If vaccinations are so safe and effective, then there is no need for those who are vaccinated to become fascist, screeching apes toward those who are at risk. It is upside down, and we must turn Vermont right-side up again.
University of Vermont professor Aaron Kindsvatter has joined the ranks of those speaking out against critical race theory, and four months after an initial posting on YouTube, his clip continues to draw praise from Americans across the country.
Persecutive and disturbing are two adjectives to describe the banning of the Burlington Ward 3 City Council Republican candidate from the old North End’s Facebook group.
On July 30 at 6:30 p.m., four speakers will take to the stage at the Whetstone Church in Brattleboro for a two-hour discussion on critical race theory/equity teachings in schools.
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis sent a letter to the State Board Administration on Thursday requesting action be taken against Ben & Jerry’s over their decision to boycott “Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
The U.S. military is expected to take up to 35,000 Afghan allies threatened by the Taliban to American military bases in Kuwait and Qatar, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Thursday, as a chairman of the Primary Health and Retirement Security Committee, argued that differences in life expectancy among varying income and education brackets are justifications for more and bigger government.
So the next time a politician laments on the campaign trail that the rent is too damn high, take a moment to see if their voting record is part of the solution, or part of the problem.
Everybody from President Joe Biden down to Gov. Phil Scott is busy promoting electric cars as the major means of cutting down the 43% of carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector. Let’s ask where will all the lithium come from to run those lithium ion batteries.
The news that our small business community has initiated a safety escort program to protect Church Street and surrounding area employees is a direct result of our City Council defunding the Burlington Police Department.
The House of Representatives voted almost unanimously Thursday to grant refugee status to thousands of Afghan allies who aided American troops in the Afghanistan war.
According to the group, “38.1% of Republican voters say parents who oppose Critical Race Theory should remove their children from public school if CRT becomes part of their children’s curriculum – compared to 20.9% of Democrats and 22.9% of Independents.”
While one obscure tweet from a lone progressive Twitter profile normally wouldn’t warrant attention, in this case the tweet was “liked” by a Vermont state representative.
Critical race theory is regularly criticized as “Marxist,” but this allegation — however true that CRT’s “roots” are Marxist — is inaccurate. Worse, this label merely encourages many young Americans and swing voters to view this racist doctrine as acceptable.
Last week Reason.com published an update on school choice developments in the states. It’s not too late for Vermont to catch up.
“We have become far too comfortable with the United States engaging in military interventions all over the world, and the time is long overdue for Congress to reassert its constitutional role in matters of war and peace,” said Sen. Sanders. “The Constitution clearly states that it is Congress, not the president, which has the power to declare war.”
New Hampshire has won accolades for its post-pandemic recovery, but a new report suggests that the state’s attractiveness to businesses may be slipping.
