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Commentary

Keelan: Vermont’s Nathaniel Boone Day is Feb. 17

As we approach Nathaniel Boone Day, I wonder how many of these organizations and all Vermonters are aware of what Mr. Boone, now 93 years old, endured to receive the honor from Governor Scott’s proclamation of Feb. 17, 2017?

February 16, 2021 in Commentary.
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McClaughry: Bernie Sanders and minimum wage effects

Bernie Sanders has made it this year’s great cause to increase the federal minimum wage to $15. But regulatory law expert Mario Loyola writes that “Americans don’t fully understand the many ways it hurts the very people it’s supposed to help.”

February 16, 2021 in Commentary.
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John Klar: A modest proposal to fund Vermont’s pensions

I here propose a bold plan, which I will call the “Vermont Pension Funding Action Plan.” The plan would create a state task force to combat fraud and waste, replete with a confidential phone line for reporting.

February 15, 2021 in Commentary.
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Flemming: A climate emergency power grab — one scenario

Vermont has the worst legislative oversight of the governor’s emergency powers in the country. If we don’t transfer more power from the governor to the Legislature during emergencies, the future could be catastrophic for Vermont democracy.

February 15, 2021 in Commentary.
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Letter: Vote no on climate-related ballot questions 3 and 7 in Burlington

Moving McNeil’s primary electrical source to natural gas from wood would reduce CO2 emissions. Yet proposals 3 and 7 would disallow this. This is counter-productive.

February 15, 2021 in Commentary.
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Guy Page: Why do Dems insist on Trump ‘insurrection’ impeachment? See Section 3 of 14th Amendment

The 14th amendment was one of three constitutional amendments resulting from the Civil War designed to fully eradicate slavery. The core language, crafted to protect former black slaves and ensure their full recognition as citizens, developed into a range of rights.

February 12, 2021 in Commentary.

J.S. Getman: Mt. Abraham Union High School to raise ‘Black Lives Matter’ flag indefinitely

Despite having less than 10% of its constituent’s support, “Community Council unanimously passed MASA’s proposal to raise the flag indefinitely,” backed by the school board and administration, of course.

February 11, 2021 in Commentary.
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McClaughry: Flint water crisis revisited — different verdicts for GOP and Dems

Here’s something curious: No charges were filed against Democrats. No one at either the Environmental Protection Agency or the Genesee County Health Department was charged.

February 10, 2021 in Commentary.
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Roper: Steve Merrill’s question sadly needs an answer

Though the quip about Elizabeth Warren’s cheekbones may have been a little gratuitous given the setting, Merrill’s question is more than valid. In fact, it is essential that it be answered.

February 9, 2021 in Commentary.
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Weiland Ross: An adult reading list for spotting disinformation and gaslighting

To create order from this confusion, to determine what is nonsense, to detect gaslighting and decide what is valid, we need to revisit three classic sources.

February 9, 2021 in Commentary.
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Anti-Trump activists persuaded Big Tech to censor pre-election conservative ‘disinformation,’ Time Magazine reports

A shadow, progressive-led campaign to defeat the re-election of Donald Trump persuaded Big Tech to suppress conservative “disinformation.” This news was first reported, Feb. 4 with hearty approval and insider detail, by staunchly liberal Time Magazine.

February 9, 2021 in Commentary.
The National Guard

How media and Pentagon brass used bad math to slander our troops

Are the ranks of the U.S. military riddled with white supremacists? CNN thinks so, and won’t let the facts get in the way of this compelling narrative. CNN needs to immediately retract its fatally flawed “analysis” and attendant false headline.

February 9, 2021 in Commentary.

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