Archive
Besides his books, Bill has written a variety of poems, short stories, opinion pieces, and more.
Taxation
I am going to talk about everyone’s least favorite subject, not death, the other one. At its best, taxation is how a citizenry funds the services it feels are be...
Loyalty or Competence?
First it was Rumsfeld, then Bolton, then Wolfowitz, Karl Rove and now Gonzalez. If there’s a constructive lesson to be found in all of this, I think it has to...
Talking about Government
A central, if unspoken, ideological argument today is about government, whether it is good or bad? Government of course is neither. It is simply an organizing principle around which societies...
*Challenges within the Vermont Non-profit Sector
To varying degrees, the needs of a society are met by three de facto socio-economic resources: private sector goods and services, government services and not-for-profit organizations. I say “organized” only...
Lazy Politics
First, let me say this is a wholly non-partisan commentary. Having said, that, I was indeed raised in a Democratic family and have always thought of myself as a liberal,...
Politics of Fear
We should be wary of political candidates who try to evoke non-specific fears in us about terrorism, impoverishment or racial conflict. They do so to divert us from the rational...
Health Care
Sometime in the next decade the US will follow the rest of the civilized world and have some form of national health care system. The lead up however, will be...
Health Care
Sometime in the next decade the US will follow the rest of the civilized world and have some form of national health care system. The lead up however, will be...
Death Penalty
I have been listening to the Supreme Court’s torturous deliberations regarding the concoction of toxic pharmaceuticals our society uses to kill criminals in the states that still believe the death...
We Have Opportunities
Vermont has options. In these perilous moments of great change when old things get brittle and break, savvy people design and build new things. There is opportunity in chaos for...
Why Do We Do This, Again?
Vermonters have again decided in favor of equal rights for its diversifying citizenry. While there are some who see Vermont as The Pied Piper of New England, leading us down...
Our Communities and Ourselves
Having written much about Vermonters, their stories and communities, I am invariably asked if I am a Vermonter, which leads into a discussion about just who is a Vermonter? I’ve...
