Dear Editor, Covid-19 is impacting families all across Vermont and the nation. We have known from the beginning that group living settings are particularly susceptible to rapid infection. We have seen in other countries and states that the outcome of […]
Category: Opinion
Letter, Opinion
Understanding public vs. private
Dear Editor, From Ayn Rand to Ronald Reagan, America’s conservative heroes have preached “public is bad, private is good.” Yet public means “accessible to or shared by all members of the community,” while private means “intended for or restricted to […]
Commentary, Opinion
Trump’s pandemic failure: a missed opportunity
By Dr. Alon Ben-Meir For a man who is a self-absorbed, power hungry narcissist who wants to be recognized as one of the greatest presidents of the United States while desperately trying to be reelected, Trump failed miserably to rise […]
Letter, Opinion
Saluting the forgotten heroes
Dear Editor, The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global shift in how we function as a society. From quarantine orders, to face masks, to social distancing, we are all getting used to the “new normal.” However, there are two sectors, […]
Letter, Opinion
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
Dear Editor, April is Child Abuse Prevention Month across the country. This unprecedented time for all Vermonters brings out the best in us all and also can elevate the risk for child abuse, domestic violence and increased substance abuse. Stress […]
Letter, Opinion
Celebrate Earth Day with plant-based eating
Dear Editor, With the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, we are already reducing our carbon footprint during the pandemic by curtailing travel. But we can do so much more by cutting our consumption of animal meat and […]
Commentary, Opinion
Vt will have safe and secure elections without public health risk
By Jim Condos, Vermont Secretary of State The current public health crisis has been a serious test for us all, and it’s also testing our democracy and how we respond in a crisis. Just last week the Supreme Court voted […]
Commentary, Opinion
Breathless
By Faith Gong I’ve seen several articles lately in which mental health professionals explain the emotions that humankind is experiencing right now — when the worldwide death toll from the COVID-19 virus continues to rise and the social distancing guidelines […]
Commentary, Featured, Opinion
Nature, uninterrupted
By Heather Furman, director for The Nature Conservancy in Vermont Only a few short weeks ago, none of us could have predicted the impacts to our personal and professional lives that COVID-19 would wreak. During times of crisis or tragedy […]
Letter, Opinion
Non-essential medical practices take away from capacity
Dear Editor, We are in an intense fight to defeat the Coronavirus; to reduce passing it around and deaths. If we really want to beat it, then we have to work together. So here is my concern. First, a tiny […]