McClaughry: The myth of voter suppression
“The black voter turnout rate has grown steadily since the 1990s. This has occurred notwithstanding an increase in state voter-ID requirements over the same period.”
Bernie Sanders tries to avoid repeating Hillary Clinton’s coal miners gaffe, says they ‘aren’t our enemies’
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders stressed that coal miners and other energy industry workers “aren’t our enemies” at an environmentalist rally Monday night.
Frenier: Abortion amendment is too one-sided
Luckily, we have two more stages in this constitutional amendment process — another legislative round in 2021, and a full-fledged referendum to the public if the legislation passes a second time. Time to start talking to our neighbors.
The Second Amendment saved these gun owners’ lives in April
It is undeniable that Americans use guns in self-defense on far more occasions than criminals use them to commit crimes. Yet those defensive gun uses rarely receive the amount of attention given to criminal gun uses.
California’s sex ed guidelines suggest asking kindergartners what gender they identify as
Hundreds of parents protested the new framework — which includes everything from lessons in self-pleasure to transgenderism. The guidelines even go so far as to encourage kindergarteners to think about whether they might identify with another gender.
Flemming: Public policy informed by science, not Nixonesque fear-mongering
Treating chemicals with respect instead of fear will encourage future chemists and biologists to develop health policy and environmental solutions that will give us a cleaner and safer world.
Equality Act could impose left-wing LGBT curriculum on whole nation
If Democrats’ priority legislation becomes law, public schools could be forced to include discussions about transgenderism in math and history classes for elementary school students.
Bernie Sanders joining Ocasio-Cortez at Howard University Green New Deal rally
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will join Democratic New York Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez at a Green New Deal rally Monday night at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Dialogues with Meg Hansen: Opioid carnage – A Vermonter’s story Part 2
This week we continue our dialogue with Megan West, a recovering opioid addict from Sheldon, and learn about the federal crime she committed, and how time in prison put her on the path to recovery and redemption.
Roper: A modest compromise on the $15 minimum wage
Pass a law mandating that workers earning less than $15 an hour make ends meet within their household budgets at the current minimum wage of $10.78. Just mandate that they buy more food, shelter, heat, etc. with the resources they have.
Moore: Approval of Hampton Inn by Act 250 environmental commission welcome news
This is exactly the type of clean, positive development that the region needs. The Act 250 approval is the last in a long list of approvals applied for and granted, including the Montpelier Development Review Board permits and all relevant state permits.
Green New Deal is a ‘guise’ to usher in socialism, lawmaker warns
Members of the conservative Republican Study Committee say Democrats’ Green New Deal would be an economic wrecking ball.