Many of us know the songs or have seen the plays and pageants. We’ve driven by the nativities, admired the lights on both houses and trees. In a year where songs have all but stopped being sung and lights threaten to go out around every corner, the Jesus of Christmas is needed now more than ever.
THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Significantly, HHS’s notice of alleged violation against UVM Medical Center continues to raise serious constitutional concerns as an attack against the long-established, fundamental right to access abortion services. It also presents serious constitutional issues in light of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which forms the principle of separation of church and state.
The Queen City’s proposed “expect to suffer” fossil-fuel heat conversion program would inflict the most pain on the homeless and very poor.
I encourage the UVM MC board members to contemplate how that guarantee, if successfully passed, will impact the delivery of health care services. And to further contemplate to what extent abortions, sterilizations, sterilization reversals, surrogacy, fertility treatments, gender reassignment surgeries and their reversals, and other reproductive services would become a priority of not only funding, but also the provision of care over other health care services that are not a constitutional guarantee.
I was greatly encouraged to have heard a recognition by many of the imperative for us — in these difficult days particularly — to collaborate with those “across the aisle.” But I also heard some leading voices call for a “doubling down” in terms of a more partisan agenda. This worries me.
After months of discussions, proposals, and counter proposals, including a contentious November 16 virtual debate, where Mayor Lucas Herring had four over-eager participants ejected, The Barre City Council finally approved a compromise to raise the BLM flag through December, but also the “Thin Blue Line” flag in January. “Clearly we’re not all on the same page here,” stated one attendee. That turn of phrase could be a sublime microcosm for the American public’s polarizing reaction to BLM.
If Vermont waits to address the reduction of gas emissions for another year, so be it. It will not make an iota of difference to the world’s effort to reduce such emissions. But, it will make life for tens of thousands of Vermonters less stressful.
As we encountered these problems during early processing of mail-in ballots, our Town Clerk was told by SOS office staff that the only thing required on the “Certificate” was the “signature,” and even that didn’t have to be legible!
Not discussed are the huge – for Vermont – benefits shoveled out to the renewable industrial complex: feed in tariffs, standard offer, production tax credits, sales tax exemptions, bonus depreciation, free use of the highways by subsidized electric vehicles, and the Renewable Portfolio Standard that requires utilities to buy high-priced electricity from wind and solar producers.
A few days ago, I asked my colleagues in Caledonia County Bar to urge the Vermont Bar Association to take up the resolution. The response? I was verbally assaulted and publicly shamed. Lawyers said that the resolution was “right wing lunacy”, called my defense of the First Amendment “crazy rantings”, and said my proposal was “raw politics”. Several lawyers told me to stop sending messages—they were busy. One lawyer told me to go home and lie down.
Editor’s Note: the author, a Chittenden County resident and mother of three, holds a Masters Degree in Public Health. November 25, 2020 To Whom it May Concern and May it Concern You: […]
While he would have to violate his man-made rule, I invite him and his family to our humble house to give thanks that we still are a free nation with unalienable rights that neither he nor any other misguided despotic leader can unconstitutionally take away.
Seven Days should conduct a confidential poll of news staff and editorial employees of Seven Days, VtDigger, and Vermont Public Radio. How many consider themselves conservative, served in the armed forces, donated to Republican presidential candidates, belong to the local fish and game club, fly an American flag, watch NASCAR, support local police, etc.?
Vermont conservatives – and Trump supporters in particular – are media shy. At numerous Trump rallies this reporter has asked flag-waving, sign-carrying, “USA” chanting Vermonters to tell me why they support the president. Those willing to answer usually refuse to give their names. Social and family repercussions are feared. Worse, they tell me they’re worried about losing their jobs.
Now that Biden is our president-elect, he may well become socialism’s malleable puppetoon manipulated by the Bernies, the Pelosis, the Omars, as the Democrat Party’s media marketing partners, MSNBC and CNN. Senator Sanders has already formed a unity policy plan with the president-elect, telling NBC News that Biden “will be the most liberal president since FDR.”
What madness is this that the governor, and now the Burlington Free Press, continues to push the false premise that somehow two Halloween parties, a bowling league, and some anecdotal hypotheticals about deer camps, etc., are to blame, while intentionally ignoring mass gatherings? Surely, if there are any upticks in numbers, it is this event that is squarely to blame.
Only registered voters should be eligible to run for election to an office. No showboating 15 year olds, green card foreigners, or persons illegally in our country.
Shakespeare wrote, ‘Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.’ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Ortez is uneasy. Recently she tweeted, “is anyone archiving these Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity in the future?”
