Bucknam: Freedom’s defenders
There has been an increasingly disturbing trend across the nation — our First Amendment rights to speak freely, to peaceably assemble, and to a free press have been under assault.
Todd Smith: A bad principal?
Although we’re fully cognizant of all the insidious and dramatic ways structural racism infects American systems, we don’t think militant censorship and cancel culture serves anyone well.
Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar call for expanding Supreme Court after Justice Amy Coney Barrett confirmed
Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan on Monday called to expand the Supreme Court after the Senate confirmed Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the high court.
Local resident on COVID snitching: ‘Today I saw something horribly dark in my county’
A Brattleboro resident took it upon him or herself to call the police. When the officer walked over to me I seriously assumed he was picking up food, not going to question me. He wasn’t wearing an adequate mask and stood within my arm’s reach.
Vermont police informant tool – aka the ‘snitch line’ – has educational purpose, cops say
More than 130 Vermonters have used the Vermont State Police “Executive Order Reporting Tool” (EORT) to inform police about other Vermonters’ alleged infractions of Gov. Scott’s executive orders for work, travel and social distancing, Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Schirling said this week.
Todd Smith: Kill the ratline
We noticed the Vermont State Police launched an “Executive Order Reporting Tool,” asking Vermonters to tell the government if their neighbors aren’t “complying” with the governor’s orders to shutter business and stay home.