When you have self-worth and purpose, you build self-respect. You learn respect for others. You become a productive member of society. That is what most people struggling with substance use disorder truly want.
Hard facts and market dynamics suggest that increasing hardship for owners can drive independent landlords out of business, ultimately reducing housing availability, flexibility, and affordability—exacerbating the very housing crisis Griffin seeks to address.
In these chaotic times, it is a good idea to reach out for and hold fast to whatever helps us to remember what it means to be fully human. You don’t have to be a Christian, or an activist, to appreciate Strength to Love. You just have to be human and want to be the best human you can be.
For those who missed her charade, here it is: @IlhanMN refers to our great country as the “U.S. G*dd*mn States.” But without the asterisks. There is no circumstance in which she should refer to our country in this way. It is beyond disrespectful—it is appalling, disgusting, and sick. Shame on her!
It is inappropriate for a non-partisan school board to express solidarity on a purely political stance established by another district.
With respect, the evidence does not support that conclusion, nor does the characterization of the thousands of Vermonters who participated in the process as merely “organized activism.” That phrase is a dysphemism—substituting a negative label for something legitimate in order to undermine it.
“Mudsill theory is the proposition that there must be, and always has been, a lower class or underclass for the upper classes and the rest of society to rest upon. The term derives from a mudsill, the lowest threshold that supports the foundation for a building.”
“I ask that if you are going to quote me, that you quote me correctly and not take words out of context. For the record, I do not support new taxes for everyone.”
Reagan and Mamdani: too wildly divergent perspectives on the role of government.
Adopting the words of former Gov. Peter Shumlin, the buy down was a big Nothing Burger! Some might even call it a whopper of a Nothing Burger!
30-something active Republican asks: “Why would I run, when young Vermonters like Senator Douglass aren’t allowed to make a mistake?”
Celebration of violence is wrong. Every. Single. Time. Vermont Governor Scott, without hesitation, said, Sam Douglass, you’re finished; along with all of his party leadership. Please comply with this directive, former Senator Douglass, without passing another moment.
The county’s Republican spirit is growing strong — and we’re so proud to have accomplished our goal of having Republican Legislators that reflect the commonsense conservative voice of Windsor County.
As we mourn the death of our heroes, cringe at our communities in turmoil or wince at the anger and barbs frivolously thrown by some of our fellow citizens, we will prevail.
For all our modern focus on sex, it seems our increasingly secular world is having less of it—and it’s declining decade after decade. MSGA!
Today these family farms are all but extinct. Could it be the last 50 years of central planning, diminished the mood for celebration?
The visit prompted a flurry of questions and concerns from readers of the Chronicle, many focused on transparency, national security, and the political implications of growing U.S.-China ties.
The implications of not having access to vaccines is dire.
If the author’s daughter had been driving a hydrogen fuel cell powered Toyota Mirai, one five minute fueling in Boston would have taken her to Northern VT with sufficient fuel left over to drive around home a bit and then drive back to Boston.
California, you strain at the gnat of EV mandates while swallowing the camel of the fiery destruction of millions of acres of woodlands.
Running into turbulent seas the boat sunk and a 11 year old girl wearing a life jacket was the only survivor latching onto a tire tube.
How the Protestant Reformation influenced the rise of Socialism
Science, technology, organization and knowledge have immensely changed over time… Human nature, has not.
This decision, made without congressional approval, bypasses the Constitution, which explicitly grants Congress—not the president—the authority to declare war.
It’s imperative to note that the money she ‘presented’ is not her own. It’s ours.
“Vermonters are much more likely to be pessimistic than optimistic about their personal finances,” the full report of the Green Mountain State Poll states.
The House and Senate leadership coupled with their Special Interest friends have a spending problem and do not care that you cannot afford it.
If Governor Scott really is America’s most popular Governor with an 83% approval rating, why do Vermonters elect a supermajority that negates his veto power?
Selective outrage towards guns while largely ignoring the risks posed by automobiles highlights a glaring double standard in our society.
Vermont’s current tax system employed by the Legislature needs a true, absolute overhaul!
A path towards solving Vermont’s housing crisis.
Adapted from a poem by Eva Edgerton Ames circa 1924, from “Vermont Verse * An Anthology
Vermont must invest to end our housing crisis.
Not everyone is LGBTQ or supportive of its ideas. But we’re all Americans blessed with the freedom of speech the flag represents.
“A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right, and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.”
The calls for party unity are readily made when the dissenters are the MAGA conservative elements of the party. Not so much when the objections are coming from the more liberal Republicans.
Minorities hate wars. We support law and order. We love babies. We want secure borders. We work long hours to ensure our families are living comfortably. We want the American Dream, so we work hard!
Sen. Chris Bray has failed to demonstrate why the current board composition at the Fish and Game Department needs modifications.
Our constitution is written to protect the rights of an individual. Building togetherness and mutual commitment is about respect for every individual, “thin skinned” or not.
Unfortunately, it leaves much uncertainty and looks like a real “Show Trial Killer”.
How Donald Trump could possibly get insurance deals by INFLATING the value of his properties?
This all goes around our “Constitutional Law” by legislating in states along with the U.N.’s plans and not a word from “We the People”
Our organization and its membership have opposed UBCs specifically because it is a firearm registration scheme.
Today’s State House: Indoctrination, convoluted budgets, and blamethrowers
They should have asked us.
Victim mentality running amok.
Vermont’s ongoing battle for gun rights.
Recently someone complaining about one of the sad policies in our State blurted out: “Someone has a lot of work to do!” It never occurred to this person that the “someone” included them!
