Archive
Besides his books, Bill has written a variety of poems, short stories, opinion pieces, and more.
Widowmaker
Tommy cannot breathe. His 31years of smoking Luckies have shortened his breath, infusing it with viscous phlegm that makes him cough and keeps Ann awake at night worrying that he...
Lyla’s Bucket
Hardwood Flats does not appear on most local maps but is used by locals to describe an unmarked space between Elmore, Wolcott, and Worcester. It is a hardscrabble bog of...
Personal Responsibility
In healthcare, we do know a few things. We know for example that very few will ever be able to afford on their own all the healthcare they will need...
The Dairy Tax Shelter
“I’ss how the rich gits richer,” explained Eddie Purinton, blowing his left nostril onto the ground with his right index finger. “Some newfangle’ plan where ya sell yer cows t’a...
Leadership
Commentator Bill Schubart has been thinking a lot about leadership lately, what constitutes it and where it went? I am thinking a lot about conflict and leadership these days …what...
Vermont: State of Freedom
In the 14 years before joining the original colonies in 1791, Vermont was a feisty, independent republic with allegiance only to itself and the motto “Freedom and Unity.” Today it...
A Man of Girth
I am a man of girth, overweight, fat….there I said it. But what does it mean? Physiologically it means simply that I consume more calories than I burn, nothing more,...
Posted Land
As John Donne put it 350 years ago, “No man is an island.” To which we might add, “no matter how rich.” A real estate developer named Radcliffe Romeyn Jr.,...
“Something There is that doesn’t love a wall.”
42,000 Vermont tax dollars per year are spent to keep one offender behind a wall. This is four times what the most expensive public school systems spend annually to educate...
Educational Culture
You can feel it within minutes of entering a school: the demeanor of the students, the bearing of the teachers, the care for the physical plant, the artifacts of discovery,...
Minding Our Own Business
The State’s “Please Look at Me” strategy — trying to attract major manufacturing or service employers to Vermont — is under-funded and out of date and, quite frankly, hopeless. Vermont’s...
What’s Wrong with Our Schools?
A number of things… As a community, we have lost respect for our schools. We speak disparagingly of our schools in front of our children. We no longer instill in...
