Bill McKibben on the pandemic, VTDigger, and Vermont’s deplorables
Here’s a recent comment by Middlebury College’s enviro activist in residence Bill McKibben, which makes an interesting point.
BLM and antifa rioters beat man unconscious in Portland
Protesters surrounded the man’s truck before attacking him and a woman, the Post reported. The man reportedly hit a light pole while attempting to drive away from the protesters who chased his truck.
Trump considers a cut in the capital gains tax
Investment income is taxed twice: once when you earn it as wages, and a second time on any investment earnings. If your money is invested in a corporation, the corporate income tax takes another slice of your investment.
How the media drives radical ‘wokeness’
There was a time when the woke ideology was firmly ensconced in the ivory tower and limited to radical corners of our university system. But now it’s everywhere, and America seemingly can’t stop talking about race, racism, and anti-racism all the time.
States have an obligation to offer parents school choice during pandemic closures
There has never been another time in America so ripe for school choice. Wouldn’t it make sense if parents could take a portion of the money that state and local governments spend to educate their children and use it to seek alternatives?
US Postal Service warns 46 states about potential large-scale disenfranchisement
The United States Postal Service sent letters to 46 states and Washington D.C. warning that ballots may be delivered after ballot counting deadlines in November, according to a report from The Washington Post Friday.
USPS faces financial, logistical hurdles in run up to expected election mail-in ballot surge
The final votes of the 2020 primaries were cast Tuesday concluding a primary season marred by confusion, lawsuits and a United States Postal Service Inspector General investigation.
Keelan: Substantial quantity of new housing will never happen
if a typical new home costs anywhere near what The Shires’ cost is, the potential homeowner would need $40,000 in cash for a down payment and closing costs and an annual family income of $87,000. Either of these amounts is beyond the ability of many Vermonters.
Remote learning is leaving working parents with few options, big bills
“They’re having to limit their working hours. They’re having to call out of work. There are parents that are losing their jobs.”
Pastor, church sue Newsom, Los Angeles County officials over lockdown orders
LiMandri argues all churches “are entitled to practice their religion without government interference. This is especially the case when the government has given free rein to protestors, and is not similarly restricting marijuana dispensaries, large retail outlets and factories, and abortion providers.”
John Klar withdraws from Vermont governor race
His focus will now be to support the many qualified Republican candidates for office in November, especially those who have stood up with him to focus attention on Vermont’s looming economic problems, particularly its underfunded state pensions system and unsustainably expensive schools.
Stan Greer: Joe Biden abets Big Labor political blackmail
Big Labor bosses never believed their own apocalyptic rhetoric about COVID-19. Their real aim is to squeeze even more money out of hard-pressed taxpayers using the threat of keeping schools shuttered for months or even years to come as a blackmail device.