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Arts and Humanities

Hi. I just skimmed your July 22nd article in VT Digger about education in Vermont. Good! I tend to encourage journalists and commentators to mention how things are done in… Read More

Short Stories

Customer First?

I was meeting my brother at a hip new downtown venue for lunch. As we were seated at a lakeside table to share lunch and catch up, the hostess left… Read More

Short Stories

The Prescription

“Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It’s been one week since my last confession and I accuse myself of having abused myself two times. For these and all the… Read More

Vermont

Bold Ideas Podcast w David Roth: Bill Schubart on Leadership

Bold Ideas Interview with Bill Schubart on Leadership

Education

We must consider "childcare" as public education.

It’s time to reimagine and redesign Vermont’s public education system. Patching up a system that’s failing us in equity, access, and quality, we’re running out of financial caulk as the… Read More

Education

John Klar and Critical Race Theory

Like science, history is an ever-emerging narrative based on curiosity, exploration, discovery, debate and interpretation. But like science (and journalism), it must be informed by fact. The recent screed by… Read More

Policy & Politics

The Dream of Owning a Home

The most corrosive issue today affecting the American Dream is that so many families have had to give up on the idea of ever owning their own home. Affordable housing… Read More

Religion & Spirit

United Church of Hinesburg (UCofH.org) Reflection: A Green Spiritual Practice

Sunday, June 27th, 2021 Kate and I teamed up to present and challenge the United Church of Hinesburg membership to extend their spiritual practice beyond the well-being of humanity into… Read More

Health Care

Vermont Healthcare: A Mare's Nest

As I’ve written in the past, we’ll never sort out the hot mess that health care’s become in Vermont and in the U.S. until we agree on the fundamental question… Read More