OPINION: How Do You Foster Peace?
by Richard Czaplinski, Warren I’m a veteran with nearly six years of service (1964 to 1969). I’m also a member of the Will Miller Green Mountain Veterans for Peace, Chapter 57. As an organization we...
View ArticleOPINION: Teachers Unions — Myth Busting
by Walt Amses With the culture’s ascension to post-factual political discourse, it becomes vital to clarify myths masquerading as truth because when they go unchallenged, or are endlessly repeated, an...
View ArticleOPINION: Prevent Child Abuse
by Linda Johnson, executive director of Prevent Child Abuse Vermont Two newspapers have published a major investigation related to USA Gymnastics regarding failure of USA Gymnastics to report suspicion...
View ArticleOPINION: Fond Memories of Paper Papers
by Walt Amses Although dismayed by the announcement that the Times Argus and Rutland Herald would cut back production of their paper editions to four a week, (publishing online seven days a week), I...
View ArticleOPINION: The Missing “Why” in Vermont’s Energy Transition
by Brian Shupe, Waitsfield Vermonters use a lot of energy to heat our homes, power our lives and transport us where we need to go. Virtually all of the energy we use to drive our cars, trucks and buses...
View ArticleOPINION: Reflections on WaterFest
by Margaret Blanchard, Montpelier Now that our WaterFest is over, I’d like (as the only person who participated in every event except the bike ride) to share some reflections. Between the opening,...
View ArticleOPINION: Wind Turbines Won’t Cure Climate Change
by Suzanne Seymour, Fairfield Listening to the drone of a plane flying overhead as I begin renovations on my cabin on Fairfield Pond, I’m struck by just how quiet it is here. Usually, just the sound of...
View ArticleOPINION: On and Off the Floor
by Roger Cranse In June, 1963, I landed a job working the 4:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. shift at National Can Corporation in Edison, New Jersey. The factory was enormous. When all the beer and soda lines...
View ArticleOPINION: The Other Day at State And Main
by Jules Rabin What have any of us got to do with the people of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, who have been struggling for months, in all kinds of weather, to protect the source...
View ArticleSpeaking Out On Morality Of Politics In Montpelier
by John Odum, Montpelier City Clerk It’s been a while since I’ve written for The Bridge. In fact, the last time I did was nearly five years ago when I served as News Editor. When Carla asked me to...
View ArticleOPINION: Imagining Donald Trump
by Jules Rabin, Plainfield Last Friday, President Barack Obama held an urgent press conference to address evidence of Russian “Tampering-by-Internet” with our country’s recent election. Listening to...
View ArticleOPINION: New Year’s Predictions
by Morgan Brown, Montpelier In 2017 and beyond, after he is officially sworn into office, the following is predicted to occur under President Donald Trump’s administration: President Trump’s Treasury...
View ArticleOPINION: Montpelier’s Experiment in Land Use Regulation
by Paul Gillies Hearing, Montpelier Planning Commission Final Draft, Bylaws Monday, 5:30 to 7 p.m. City Council Chambers Next Monday night, January 5, the Montpelier Planning Commission holds its first...
View ArticleOPINION: The Rising Costs of Climate Denial
by Michael Cody, Hardwick When it comes to the increasingly pressing environmental issue of global warming/climate change, the short-sighted, deceitful, tactics of the fossil fuel industry and their...
View ArticleOPINION: Trump Dumping and Liberal Amnesia
by Gerard Renfro, Montpelier “You deserve the king you get” — Thomas Jefferson As much as I dislike Trump as a public official, I cannot agree with the rash of hysteria and doomsday prophecies such as...
View ArticleOPINION: A Call For Civil Discourse in Education
by Nicole Mace, executive director, Vermont School Boards Association As leaders in education, it is our obligation to model civil discourse. When faced with conflict or opposing priorities, do we want...
View ArticleOPINION: Defend Sanctuary Cities
by R.D. Eno, Cabot As many as 20,000 people joined the Montpelier Women’s March on Jan. 21 to affirm a shared system of values expressed succinctly in such familiar slogans as “A Woman’s Right to...
View ArticleOPINION: Composting Protects The Environment
by Lisa Ransom, Waterbury As Grow Compost heads into 2017, it is focusing on helping businesses meet requirements of Act 148, the universal recycling law — diverting liquid organic wastes from...
View ArticleOPINION: What is Sanctuary?
by Margaret Blanchard, Montpelier Now that Montpelier is a Sanctuary City, it seems like a good time for us to reflect together on what “sanctuary” means to us. The legal and moral issues involved are...
View ArticleComments on the Definition of ‘Independent Contractor’
by Pat McDonald, Barre The problem stems from the lack of a clear definition of independent contractor and employee. And while this is not a headline grabbing issue, it has an impact on unemployment...
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