Keelan: A little book with a big message
For all of the above and more, “The Ten Rules for Business Success,” a recently published book by retired Dorset, Vermont, attorney David Meiselman, Esq., is a timely and much-needed read.
Paul Dame: Green Mountain Care Board fails to ‘do no harm’
The reason that 2021 is the year to finally disband the Green Mountain Care Board is because not only have they have been benign, they have actually done harm.
Flemming: Montpelier spending may soon cost taxpayers more money
Vermont’s general obligation debt and the Vermont State College bonds outstanding each had a “stable” outlook after being downgraded from AAA in 2018, but both were changed to a negative outlook after a press release last week.
Roper: Transportation Climate Initiative’s biggest cheerleader gets cold feet
Since the Transportation Climate Initiative emerged as a serious policy proposal, the most eager proponent of the multi-state carbon tax on motor fuels has been Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker. If he sees the writing on the wall for TCI, perhaps it’s time we all did.
Helping Vermont media understand their bias
Many Vermonters want Vermont to change but won’t speak outside of their social media bubble. For them the choice is clear: continue to blame the media, or engage it.
Jay Eshelman: Covid puppet masters and ‘The Great Reset’ initiative
Our individualism is clearly under attack by World Economic Forum oligarchs — and their perhaps ignorant and naive marionettes, like Phil Scott — who believe they know better than we do.
Stan Greer: Will a shakedown artist be rewarded with a cabinet post?
If the former vice president prevails in the ongoing fight over vote counts in the 2020 presidential election, a “lot of speculation has focused on Biden nominating” Weingarten or her partner in perpetuating school closures, just-retired NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia, to be his education secretary.
John Klar: Why a mandatory COVID vaccine is unconstitutional
COVID is now rampant, increasing herd immunity well ahead of a government-imposed pharmaceutical rescue. It is also less deadly, and a very far cry from the menaces of ebola, yellow fever, smallpox, or cholera that would justify government power to forcibly stick a needle in a child’s arm.
McClaughry: Election law reforms worth considering
This turbulent election season is now over, at least for Vermont. It’s a good time to peruse a menu of election law reforms that the next legislature should seriously consider.
Todd Fillmore: Give me liberty, or give me COVID?
Despite his obvious good intentions, Gov. Scott’s most recent move is not an advisory or a warning. It is an authoritarian overreach which cuts right to the core of bedrock constitutional rights.
An open letter to AOC
You should feel uneasy, AOC. There was once another group of Americans threatened by authoritarians like you. They stood up — at Concord, at Lexington, at Bunker Hill. In Philadelphia their names appeared on the Declaration of Independence.
Roper: Who’s really racist in the fight over mascots?
Rutland High School is engaged in the latest case of attempted virtue signaling by changing the name of a sports team. The Raiders, whose logo is an arrowhead, are on the chopping block because, allegedly, racism. But what’s really racist here?