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A steady handThe situation in Syria is absolutely horrible and may soon rise to the level of civil war. Published: February 13, 2012 ( 0)
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Can the working class be saved?Charles Murray’s “Coming Apart,” the book that’s launched a thousand arguments this winter, is a brilliant work with an exasperating conclusion. Published: February 13, 2012 ( 0)
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Affordable dental care is a vital needIn every corner of Vermont, from our youngest children to our oldest adults, tens of thousands of Vermonters are going without dental care, putting them at risk of tooth decay and other potentially... Published: February 12, 2012 ( 0)
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What research says about school choiceSchool choice has again blipped onto the Vermont political screen. The federal government is bringing pressure on the states to adopt choice schemes, primarily in the form of charter schools. Published: February 12, 2012 ( 0)
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Son of RamblerI was stationed in Texas at Fort Bliss in 1968 for a year at an Army language school learning Vietnamese. Published: February 12, 2012 ( 0)
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Why Yankee decision should be appealedudge J. Garvan Murtha’s Vermont Yankee decision ignores basic principles of legal interpretation and effectively overturns the existing court precedent concerning regulation of nuclear power. Published: February 12, 2012 ( 0)
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Property tax battleGov. Published: February 12, 2012 ( 0)
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Money and moralsMoney and morals Lately, inequality has re-entered the national conversation. Occupy Wall Street gave the issue visibility, while the Congressional Budget Office supplied hard data on the widening income gap. Published: February 11, 2012 ( 0)
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Decline of the working classPersistent poverty is America’s great moral challenge, but it’s far more than that. Published: February 10, 2012 ( 0)
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Far-fetchedIt’s a far-fetched idea: that the state of Vermont might pay $500 million to buy a majority interest in the company that owns Vermont’s electric transmission lines. Published: February 10, 2012 ( 0)
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Freedom at 4 belowFreedom at 4 below To observe the democratic awakenings happening in places like Egypt, Syria and Russia is to travel with a glow in your heart and a pit in your stomach. Published: February 9, 2012 ( 0)
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Another campaign for saleAnother campaign for sale The New York Times said the following in an editorial: Published: February 9, 2012 ( 0)
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Chain reactionIt was almost by accident in 2003 that David Evers fully grasped how mercury permeates and pummels the bird world. Published: February 9, 2012 ( 0)
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Irene gives us new chance on hospitalWhereas the destructive floodwaters brought by Tropical Storm Irene devastated our landscape and changed the fortunes of many Vermonters for the worse, those same waters also washed away nearly a... Published: February 9, 2012 ( 0)
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How health care exchange will workHow health care exchange will work John McClaughry’s piece “Ducking the health exchange bullet” obscures or misrepresents the facts on several key aspects of the new health insurance exchange the Legislature and the Shumlin... Published: February 9, 2012 ( 0)
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