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John Klar 
I participated in a forum at the University of Connecticut Medical School on November 6, 2024, discussing the ethics of workplace vaccine mandates, obviously with an emphasis on the recent COVID experience. I covered the legal environment while other speakers addressed some of the science and ethics of mandates, and the interplay between a hospital … Read more
The advent of AD 2025 promises continuing global and domestic conflicts but a hope for peace. Partisan politics and media infighting persist, while wars roil Ukraine and the Middle East. New Year’s 2025 celebrations augur the second inauguration of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States. It would be well for all Americans … Read more
Numerous mainstream media outlets are deliberately lying to American parents about the law regarding COVID-19 vaccines. In August, Vermont’s Supreme Court that ruled a six-year-old boy administered a COVID-19 vaccine against his parents’ specific instructions that he not be jabbed has no state tort remedies and that the family’s sole recourse is a federal claim … Read more
The Biden administration’s controversial renewal of the US-China Science & Technology Cooperation Agreement presents an awkward closing chapter for the president’s legacy. China has systematically stolen US trade secrets and technology, hacked into telecommunications networks, and spied on American military facilities using drones. Nevertheless, the Red Dragon is essentially being rewarded with a renewed information-sharing … Read more
Of the many apple carts Donald Trump has tipped in the gathering whirlwind of planned initiatives for his second term, few have garnered the critical cacophony spurred by his promise to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocumented entrants. Contrary to widespread legacy media chatter, he might might actually be … Read more
Vermont’s election season may not be over. Because John Rodgers unseated incumbent Lieutenant Governor Dave Zuckerman with less than 50% of the popular vote, the Vermont Legislature will determine which of the two candidates will become the next Vermont LG. It is worthwhile to consider what the implications are if the state’s progressive majority in … Read more
The USDA is revising its nutrition guidelines – some say in the wrong direction. Critics of past federal guidelines that favored high carbohydrate diets and were compromised by industrial food producers are closely scrutinizing the new regulations because they advocate “reducing focus on chronic disease risk reduction” and more on “improving the lifespan.” This oxymoronic … Read more
The House of Representatives just passed the Crucial Communism Teaching Act (H.R. 5349), which mandates public school instruction about the totalitarian dangers of communism. Given the history of McCarthyism, the passage of such boldly worded legislation condemning communist ideology would seem anachronistic if not for the growing popularity of Marxism among American youth. Yet the … Read more
In 2021, Leo Politella’s parents were specifically assured by their local Vermont public school officials that their 6-year-old son would not be vaccinated with a novel Covid-19 vaccine at an upcoming school clinic. Leo’s father visited the school the week before to ask whether he should keep his son home the day of the vaccination … Read more
I regularly join four fellow panelists at Liberty Nation News to discuss current events (and engage in a light-hearted trivia game that I almost always lose). In this brief segment, the crew discusses Donald Trump’s proposals to close down the US Department of Education — is it possible? What will the Department of Education look … Read more
A high-profile legal dispute between 11 state attorneys general and three of the world’s largest institutional investors will focus on so-called corporate environmentalism and its potential abuse for monetary gain. The lengthy complaint alleges that these overly powerful asset managers manipulated investment policies related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices to spike coal prices … Read more
A Vermont family whose 6-year-old son was vaccinated with an experimental Covid-19 intervention against the family’s wishes has appealed a Vermont Supreme Court ruling. The Vermont court had ruled that the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP) prohibits such claims, granting immunity to school and government personnel when they mandate vaccinations. Stunningly, the Vermont … Read more
The transition of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. from Democrat to Independent to (gasp!) Republican was a popcorn-grabbing sideshow of the 2024 election season — until it became the main event. The defection of Bobby Kennedy to Team Trump was a seismic shift in an already bizarre presidential election, but it also formed a more perfect … Read more
The climate change purse strings are in the collectivist hands of the world’s 20 largest economies, the G20, meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for two days while the UN Climate Change summit, the COP29, continues in Baku, Azerbaijan. COP29 claims the world requires at least $1 trillion annually to stave off climate change, yet … Read more
Jussie Smollett has repeatedly seeded controversy in the years-long drama of his battle with the Illinois criminal justice system. His narcissistic journey began when he hired two actors to pretend to attack him, and it ended Thursday, November 21, when the Illinois Supreme Court reversed his criminal convictions for doing so. Smollett continues to claim … Read more
Regardless of who won the 2024 election, America has multiple blessings to ponder this November. The motivation behind the Thanksgiving holiday originated in a spirit of gratitude and a unifying celebration of blessings rather than divisive rhetoric. Ironically, the fledgling country called the United States was anything but united when Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a … Read more
Donald Trump’s election victory is quickly taking the wind out of the Biden administration’s ambitious renewables initiatives. President-elect Trump promised to end federal subsidies for offshore wind projects on his first day in office. As with many of his campaign pledges, Americans wait to see whether he will deliver. Wind Turbines Fall in Popularity However, … Read more
I have undertaken a Petition to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the Politella family. I do not normally practice law. This is how I got involved. When I first read about the Vermont Supreme Court’s decision in Politella v. Windham Supervisory Union et al, I was shocked that any court would deprive … Read more
Amy Fewell has become an inspiring resource for existing or wannabe homesteaders around the world. Like me, Amy wasn’t raised homesteading but gravitated toward it for health and well-being. Amy summarizes our podcast chat this way: “Having conversations about uncertain times ahead can often leave us feeling fearful or full of despair, but this conversation … Read more
The USDA is revising its nutrition guidelines. Critics of past federal guidelines, which favored high carbohydrate diets and were compromised by industrial food producers, are closely scrutinizing the new regulations because they advocate “reducing focus on chronic disease risk reduction” and more on “improving the lifespan.” This oxymoronic shift from prevention to cure pervades many … Read more