Archive
Besides his books, Bill has written a variety of poems, short stories, opinion pieces, and more.
Principles Underlying a Redesign of Vermont’s Tax Code
Bill Schubart serves with former Secretary of Administration in the Dean and Kunin Administrations, Kathy Hoyt, and the economist and radio commentator, Bill Sayre, on the Legislature’s Blue Ribbon Tax...
Democracy, Money and Community
I was taught it’s not polite to talk about money, so here goes. Honesty, however, requires context. I grew up in a middle class family in Vermont. My stepfather’s family...
Midwest Review “Fat People”
“Fat People”9780615397511, $15.00Food is good, food is great, but like all things, overindulgence is the opposite of good. “Fat People” is a collection of short stories from Bill Schubart that...
Political Pledges and Hucksters
Question… should political candidates take ideological pledges? If they do, don’t they then compromise their future leadership options? Leadership, after all, is about the agility of decision-making in real time...
Flirting
At a dinner party several years ago, a woman of a certain age introduced herself to me and initiated an artful flirtation that eventuated in a warm friendship, not just...
R.F.D. R. I. P.
I think the heat-drunk garter snake living in our mail box is an omen. As I lower the battered cover and reach gingerly inside to get our mail, I wonder...
New Grandfather….
There are many events in our lives that forge us as human beings, but in general, childhood play, early work, and exposure to death are among the most important. As...
9/11 Redux
At 8:30 the morning of 9/11, I was sitting on the porch at the Inn at Shelburne Farms having breakfast with CBS, NPR, The NY Times, BBC, WNET, WGBH and...
Love’s Labor Lost?
Labor Day is the last, long weekend of summer and a signal that it’s time to get back to work….that is if one has work, which takes us to the...
American Autumn, Arab Spring?
I recently read an editorial juxtaposing two disparate yet related visions that have haunted me, as any good op-ed should. The writer alluded to the crowds in Cairo’s Tahrir Square...
Fat People review in PsychCentral.com by Devon Tomasulo, MFA
For his book Fat People, Bill Schubart has created and gathered a collection of stories that will make you rethink your relationship with food. Schubart is smart, sensitive and unnervingly keen...
Jolly Olde England
On our occasional visits to England, we’ve taken up renting Landmark Trust properties, which are considerably less expensive than hotels, especially when friends and family join in. We usually rent...
