Todd Smith: Unaccountable care organizations
When you pay attention to health care reform efforts in Vermont, unfortunately, you’re almost certain to develop neck and spine problems from shaking your head.
Klar answers critics who blast his opposition to transgender surgeries for young children
Where will the Democratic Party and VTDigger political columnist Jon Margolis be when those children’s lives are irrevocably altered and they suffer a life of remorse and trauma?
Daily Chronicle: When Vermont women interact with male drug dealers, they lose
Our Legislature prides itself on protecting and empowering women’s rights. How about protecting addicted women from their predators by empowering cops and courts to make Vermont less of a safe haven.
Opinion: Vermont Supreme Court should overturn ban on standard capacity magazines
We believe that we should be afforded the necessary means to protect ourselves and our families without having to worry about breaking the law. Furthermore, honest people should not have their capacity for self-defense limited to 10 rounds, or any number of rounds for that matter.
Roper: Carbon tax back as a top issue for 2020
This translates into roughly a 30-cent-per-gallon tax on home heating and vehicle fuels rising to $1.70 per gallon by 2034 and then on, ad infinitum. If Vermonters didn’t like the first carbon tax proposal, they will like this one even less.
Transgender language police say periods not just for women anymore
Every company in America, and in the world, can change their language and symbols to make it appear that periods are gender-neutral. But that won’t erase the reality that they’re not.
John Klar: Trickle-down bureaucracy is destroying Vermont
Most Vermonters are starting to comprehend that when it comes to their state government, most of what it is enacting lately is not meaningful or rewarding. It behaves more like a monopolist predator than a servant institution.
Deb Billado: Republican values unite us
If Republicans do not stand for what is right, then there is no reason for them to stand at all. Our rich history requires us to respect our Republican heritage and to provide a reason for people to engage in the political process because it gives them something to believe in.
Opinion: The left’s dangerous assault on free speech
By asserting that hate speech leads to mass violence, the left hopes to persuade Americans to relinquish their right to free speech. To make that more palatable, they insist that freedom of speech is merely a “value,” instead of a right.
Roper: Vermont’s low murder rate and gun freedom
One murder is too many, but it’s pretty clear that the way to reduce homicides is not to take away or restrict citizens’ constitutional right to bear arms. In fact, the evidence points to just the opposite.
Opinion: We need more rapists in prison, not fewer. Why AOC is wrong again.
Seriously. The freshman congresswoman wants Congress to pass a law abolishing all prisons. Setting aside the fact that Congress has no authority to require states to abolish prisons, let’s take a look at her idea.
John Klar: Vermont’s proposed carbon tax ineffective and unconstitutional?
When the Vermont Legislature next meets, there’s a good chance a new gas tax will be passed to penalize consumers for their carbon emissions. But is such a measure constitutional?