent the baseline of what a healthy democracy needs to survive.
Livingston: The Gospel of the Third Party
The Third Party is not just a political option. It’s a symbol of moral reclamation.
Keelan: Corps celebrate 250th November 10
Celebrations nationwide of the Corps’ November 10 birthday include an event at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, currently home to six Marines.
Roper: Sibilia’s uncivil call for civility
Oh, the hypocrisy, but there is an opportunity for redemption.
Soulia: Weapons of war: What the founders really knew about firearms
The Founders knew exactly what “weapons of war” meant. They also knew that freedom without accountability is no freedom at all.
Cohen: Vermont’s ‘Green New Scam’ scuttled
Trump blocks Bernie Sanders’ pet taxpayer-funded ‘climate initiative’
Ellis: Government shutdown blues
Or…I talk to a Senate insider about how a shutdown works, why it happens and the political stakes for the rest of us.
Kinsley: A piece of the puzzle?
A reaction to Scott’s Executive Order on Housing
Joe Gervais running for Chair of the Vermont Republican Party
Gervais: Vermont Republicans: let’s build a stronger, grassroots-powered future together
Despathy: Vermont carbon policy is legal plunder
Vermont has both the lowest energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the country. Vermont does not need a greater tax burden. Period.
Roper: Data and analysis? Not so much in Montpelier.
Auditor’s report shows increase in homeless spending increases homelessness.
Page: Autism and the New Eugenics
The echoes of Nazi policies in the modern quest to “cure” and “eradicate” Autism.
Procaccini: Who really benefits from the Gaza War?
There is a shocking 38-page document, published in the Washington Post, that outlines exactly what the plan by Israel/US was and still is for Gaza, including the removal of the entire population of Palestinians; and constructing the “Trump Gaza Riviera”.
Bennett: My vote goes “clunk”
An older Vermonter hopes he lives long enough to see the Turning Point tide roll across Vermont.
Deal: Military leadership overdue for a reset
Are you worried about the president’s meeting with more than 800 senior generals and admirals tomorrow? Consider this: how our military prepares for global conflict hasn’t changed since the Obama era.
Roper: Repeal the Renewable Energy Standard in 2026? Yes, please!
Senate Republican Leader outlines some agenda items for next year.
MacDonald: Gov. Scott’s climate road-to-Damascus moment
Governor Scott dropped two bombshells on Vermont’s climate cult.
Soulia: The economic impact of Act 59
Signed into law in June 2023, Act 59 sets ambitious goals to conserve 30% of Vermont’s land by 2030 and 50% by 2050. These targets align with the international “30 by 30” initiative but extend Vermont’s commitments even further by setting a 50% benchmark for mid-century.
Livingston: Vermont’s climate trap is a man-made policy disaster
Vermont has been trapped. Not by ice, not by storms, not even by the natural cold that shapes who we are — but by the kind of law that looks good on paper and bleeds us dry in practice.
Fireovid: Blinded by the artificial light
As currently written, the plans developed by our ruling class will make the inevitable decrease in our average standard of living even worse.
Cohen: Vermont hospital chief flameout 2.0
The ousted chief of Vermont’s largest hospital is now two strikes away from a final out trying to run health-care companies.
Fernandez: The Gaza “Genocide” is a lie
Now a political weapon, threadbare and cliche, it is shamelessly misused by high school and college students and faculty, anarchists, like Antifa, as well as the likes of Washington representatives Ilhan Omar (D-MI) and Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
Klar: Charlie Kirk taught colleges how to teach
His campus events proved that universities are failing America’s youth.
Roper: Both sides have nut jobs, but only one side cheers them on
Thoughts on Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Keelan: How we can break Vermont’s dependency on Washington
Not a day goes by that we read/hear about another Vermont institutional sector sounding the alarm that its sustainability is in jeopardy due to the possible lack of federal funding. The major sectors are healthcare, cultural arts, education, food distribution, environmental and preservation agencies, public safety, disaster relief, etc. The list goes on.
Ellis: Violence and Charlie Kirk
When will we act?
Roper: When “Green” is not sustainable
Seven Days ran an article recently about Vermont’s solar industry and the impact of federal cuts to the subsidies they’ve enjoyed for years. The headline authors called the cuts an “attack.” No, it’s not an attack. No private business is entitled to taxpayer funds to keep it afloat.
Klar: The demon in dysphoria
As the transgender debacle spirals into greater chaos in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, the time is ripe to openly discuss its absurdity before more children are inculcated into this dangerous delusion.
Soulia: VTDigger’s golden parachute raises questions about nonprofit stewardship
When Vermonters are asked to donate to VTDigger, they’re told they’re supporting independent journalism. But recent IRS filings by its parent, the Vermont Journalism Trust (VJT), reveal a separation agreement with founder Anne Galloway that raises questions about how donor money is used.
Despathy: Vermont’s climate trap
What are the people to do when a law creates a trap that plunders precious resources and hard earned money and brings harm to Vermonters, all for zero beneficial environmental impact?
Soulia: Vermont at a crossroads
One year of FYIVT
Roper: Education reformers say they’re data driven, but are they?
Cuz the data says more charter schools, flexibility to adapt and incentives to perform.
Warner: Charlie Kirk wasn’t ‘the next Rush’ – but he could have been president
As the ugliness of this event spills over onto social media where those who didn’t know Charlie personally are celebrating his death, I have this much to say to them…ALL OF HEAVEN IS ALSO CELEBRATING HIS ARRIVAL.
Johnson: With Charlie’s death, a real turning point
Here’s what I think many felt: This was not just an assassination. It was a spiritual earthquake shaking the souls of believers and all good people. It was like the fabric of reality had perceptibly shifted, like a hard line between good and evil had finally been drawn.
