Commentary Series
Commentary Series
Stoddard: Rick Peyser
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Vermont is home to a remarkable number of people doing positive work in businesses and non-profits around the globe. Fran Stoddard has been taking note of some of these innovators as they bring the best of Vermont to international development – like Green Mountain Coffee Roasters’ Rick Peyser.Commentary Series
Woolf: Bottle Ban
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Commentator and UVM economist Art Woolf has been considering a recent policy initiative on his campus and he’s wondering exactly what it was designed to accomplish.Commentary Series
Mares: Running at Gettysburg
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Even in this sesquecentennial year of the Battle of Gettysburg, Commentator Bill Mares recently found that you can beat the crowds if you get there early and are fleet of foot.Commentary Series
Parini: Iraq Anniversary
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The tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq passed recently, and Jay Parini has been thinking about the consequences of that war.Commentary Series
Schubart: EB-5
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Commentator Bill Schubart has been watching Vermont’s deployment of the federal EB-5 program in Northern Vermont and, while he admires its projected economic impact, he wonders about its broader strategy in enriching America.Commentary Series
Stafford: Baby Boom
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As Luke Stafford settles into his role as a new dad, he’s witnessing a change in local demographics that is defying the statewide trend.Commentary Series
Luskin: Some Came By Ship
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Deborah Luskin is celebrating Passover this week. And she says the story of Exodus is one demonstration of how many different people have fled their homelands in search of religious and political freedom and economic opportunity in America.Commentary Series
Martin: Guns in Schools
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And now we turn to our Sunday Essay. Mike Martin was shocked to learn that some staff members in the Montpelier School District will be carrying guns to school. But this turns out to be Montpelier, Ohio. The principal of Vermont’s Montpelier High School told him they’ll be taking a different approach here, one that focuses on community and common sense.Commentary Series