COMMENTARY By Guy Page Last Wednesday, Marxist and two-party system opponent Angela Davis was an honored featured speaker at Middlebury College. Hundreds attended via zoom. In February, another large, peaceful, approving crowd […]
By Mark Shepard Do you know the real value of your vote? Comparing the stark contrast between the energy and foreign policies of President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice […]
by Guy Page October 26, 2020 – By this evening, Amy Conant Barrett will almost certainly be the ninth justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Critics of her opposition to Roe V. […]
1619 Project editor bashes America’s Founders, Vermont’s complicity with slavery, but mum on Marx By Guy Page October 25, 2020 – New York Times Magazine writer Nicole Hannah-Jones won the 2020 Pulitzer […]
Climate-minded City of Burlington pushing electric heat – but it’s main source of electricity is largest C02 emitter in Vermont Received today from Matt Cota of the Vermont Fuel Dealers Association: The […]
by Dave Soulia Think your vote for the Legislature doesn’t matter? You might want to consider the new “red tag” rule that prevents hundreds of Vermonters from filling up their heating oil […]
By Guy Page 4 PM, October 15 – At 5 AM on October 14, the New York Post published a story with this lead paragraph: “Hunter Biden introduced his father, then-Vice President […]
Explaining why I joined a pro-Trump rally in Barre last week and will attend this Friday, too By Guy Page October 14, 2020 – Last Friday I donned my Trump hat, dug […]
Vermont ‘peace and justice’ groups falsely blame Israel for teaching U.S. police ‘neck kneeling’ (Editor’s note: readers might ask why Vermont writers and media should engage in the spirited defense of the […]
To the editor: The Vermont Supreme Court ruling on parental rights and responsibilities is defined in detail: physical living arrangements, parent child contact, education, medical and dental care, religion, travel and any […]
Editor’s note: Today Gov. Phil Scott said he will decide next week what action he will take on S54, the commercial cannabis bill approved by the Legislature last month. His options are […]
By Guy Page September 25, 2020 – Yesterday on Twitter a prominent liberal Vermont pundit (oh okay, it was Kevin Ellis) asked if anyone really believes a President Joe Biden would appoint […]
John McClaughry Vermont tax dollars may soon be going to faith-based elementary and secondary schools, if a case filed last week in Federal district court succeeds. The case is styled Valente v. […]
Mailed Ballot insecurity and authentication, reliance on U.S. Postal Service, “harvesting” overshadow 2020 general election by H. Brooke Paige The current VBM mass-mailing scheme creates the “perfect storm” where the lack of […]
(Editor’s note: Vermont Daily takes no position on the “To Mask or Not To Mask” debate, but in the interests of public information is publishing this email from Vermonters Against Mask Mandates.) […]
“Johnny’s Ambassadors’” founder explains son’s suicide By Laura Stack The evidence-based negative effects of cannabis on adolescents are many and varied, especially for young people, and we’ve covered them numerous times in previous […]
(Editor: This guest commentary has been contributed by a Vermont author who wishes to remain anonymous. Today, an exception is made to Vermont Daily’s policy of requiring the identity of authors of […]
To the Editor This is an open letter to Phil Scott, David Zuckerman, the Health Department, and the People of Vermont about the bad plan for Mandatory Vaccines. David Zuckerman states “Science […]
Masks and vaccination, yes. Reusable shopping bags and recycling compost, no. by Tom Evslin Government should not use its authority to mandate promiscuously. Personal freedom does demand respect and deference. Overuse of […]
Jill Rinehart, a practicing Vermont pediatrician for over 20 years currently with the University of Vermont Primary Care Pediatrics practice, is an associate professor of pediatrics for the Larner College of Medicine […]
The role played by trees in reducing CO2 has up until now been virtually ignored by Tom Evslin Trees soak up carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into wood, forest […]
Legislature could clarify that local schools can’t be closed without town’s consent by David Kelley (The author is one of several attorneys who represented 33 school districts, including Coventry, Calais, Greensboro and […]
The following is a letter sent on August 20, 2020 to the Vermont Senate Committee on Judiciary from Mark Hughes, Executive Director, Justice for All regarding S.54, an act that would establish a legalized […]
What individual Vermonters can do to make this election work (Editor’s note: today marks the Vermont Daily debut of the “Fractals of Change” column by Tom Evslin, a novelist, inventor, IT and […]
Will pandemic’s decline in fossil-fuel consumption reduce global warming? To the editor: Beware statistical bias. Clearly, Vermont, as a state, has the lowest CO2 emissions in total metric tons because it’s one […]
To the editor: I went to vote today and was refused admittance into the voting area because I cannot wear a mask for medical reasons (I wouldn’t wear one anyway). The Brighton […]
Covid-19 has shown that state workers don’t need their Montpelier-Waterbury office buildings. Why not ‘spread the wealth’ and take advantage of the strengths of Vermont’s regions? by Matt Krauss I worked for […]
To the editor: The Vermont Legislature, in passing bill H688, the Global Warming Solutions Act, will be committing 1 million dollars of state money to set up this bill. The General Fund is […]
To the editor: Dear Legislators – Greetings from Constituent Land. I’m wishing you good fortune in your heroic public service quest this season. Let me ask you to consider adding this amendment […]