Not really be him, but I sure would love his intellect and ability to debate. Let me tell you why.
We have created a society in which those who favor and advocate the truth in real life, just as Jesus did, rather than only in abstract ivory towers, are sneeringly, mockingly persecuted as “Truthers” by the shamestream media and by censorship.
Go home, Becca.
The annual discussion over Vermont’s Education Fund and wringing of hands over education property tax rates is an unprecedented mess this year, and that’s being kind.
Vermonters have been trying to change how the Fish and Wildlife Board and Department treats wildlife and the public for decades but reach grid lock, every time — and here we are again.
Today, barbarian ideas are resurgent in the West and across the world.
Chronicle readers sound off on a forgotten riot, the Israeli-Hamas war, and Joe Biden.
The fight for liberty is on.
The following letter was submitted to Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger and the City Council prior to its Monday resolution linking the shooting of three Palestinian men in November to Israel.
Everybody loves to see bears. These amazing creatures are fun to watch in the wild. But no one wants to see a bear in their kitchen, and that is what is at stake here.
The choice for the next mayor of Vermont’s largest city is obvious.
The world only seems to take notice of Palestinians dying when Israel is involved. When international media platforms exclude coverage of Arab vs. Arab violence, an overt anti-Israel narrative emerges.
UVMMC has wide-open, wide-berth, welcoming care. Just don’t call Burlington.
“Marxists” look to impose a 3% wealth tax on Vermont’s wealthiest.
Examining scriptural struggles amidst global alliances.
Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill to ban bulk ammunition sales.
Morrisville is an example of not-so-‘Smart Growth.’
The Bridgewater Barn will meet this weekend in support of the Student Declaration.
The leaders of ‘Black Lives Matter’ apparently believe that other lives don’t.
“I do not believe in restricting people’s right to drive wherever, whenever, or however they please,” a Brattleboro lawmaker told a VDC reader.
If you look at the country, we are mostly conservative. There are pockets, cities mostly, where Democrats reign. But we are in the majority. Not in Vermont, but in the rest of the country.
Miro’s Burlington has led to the highest crime, homelessness, drug overdoses and deaths, and taxes it’s ever seen.
In Vermont and in the United States, God and our Constitution cannot fall to Socialism unless we allow it to. Today’s deterioration of God, family and community is a result of a hidden plan.
Pitawbagw long ago exceeded her carrying capacity.
Expect turmoil and dirty tricks to be standard operating acts during this election cycle..
As eminent economist Thomas Sowell points out, if you cannot get beyond elementary school math, you are literally frozen out of the vast majority of jobs in this country.
There is a small vocal minority of people who want to end trapping all together. If they succeed, the controlled take will be gone, and nuisance trapping will increase with corresponding wanton waste.
According to the Amendment, the state election authority makes a determination of whether the candidate was disqualified, which the candidate would have the ability to challenge in a court of law.
The Dem’s aren’t dumb. They will bend rules to keep Trump’s name off six key state ballots.
Any idiot who can’t read warning signs should not be operating a big rig on the highway. Also, any idiot who can’t read warning signs about federal debt should not be operating the U.S. government.
As we have shown up at our friends’ houses and favorite businesses, trying to dig out, pump out, and fill in, people have flocked to the local churches to do what they can to help.
Denying Mr. Kennedy the right to testify, especially based on false accusations, makes her unworthy of our U.S. Constitution in my humble opinion.
Will you be the Nathan Hale of our day ? Will you be the Rosa Parks? I’d like to think I would be. But until the test of fire, one cannot really know what one will do.
The Affirmative Action ruling of the Supreme Court brings them under scrutiny, much undeserved.
From local government to Congress, government takes and spends too much.
A few days ago the federal government passed legislation to make our pitiful economic condition much worse.
Did you know that fossil fuels are 100% organic? Made from the Earth and by the Earth.
Are there any moderate Democrat leaders who understand Biden’s failures and will join Republicans and fix them?
10% to 30% of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness will die as a result.
“Let us hope that the ghost of no SVHC Trustee will ever come back and say if only I had done my job.”
The control adrenaline is flowing steadily, and will until their goal is reached. They cannot stand the freedoms guaranteed by the Vermont Constitution and the U.S. 2nd Amendment.
If an illegal immigrant who was deported four times murders five neighbors, is it still the gun’s fault?
I have a hard time going along with the “do as I say” folks when the “not as I do” is as obvious and in my face as it is.
Will mask requirements be like zombies? Right now, they are on the wane, but might they just wake up again?
No way should the Legislature make Vermonters pay for Burlington’s new high school.
Gone are the days of Martin Luther King Jr.’s colorblind society.
The Democratic leadership in the Vermont legislature is not going far enough in protecting our school children.
Fuel dealers could provide a useful educational service to the senators who sponsored S.5, the Affordable Heating Act.
The VPA’s rejection of Mid-Vermont Christian was reprehensible and also predictable, given VPA’s despisal of the “traditional” (i.e. biblical) definition of gender. There are two, in case you’re wondering.
Heat pump reality – cold and expensive – set in for a Richford couple….Zelensky kicking back 10% to the big guy?…More pro-life consistency sought from VT rep to GOP national committee.
Anna Gagne of Swanton says no matter what Montpelier does, the fight to end abortion will never be over. And MM from Montpeculiar wonders about those speeding, cell-phone talking lawmaker/motorists he views around the Capitol City.
If Rice and others forfeit tuition vouchers for including religion in their curriculum, why can the public schools teach woke?
