Professor Meg Mott with Vermont Humanities Council will give her presentation “Do We Still Need an Armed Citizenry?” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21 at Springfield Town Hall (3rd floor). The event is being sponsored by the town of Springfield.
“We have a moral obligation to help the people of Afghanistan, who did so much to help us in the War on Terror,” said Governor Phil Scott. “In addition to this being the right thing to do, we know that welcoming more refugees also strengthens communities.”
A Virginia high school teacher posted a TikTok video criticizing the state’s disciplinary approach which promotes such rules as sitting quietly and following directions as “white supremacy.”
At the Legislative Apportionment Board meeting held Tuesday, policy experts from various organizations discussed how Vermont’s redistricting process might change, and the key question was whether to adopt a statewide policy of one representative per district.
We can all agree that the steps to contain this virus must not inflict irreparable damage on the developing minds and bodies of children. The modus vivendi would be to make masks optional for them.
State Rep. Mike Sylvia, a Belmont Republican, said he has filed a proposed constitutional amendment that would ask voters in the 2022 midterm elections to break ties with Washington, D.C., and become a separate nation-state.
“I think it’s bulls—,” Jay Baker, president of Jamestown Plastics in Brocton, New York, told Reuters. “I’m not a fan of the federal government mandating anything. This is not the bubonic plague. This is not typhoid — and they seem to be treating it like it is.”
Facebook announced a grant program Thursday to fund fact-checking groups combating the spread of “climate misinformation.” The program is designed to provide Facebook users with accurate and reliable information on topics related to climate change, such as sea levels and global warming.
New polling shows that the majority of Americans do not approve of President Joe Biden’s new vaccine mandate. Biden announced the mandate last week, which includes requirements that any business with more than 100 employees ensure they are vaccinated or be tested weekly.
If the choice is between spending $10 million on reducing our emissions and spending $10 million on shoring up these communities from future natural disasters, the choice, I hope, should be obvious.
The fact that hurricanes hitting the continental US haven’t increased in number or intensity over the last 120 years doesn’t prove that man-made warming isn’t happening. What’s important is that misdiagnosis and specious attributions even in a good cause lead to bad policy decisions.
CRT is very definitely being taught in these schools. John Castle’s disingenuous efforts to paint this as “mere history” are shallow and dishonest. Bullying parents and others with lies is simply unprofessional and vile.