Heather Sheppard of Essex Junction, a mother of four and an on-air personality at the Light Radio, yesterday send this letter to the Essex-Westford School District Board. The school district plans to […]
Directors of Radical street theater intentionally cast peaceful supporters of police as racist villains by Shannara Johnson August 1, 2020 – Last Saturday, I witnessed one of the great modern dramas that […]
To the editor: Re: July 31 letter by aide to GOP gubernatorial candidate Emily Peyton supporting a Vermont state bank: I looked up the Bank of North Dakota (BND) and with interest […]
by Carol Frenier June 12, 2020 – Over half a century of serious effort to equalize opportunity for Blacks and Whites has failed in our inner cities. Many well-intentioned, politically conservative Whites […]
To the editor: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for ALL.”. I suppose […]
Op-ed by Lawrence Zupan: American history built over generations, torn down in minutes How oddly ironic that those who would destroy and rewrite our American history by tearing down our monuments, actually […]
Black bear binges on buffet in bin after Vermonter tries to comply with new composting law by Shannara Johnson July 3, 2020 – A couple of months ago, I said on our […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Former VT state senator sees Klar as candidate of hope, opportunity By Mark Shepard July 6, 2020 – In the race for governor, Vermonters have three very different choices. […]
by Guy Page July 4, 2020 – Howard Pyle’s 1903 painting “The Nation Makers” depicts a small line of determined Revolutionary War soldiers, tattered and bandaged, surging into battle. A Rockwell Center […]
Governor also backs racial reparations in concept, but questions process; says State will protect historic statues if threatened By Guy Page June 29, 2020 – Gov. Phil Scott said at his press […]
Google Trends analytics shows dramatic uptick in BLM during 2016, 2020 election years, political science doctoral student shows By Tyler-Joseph Ballard Over half a century ago, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, much better known […]
By Guy Page June 11, 2020 – America sucks at listening. My America. Your America. “Their” America. Me. You. Black. White. Liberal. Conservative. Poor. Rich. We’re caught in a full-blown pandemic of […]
Have “defund police” activists considered what society would be losing? By Rebecca Bushway Bissonnette During my years of service as a volunteer EMT, I worked closely with law enforcement. My crew at […]
By Guy Page June 1, 2020 – After a while, the big stories ignored by Vermont media and elected officials pile up so high that anyone with eyes can see them. Unless, […]
Former legislator-turned-reporter recalls how just 12 mailed-in ballots were enough to prompt recounts and suspect ‘investigation’ of 2016 election by Bob Frenier I have to laugh when I hear Progressive/Democrat members of […]
by John McClaughry A year from now Vermont state government will almost certainly look quite a bit different than it does now. We will hopefully have worked through much of the […]
Today, Vermont Senate committee considers bill to expand police powers of state to reduce carbon emissions by Guy Page The news out of Rutland last night is chilling. The State has won […]
Town that won’t tell feds about illegal immigrants now keeps tabs on second-home owners Guy Page A Windsor County town adopted a “welcoming” ordinance for illegal immigrants now wants all second-home owners […]
by Kate Bowen May 1, 2020 – Today was the first time since January we thought it would be a fun family treat, and a nice way to support a local Brattleboro […]
Another Vermont Daily Off The Cuff Editorial This morning a former lawmaker from the Islands asked me about the status of unemployment payments. In a VPR interview today, acting labor commissioner Michael […]
Artwork credit: seen on Vermont Emergency Management Facebook page, sourced from a Seattle woman who says her sister Annie is the artist Hey, Vermonters of the Covid-19 era! Remember when we….. Made […]
By Guy Page February 20, 2020 – Did you know marijuana legalization financier George Soros is Jewish? I didn’t. And did you know he is the object of ongoing antisemitic invective and […]
Analysis: House leaders seek solutions to rank-and-file recalcitrance, now and maybe in November by Guy Page February 13, 2020 – The failure of House Speaker Mitzi Johnson and House Majority Leader Jill […]
By Guy Page The sun rises in the east, the emperor really is buck naked, and the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) really is a tax. Thank you, Dave Gram! Even a […]
By John Klar (The author, a Brookfield farmer and former pastor and dairy farmer, is a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor. Republished from American Thinker.) Progressive legislators, interest groups, and government […]
by Guy Page December 19, 2019 – Today or tomorrow, every Congressional Tom, Dick and Harriet will vote on impeachment. Some will explain their votes. I invite We the People to do […]
By John Klar New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu’s announcement that New Hampshire will not join the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) is a promising sign for Vermonters. It is expected that Phil […]
Gov. candidate John Klar: As VT hate crime reports rose, national hate crime reports declined. So how can our officials blame Trump? by John Klar – November 25, 2019 – Vermont’s Attorney […]
by John Klar The author, a Brookfield farmer, is a candidate for the 2020 GOP gubernatorial nomination. Video below is from his Facebook page. In a recent “piece” addressing Vermont’s Republican party, […]
November 17, 2019 – by Guy Page – President Donald Trump gets a lot of flak for harping on the press. At every rally he loves to point at the reporters huddled […]
GOP guv candidate explains why he voted for Bernie – but never again By John Klar Having announced my bid for the Vermont Republican nomination for Governor on Monday, a stir has […]
