By John Gonter Editor’s note: John Gonter teaches cooking, foraging, fishing and hunter safety. He volunteers as an instructor with Vermont Fish & Wildlife. In Vermont, we are blessed with opportunities outside. Direct experience with our mountains, lakes, rivers, fields […]
Category: Op – Ed
Op - Ed
Sticker shock!
Understanding the Dec. 1 property tax letter By Kathleen James Editor’s note: Rep. Kathleen James, D-Manchester, serves as assistant majority leader in the Vermont House. On the last day of November, the annual “Dec. 1 Letter” was published by the Vermont […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Who’s to blame for rising education spending?
By Rep. Erin Brady, Rep. Rebecca Holcombe and Rep. Monique Priestley Editor’s note: Rep. Erin Brady, of Williston, is an active public school teacher; Rep. Rebecca Holcombe of Windsor-Orange 2, is the former Vermont Secretary of Education; and Rep. […]
Letter, Op - Ed
A stronger state economy and Vermont Chamber’s 2024 legislative priorities
By Megan Sullivan Editor’s note: Megan Sullivan, of Jericho, is the vice president of government affairs for the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Last year at this time, the Vermont Chamber of Commerce shared that “amid a nation more divided than ever, Vermont […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
There is a lot of talk about our housing crisis — It’s time to walk the walk
By Secretary Lindsay Kurrle and Secretary Jenney Samuelson Editor’s note: Lindsay Kurrle is the secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, which includes the Department of Housing and Community Development. Jenney Samuelson is the secretary of the […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Gaza invasion puts American priorities in a new light
By Angelo Lynn Editor’s note: Angelo Lynn is the editor and publisher of the Addison County Independent, a sister publication of the Mountain Times. Vermont Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), were joined by Sens. Elizabeth Warren […]
Op - Ed
We poison ourselves with industrial food, sugar and pills
By Bill Schubart Editor’s note: Bill Schubart is a retired businessman and active fiction writer, and was a former chair of the Vermont Journalism Trust, the parent organization for VTDigger. I once weighed 485 pounds. I now weigh a bit […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Revisiting Oppenheimer and science: ‘It’s not a priesthood’
By David Moats David Moats, an author and journalist who lives in Salisbury, is a regular columnist for VTDigger. He is editorial page editor emeritus of the Rutland Herald, where he won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for a series […]
Letter, Op - Ed
Where has all that money gone?
By the Vermont State Colleges Labor Task Force Editor’s note: the VSC Labor Task Force is a group formed in 2020 that fights to bring faculty and staff voices and research to the decision-making processes that have accompanied the […]
Op - Ed
Can we disagree like adults?
By Maria Gigliello Editor’s note: Maria Gigliello is the communications coordinator for the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. “They [Vermont Fish and Wildlife] need to be dispatched (tortured, beaten) the same way [as a trapped animal].” “You’re no better […]