Tom Evslin: Is AI dangerous?
Forget the hype on either side. AI is a tool that can and will be used both for good and evil. I think the potential outweighs the risk. Regardless, the genie is out of the bottle.
Left seeks to extend voting to prisoners, noncitizens to expand base
The District of Columbia is looking to join five states — including Vermont — to allow noncitizen voting in local elections for municipal offices or school boards. Oregon advanced a bill to make the state the third in the country to allow inmates to vote, following Vermont and Maine.
Paul Dame: Sacrifice and selfishness
While Republicans, led by Rep. Lisa Hango and others, were working to make life easier for our veterans, the Democrat’s supermajority thought a better idea would be to make life easier for themselves.
States begin reining in activist, soft-on-crime prosecutors
Currently, the state Legislature cannot remove prosecutors through impeachment or recall elections, but the new bill will allow a complaint to be heard by a jury, and if proven guilty, a judge may order the attorney’s removal.
In praise of Americans who have given their all
This Memorial Day, take a moment to think about what our country would be like without the sacrifice made by those who ensured our birth as a nation, who maintained our union, and who have defended our way of life across two and a half centuries.
Help for homeless will have recipient requirements, Scott administration says
Gov. Phil Scott and administration officials Friday outlined his plans to help transition the estimated 2,700 homeless Vermonters out of the 76 hotels and motels since the pandemic began.
Native Americans praise school board for keeping ‘Chieftain’ name
A Native American organization has a message for a Vermont school stewed in controversy about the use of Native American names and symbols in the name of ethnic sensitivity: “Educate, not Eradicate.”
Opinion: Native Americans approve ‘Chieftain’ mascot name, Sen. McCormack does not
The controversial dispute over using the name “Chieftains” for a school mascot highlights the problems of government deciding what words are acceptable for communities to employ in naming themselves.
McClaughry: Property rights victories at SCOTUS
The Pacific Legal Foundation said “the Tyler decision is a vindication of fundamental property rights. It will change the lives of thousands of Americans across the country.”
About the Nevada murder and the death penalty
In murder cases like this one, and with serial killers, where the guilt is indisputable, it’s time to bring the death penalty back.
Letter: Will Brattleboro’s elected officials enable Vermont’s lawless lawmakers?
As the elected leaders of the town of Brattleboro, will you keep your oaths of office? Or will you enable the tyrannical, lawless bill known as H.386?
McClaughry: School choice advances — but will Vermont ever appear on the list?
The Reason foundation’s Christian Barnard published an encouraging story on school choice advances in six states. When will Vermont ever appear on such a list?