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27 books that would make a great gift this Christmas

With Christmas soon upon us, we’ve compiled some of our favorites for you to consider as gifts for family and friends. The list below is organized alphabetically by author’s last name and the descriptions are from each book’s publisher.

December 17, 2021 in Commentary.
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Woke culture provides safe haven for anti-Semitism on campus

We have never seen the far left hesitate to claim a people is facing discrimination, yet here it is fomenting that very discrimination itself. Why are Jewish students the exception?

December 17, 2021 in Commentary.
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Joint Rules Committee approves vax and test policy for all who enter Capitol Complex

The Joint Rules Committee of the Vermont Legislature on Wednesday approved a vaccination and testing policy for legislators, legislative staff and members of the public who wish to enter legislative spaces in the Capitol Complex.

December 16, 2021 in TNR News.
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John Klar: America’s looming agricultural water crisis

Regardless of whether human-induced climate change is increasing drought, the methodic withdrawal of ever more water from precious aquifers and rivers for agriculture threatens an abrupt disruption of great swaths of American food production.

December 16, 2021 in Commentary.
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Letter: We shouldn’t pass legislation that will empower sex traffickers

Some people want us to believe that there is nothing wrong with this idea and that legalizing prostitution will empower women because it is an act of consent. However, the real data says something different.

December 16, 2021 in Commentary.
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13 New York counties refuse to enforce governor’s new mask mandate

A quarter of New York’s counties are refusing to enforce a new mask mandate imposed by Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. The governor ordered every indoor business in the state to either check vaccine status at the door or require masks, with fines of up to $10,000 per violation.

December 16, 2021 in U.S..
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Liberal California politicians reverse course, promise crackdown on crime as thefts, shootings skyrocket

Crime in California has skyrocketed over the past two years, with homicides in San Francisco jumping over 50% compared to 2019. Statewide, homicides, property crime, violent crime and larcenies have all risen. Retail thefts in particular have plagued the state, most notably in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

December 16, 2021 in U.S..
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Why debt limit is indispensable tool to ensure limited government

When the debt limit was suspended from July 2019 through July 2021, few could have known that more than $5 trillion of new coronavirus pandemic-era debt would sneak in during the suspension. Yet, we knew the American people were being exposed potentially to an unlimited increase in the debt.

December 16, 2021 in Commentary.
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Two Republicans and one Democrat retiring mid-tenure, parties and governor begin appointing replacements

Three Vermont state lawmakers are leaving their tenures early, meaning they will not come back in January to finish out their terms. Local party committees along with the governor have begun choosing replacements to fill those seats.

December 16, 2021 in TNR News.
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Gov. Scott calls vaccine passports for restaurants and bars ‘a good idea’

During his weekly press conference Tuesday, Gov. Phil Scott signaled support for the use of vaccine passports to visit service establishments such as restaurants and bars.

December 15, 2021 in TNR News.

47 to 15: Mask-free towns in Vermont outnumber masked 3-1

According to the Vermont Daily Chronicle Mask Mandate Scoreboard, 47 selectboards and city councils have either said no or are unlikely to raise the issue — an effective “no.”

December 15, 2021 in TNR News.
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Scott announces funding for 11 flood mitigation projects

Vermont will be awarding grant funding to communities where flooding has negatively impacted the environment, the governor said.

December 15, 2021 in TNR News.

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