In response to Steve’s article this week on Public Schools and Mental Health, “Another Example of Government Trying to Grow to Fix A Problem it Created,” check out Vermont’s data on its public school enrollment.
Beef Prices Just Jumped Over the Moon: Here’s Why
Live cattle prices are racing for the sky, up nearly 12% in the previous two months. Most forecasts predict increasingly high beef prices in 2024 as ranchers strive to rebuild herds depleted by the double whammy of drought and the pandemic. As farmers rally across Europe and American consumers helplessly watch their grocery tabs soar, food prices are likely to continue their rise.
More Cows Needed to Reverse Climate Change, Experts Say
In a little-noticed presentation on Dec. 9, 2023, at COP28 in Dubai, a panel of soil experts presented the case for cows as climate allies, not gas-spewing destroyers. The event, titled “Conscious Livestock Rearing and Soil Health,” discussed “animal rearing’s impact on soil health and its place as a part of the climate solution.”
Mid-Vermont Girls Team Headed to Championship Despite Legal Battles
The beleaguered girls’ varsity basketball team from Mid-Vermont Christian School in Quechee, VT, is headed to the New England Association of Christian Schools Championship game. This is a year after they made international headlines for taking a principled stand against playing a school boasting a biological male athlete, identifying as “trans,” standing nearly 6’3” tall.
Biden Administration Blames Putin For US Inflation
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre recently blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for inflation in the US. Much like blaming the border crisis on Republicans despite years of Trump wrangling to “Build That Wall,” this effort to project American inflation onto Putin’s shoulders rings hollow.
School Funding and Mental Health – Another Example of Government Trying to Grow to Fix A Problem it Created
It is a classic tale of progressive woe; years of lousy policy create a problem that those responsible insist needs more funding … for them to fix it. The correct course of action is to fire all of them, take back your money and power, and do something different, but it is a hill they are prepared to die on.
CRT and Eugenics in Vermont
Government institutions cannot eliminate subconscious or conscious prejudices. The 20th century’s infatuation with “science” and brain chemistry has resulted in great hubris by academics and government to do exactly that — change the brain. But it has always ended in disaster.
After Years of Making Medical Care Cost More VT Legislators Pretend More Meddling Will Lower Costs
The government injecting itself into the health care system or getting between doctors, insurers, and patients has been driving up the cost of care for decades. The knee-jerk response to complaints about the cost of health care is to meddle some more, resulting in more expensive health care.
Plastic Bag Ban Backfires on Environment
As folks may recall, back in 2019, banning so-called single-use plastic bags was all the rage in the radical leftist environmental circles, so naturally, the sociopathic control freaks in the Vermont legislature had to have one – the legislative equivalent of that year’s Cabbage Patch doll. So, we got our bag ban! So did New … Read more
Government-Supported Front Porch Forum Accused of More Censorship
A woman who says she was banned from the local social media website Front Porch Forum is voicing her concerns over alleged censorship and political bias.
Pay No Attention to That Billion Dollar Price Tag!
The House Ways & Means Committee took a short break from their frantic attempts to spackle over the disaster that is the estimated 20 percent plus property tax increase – an “unintended consequence” of previous legislative fiscal incompetence and/or indifference about what things cost – with a briefing on H.289, An act relating to the renewable energy standard.
Do the Democrats want Bobby Kennedy Jr. Assassinated?
Nikki Haley’s recent requests for federal Secret Service protection coincide with revelations that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s similar pleas in 2023 were coldly dismissed.
Already the State Can’t Afford the Clean Heat Standard
The Democrat supermajority passed The Clean Heat Standard (Act 18/S.5) last year over the Governor’s veto. That law appropriated $850,000 from the General Fund to hire three new employees at the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), plus some cash for subcontracting out research and technical support – all for fiscal year 2024. FY24 ends in July of this year.
The Sexual Predators of the WHO
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recently complained about the citizens who are skeptical about ceding national sovereignties and individual rights to his global agency under the pending expansion of WHO powers through a revised Pandemic Treaty and accused them of spreading disinformation.
Bad Information Leads to Bad Policy
Confirmation bias is something we all need to be wary of. We all tend to look for things that support our presupposed notions. It’s a dangerous psychological trap that it takes some intellectual discipline to combat. It requires listening to and understanding counterarguments. This is not a discipline practiced very often – if ever – … Read more
The Democrat Solution to High Property Taxes Is… More Higher Taxes!
Since attaining supermajority status in Montpelier, the Democrats’ education policy can be explained as “give the government school monopoly (the VTNEA, superintendents association, etc.) whatever they want!”
Solution to the World’s Carbon Problems
Touting a supposed “new study,” mainstream media is advocating globalist prescriptions for climate change that would utilize existing public school lunch programs to compel children to eat unhealthy processed vegetarian alternatives to wholesome grass-fed meats or fresh local foods. The audacity and misinformation of these proposals reflect elitist disconnect from basic nutrition and soil health.
Calling Out Drag Queen Story Hour and Bomb Hoax in Hartford
After watching the various townsfolk berate Select Board member Lannie Collins for speaking in opposition to fellow board member Ally Tufinkjian’s praising the Drag Queen Story Hour that was attempted to be held in downtown White River Junction, it was incumbent upon me to defend Mr. Collins.
Taxes, Inflation, Vacancies, and Shoplifting Becoming Too Hard To Bear
A convergence of financial pressures threatens to send shock waves through America’s commercial real estate sector in 2024. As a record number of outstanding commercial mortgages mature, refinancing at nosebleed interest rates is a daunting hurdle for investors and lenders alike.
For the Children: Ban Flavored Tobacco, but Not Flavored Pot, Legalize Drug Dens (No Age Limits)
If you want to know why Vermont is in such terrible shape on so many fronts, it is because the people we have elected to make important decisions for us are totally unmoored from any rational approach to problem-solving. They are devoid of any guiding principle, barring an intense desire to get their hands on our money and spend it as they see fit, which is usually not in a fit way.