Soulia: Violent censorship and what real fascism looks like
The tools of fascism — demonization, scapegoating, and the silencing of dissent through violence — are appearing with alarming regularity.
Klar: Wi-Fi exposure may damage infant development
Profitable technologies are not always healthy.
Thurston: 9/11 and the 9th Symphony
As America itself became the root cause of the attack on so many campuses, the symbol that soothed the heart of many after the bombings, the American flag, became a source of endless hate.
Roper: How our politicians propose to waste $178M
It must be corruption because nobody is actually this stupid.
Police chief: Violent felon given probation breaks officer’s hand
If certainty of punishment is zero, then the associated fear is also zero. Assaults on police officers, or other members of the community, inevitably become more prevalent.
O’Neil: What drives the transgender violence against Christians?
None of this means most people who identify as transgender pose a violent threat, nor that activist groups like the Human Rights Campaign are intentionally inspiring people to commit violence. However, the violent trend raises serious questions about the unintended consequences of transgender activists’ rhetoric.
Lindberg: Secretary of State not honest about election security
We need to get back to a system where there are, in practice, multiple eyes on every step of the process from registering a voter to casting a ballot to counting the votes. But to achieve this we will need to pass new election laws that meet this standard. I hope our lawmakers will do this in 2026.
Despathy: Truth about child vaccine trials
It would be most welcome if more people, especially healthcare providers and parents, would dig into the research on vaccine harms for the sake of our children and the future of humanity.
Bossange: How President Trump threatens Vermonters
Dictators love big government. They remain in power through the long arm of the law and big government overreach. For them the government is their tool of control and pathway to creating a police state.
Soulia: Why Peter Welch’s lightning analogy fails on voter fraud
When Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) defended voting access on social media, he leaned on a familiar line: “More Americans are struck by lightning every year than commit voter fraud.” It’s a catchy sound bite. It suggests fraud is so rare that worrying about it is like worrying about unicorns. But what happens if we pull the numbers apart and look not just at perpetrators, but at victims?
Keelan: “Affordable housing is an oxymoron”
This is why affordable housing projects completed or under development in places such as Putney, Bennington, Burlington, and other Vermont cities and towns are costing up to or exceeding $600,000 per unit. In California, the cost is closer to $1 million.
Roper: More climate propaganda and left-wing bias from VT Digger
This time they really jumped the shark.
Klar: The skinny on whole foods
What they are, and why consumer demand is heating up.
Fireovid: SpeakVT’s checklist for the new school year
Vermont summers pass quickly, and here we are in another school year.
Soulia: Dark money in Vermont: It’s not coming from AFP
The Affordable Heat Act raised costs, the PUC confirmed it, and the real outside cash is already funding Vermont’s media and advocacy landscape: they just don’t like competition.
Roper: “People experiencing Progressive policies”
Some on the Left call for abandoning “woke” language.
Warner: A.I. equals artificial integrity and a massive cost to consumers
We are witnessing the build-up of Orwell’s Ministry of Truth in our monthly power bills, replete with hydro-electric memory holes.
Soulia: “Don’t get re-arrested” dropped as Condition of Release
Why it was dropped remains unanswered. But the numbers are clear: Vermont courts leaned on Condition 3 the hardest in the very year before it was eliminated, and now the one safeguard Vermonters assumed was non-negotiable is gone.
Roper: Vermonters should help Mainers Pass Voter ID
Requiring ID to vote is one of those commonsense issues everybody (or almost everybody) agrees is a good idea. According to polling over the years, Americans consistently support voter ID laws by 70 to 80 percent or more, with majority support across the political spectrum.
Gervais: Why town caucuses in Sept. matter for Vermont Republicans
The caucus is the on-ramp for participating in the Vermont Republican Party. An organized town has delegates to the county committee, and the county committee has delegates to the state committee.
Cohen: Against all odds
Dan Cohen remembers celebrating with an unlikely Vermont governor-to-be in 1972.
Roper: If Phil Scott is pro-school choice, here’s his chance to prove it
Will he opt Vermont in to Big Beautiful Bill’s tax credit/scholarship program?
Dame: Pieciak spending “task-force” is a charade
When the State budget ballooned from $6 Billion to $9 Billion Republicans said we have to be careful about our over-reliance on federal money, because it will require either higher taxes to keep federal programs in place once the money is gone – or we will have to start cutting these programs. Neither of these ideas are discussed in the report.
Soulia: VT’s climate spending vs. drug interdiction
Vermont has chosen to spend heavily on climate mitigation, with more than a quarter-billion dollars in state funds committed over just a few years. Meanwhile, as the toll of overdoses continues to outpace weather-related deaths by a factor of nearly 100 to 1, a contrast likely to grow harder for policymakers—and taxpayers—to ignore.
Fireovid: Shunned by Indivisible ‘neighbors’
It’s strange behavior for people who claim to want a society that’s “indivisible” and who constantly profess that they’re all for “community.”
Roper: More bad news for “Make Big Oil Pay”
South Carolina Judge latest to dismiss lawsuit similar to Vermont’s.
Wheeler: Government of, by and for the People of Vermont starts at town committee meetings
Globalists from King George the 3rd to George Soros have always fought hard against such a government, which in Vermont every 2 years, parties set the stage with organizational town committee meetings.
Soulia: Estimating VT’s real-feel tax burden
On paper, Vermont’s tax burden appears moderate: according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), the combined state and local tax burden ranges from 6.3% for the wealthiest households to 10.6% for the lowest-income earners. But when actual Vermonters break down their paychecks and monthly bills, the numbers often feel much higher—sometimes pushing into the 30–40% range before factoring in basic living costs like housing, fuel, and food.
