Lindberg: Do black unborn lives matter?
Only in an Orwellian world could anyone say “Black Lives Matter” and at the same time support abortion, which disproportionately kills black lives.
Eaton: Defending Vermont Yankee decommissioning against unjustified potshots
The decommissioning regulatory process is meant to vet applications and approve the good ones, not to chase them away. It is my hope that the flood of anti-nuclear and anti-manufacturing regulations unleashed by the state of Vermont reached their high-water mark in the previous administration and are now receding.
Keelan: Vermont’s high school grads advancing LGBT, UN sustainable development goals
Vermont’s high school grads go on to college, the military, the trades and other endeavors.
Roper: Price gouging has its good points
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have sparked a lot of discussion about the practice of “price gouging” — raising prices dramatically in the face of an emergency and profiting off of others’ fear and tragedy.
McClaughry: American politics gone insane
Young Americans may not think politics has become insane, because they have never known what it used to be like.
$15 minimum wage advocate from Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund admits job losses likely
Kahler suggested that if Vermont’s small business owners were just smarter and worked harder they could afford the proposed massive increase in wages.
Former Vermont AFL-CIO leader: ‘I support right-to-work’
If the former president of the AFL-CIO and AFT Vermont can learn, perhaps there is hope for Vermont politicians.
Lesser: Vermont’s greenhouse gas mandate is costly, symbolic environmentalism
Vermont’s mandate is much more than a requirement to supply consumers with electricity from renewable resources like wind and solar. It will require virtually complete electrification of the Vermont economy to eliminate almost all fossil fuel consumption.
Wilton: Montpelier policies are driving up health care costs
“Those same leaders do not appear to understand or acknowledge the decisions by the majority in Montpelier are the source of the economic malaise they hope to cure.”
A Debate for Vermont: Is the ‘refugee cap’ a serious problem for Vermont schools?
Is the “refugee cap” a serious problem, or is the unwillingness to trim costs in the face of declining enrollments the reason why Vermont’s education and taxpayer burdens continue to increase?
Keelan: A nonprofit endowment tax?
Nonprofits with huge endowments need to change. Otherwise, they, too, might be subject to Section 531 of the U.S. Tax Code.
Bernie’s socialism vs. capitalism: a debate for Vermont
What do you think, True North readers? Is socialism on the rise in the U.S., or is free market capitalism where we are heading? The answer has broad implications for a range of issues in Vermont, from education to health care.