McClaughry: How the administrative state works
My friend Dr. Donald Devine makes a good point about the workings of the Administrative State.
John Klar: Religious protesters have a right to free speech, too
Condemnation has been profuse from Vermont’s congressional delegation (Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Peter Welch, and Rep. Becca Balint) which claims that a gay speaker was “targeted” at a recent speaking event in Lyndonville.
Tom Evslin: Artificial intelligence can learn but it can’t think
Even though AI doesn’t reason from what it knows, it frees us to concentrate on what hasn’t been done before. We may also build on what AI knows and teach it to reason as well.
Reading and math scores plummet as racial and sexual activism replace academics
When a school wastes eight hours a day on political activism instead of academic instruction, literacy and math competency don’t improve.
Roper: So, a 78% approval rating and $2 gets you a cup of coffee
If Gov. Phil Scott wants to be exceptionally popular, he can continue disassociate himself from his own party as much as he likes. But if he wants to be relevant and respected as an effective leader, he better start working with his party to elect more like-minded members of the House and Senate.
RFK Jr. makes appearance in Vermont — where were the Democrats?
Mr. Kennedy’s subject for the evening centered on industrial pollution and his plans to improve energy efficiency through free markets. Despite being a Democrat, nary a Democrat was in attendance.
Tapping into an inconvenient truth about climate and maple syrup
‘Round these parts, maple syrup is a big deal, so we have to discuss it a few times every season. It is also a big business, especially in Vermont, the nation’s largest producer. And the final numbers for the 2023 maple syrup season are out. Vermont did have a weird year.
Paul Dame: Legislative pay and recruitment
Among the many poorly formed bills that Democrats send to Gov. Scott, the most audacious one, and one that is likely to be sustained, was the bill that doubled legislative pay.
Top teacher union boss says unionized schools are better: Parents evidently disagree
The logical conclusion to draw from the data is that there is something seriously wrong with the quality of education in schools where teachers and other educators are subject to union monopoly bargaining.
Roper: Lawmakers seek ways to continue discriminating against Christians
The Blob is banking on the idea that Vermonters would rather eliminate all school choice in Vermont than allow some — any — parents to choose to send their kids to a religious school with taxpayer dollars.
Steve MacDonald: Dover, New Hampshire, bans book banning — or something
The Dover City Council “overwhelmingly” approved a resolution last week. It denounces partisan political and “unconstitutional” book banning, which is amusing given that Dover is run by political partisans that hate the U.S. Constitution.
McClaughry: The possibly ‘historic’ veto session
The word “historic” is seriously overused these days, too often to describe events more curious than momentous. A case can be made, however, for the events taking place this week in the “veto session.”