Progressives are all about storytelling, and the story isn’t true, a Burlington man says.
Licata: No mas to ‘Critical Social Justice’

Liberalism is at risk of being replaces by this new illiberal era, in which there is an increasingly authoritarian definition of social justice.
Licata: deconstructing America’s founding principles with lies
Progressivism is a euphemism for socialism, and today’s “progressives” rejects reason, rationality, and open debate.
Licata: ‘Utopia’ no place you want to be
This urge for a kind of classless, stateless society goes back not only to Marx, but much further back in time. It is Utopian – meaning ‘no place’ – and extremely dangerous. But this urge lives on… with the exception that today’s Utopians have the immense power of science, technology, organization and knowledge that past Utopians lacked.
Licata: In Burlington, the authoritarian children are in charge now

The children are largely in charge now – including Max and his band of comrades – with their cancerous form of postmodern, deconstructive, illiberal and authoritarian Social Justice Theory.
If tragedy strikes due to police defunding, will City be responsible?

Concerned about the looming loss of adequate early morning police patrol coverage due to “defund the police” measures, Tom Licata of Burlington recently wrote two letters to Burlington City Council and city officials. Receiving no response, he shared them with Vermont Daily.