Study shows the result of left-wing conformity on college campuses
A recently released study found that the perception that professors are indoctrinating students is fairly universal at one of the nation’s large public universities.
Bernie Sanders’ campaign embraces radical group that wants to ‘abolish prisons’ and promoted Palestinian terrorists
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign has embraced a far-left group that seeks to abolish prisons and has promoted a group the U.S. State Department designated as a Palestinian terrorist organization.
Opinion: Time to end the tyranny of district court judges’ nationwide injunctions
The judiciary has grown more powerful than America’s Founders intended, and this has included issuing universal injunctions. This type of injunction has become increasingly common as political activists try to enlist judges to make widespread policy changes.
Pownal Selectman Bob Jarvis sounds off on hostile town emails
A Selectboard member in Pownal has gone on Facebook to speak his mind about the thousands of town government emails that were leaked to the public in December.
Review of school based comprehensive sex education shows little effectiveness, finds increased sexual activity
The review, conducted by the Institute for Research & Evaluation and published in the Institute of Law and Medicine in January, examined 60 studies of 40 school based comprehensive sex education programs in the U.S. as well as 43 studies of 39 programs in other countries.
John de Bruin: Citizen protest and the effect on Vermont lawmakers
Does protesting do any good? The answer is a big, fat no. I would never discourage people from protesting against dangerous bills, but I base my opinion solely on what I have seen and experienced. Bottom line: we talk, and they choose not to listen.
Paige, Klar accuse VTDigger of coordinated attack on ‘Agripublicans’
Two Republican candidates for statewide office accused a nonprofit news organization Wednesday of coordinating a political attack designed to discredit new “Agripublican” candidates who announced their candidacies earlier this month.
Interview with Michael Knowles: How the left manipulates language to defeat conservatives
In politics, language is central — the words we use, what they mean, and what we want them to mean. The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles explains how the left is a master of language manipulation. Liberals often win political victories by redefining words and rewiring our brains.
Vermont Council on Rural Development launches climate leadership program
The Vermont Council on Rural Development has launched a new leadership program for Vermonters working to create climate solutions at the local level.
Republican AGs say Bloomberg is secretly embedding an army of anti-Trump attorneys inside state offices
Bloomberg Philanthropies plowed millions of dollars into a nonprofit group that has embedded 18 attorneys into 11 Democratic AG offices, some of whom have gone on to sue ExxonMobil and the Trump administration.
Activists want to abolish your kid’s honors classes, cite ‘white toxicity’ and ‘supremacist’ values of high achievement
School systems across the country are seeking to abolish honors classes, teach how math has been used to oppress people, and let truant students into gifted schools. Advocates say the moves are aimed at diminishing an achievement gap.