Tom Evslin: Let’s really build the electric grid back better
The grid is not ready for the loads we will put on it as we continue to electrify. It is also not reliable enough to be the sole source of energy for transportation and heating.
John Klar: COVID discrimination similar to AIDS discrimination — and both are wrong
If vaccines work, vaccinated people have no more reason to fear unvaccinated people than heterosexuals needed to fear AIDS from infected gays in the 1980s. If vaccines don’t work, then vaccinated people are as equally able as the unvaccinated to spread the disease.
Alveda King sums up MLK’s message to America and likely view of critical race theory
If alive today, how would King encourage us to tackle the renewed racial tensions America faces? And what would he have to say about divisive ideologies such as critical race theory?
John Klar: Flattening the curve of the true virus — fear
There was never any interest in flattening any COVID-19 infection curves — flattening the Constitution, and human contentment, are the obvious intentions here. That is the real virus.
John Klar: The truth about mandatory vaccines
For the government to restrict any fundamental right, it has the burden of proving a compelling governmental interest, accomplished by the least restrictive means. Rick Hubbard just ignores that existing law entirely.
Becca Balint: Focus on pandemic response, climate and planet, ‘enshrining reproductive rights’
“As we head into another session marked by the ongoing pandemic, my top priority is making the most of the historic federal stimulus dollars available to Vermont.”
Lynn Edmunds: Goal of local energy plan should be to attain clean energy and preserve your liberty
Be careful benevolent goals for clean energy enhancement are not extorting your liberty or infringing on your rights when evaluating this proposal.
Vermont school commits to kiddie porn as enlightening for children
In the midst of a national furor over a sexually explicit graphic novel, Vermont’s Essex-Westford School District has proclaimed it has the duty to expose children to pornographic imagery — to support free speech.
Supreme Court hears arguments on religious discrimination regarding school choice
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Carson v. Makin, a case that carries national implications regarding religious freedom as it relates to government-run school choice programs.
NYT Alleges Biden’s failed banking pick Saule Omarova was ‘painted’ as a communist by Republicans and ‘lobbyists’
Omarova faced criticism from Republicans over her views on banking and alleged links to communist ideology. President Joe Biden withdrew Omarova’s nomination Tuesday after several top Senate Democrats signaled their opposition.
McClaughry: What a capital gains tax increase would do to angel investors
Weeding out tax loopholes that unfairly benefit the wealthiest is worth doing, but destroying the angel investor and venture capital market is a notably bad idea.
John Klar: Gender indoctrination in Vermont schools
As a matter of law, young children cannot properly assess the risks of taking testosterone, let alone surgically mutilating their bodies and embracing infertility. “Confidentiality” has been the UVM Trojan horse by which that consent is shamelessly circumvented.