The time has come to make official what has been unofficial for several months now; the Green Mountain Daily doors are officially closed up. Over the years all the way to my 38th birthday to the day the site evolved from a quiet opinion site, to full-on gossip column for the Statehouse, to Continue reading That s all, folks.
January 17, 2020 I learned a useful new word today: “precarity.’ I learned it from Cynthia Miller Idriss, who runs the Polarization and Extremism Research Center at American University. She appeared on a couple of CNN s Sunday shows. You could say that precarity is the word of the century. It is defined as a permanent Continue reading What s Ailing America? Precarity.
January 5, 2020 Happy new year. The horror that was 2020 hangs like a cloud over 2021, but faint glimmers of hope coax us off the ledge: There is a vaccine (in fact several) for Covid-19, even though it may be an unnecessarily tense wait for the vulnerable to be inoculated and relief may be short-lived Continue reading Post-hyperbole us
Finally, we ve got something to celebrate. It seems a very long time since we last heard some good news. I almost forgot what it was like. I was resigned to whomever Joe Biden would pick, and prepared to be disappointed. Everyone whom I know was rooting for Kamala Harris. This, in my experience, almost guaranteed Continue reading Biden/Harris 2020!!
In the aftermath of the deadly Beirut blast that killed or injured thousands of people, if we are tempted to think something similar couldn’t happen here in the U.S, we should think again. “So, rather than war or terrorism, this blast brings to a head … the deep paralysis, official corruption and unaccountability that Lebanese Continue reading Lessons from Beirut
As it becomes increasingly unlikely that Donald Trump can legitimately win a second term, we are left to contemplate how the final scenes in this epic American nightmare might play-out. If he would do us the honor of resigning NOW, the nation might be spared six more months of his compulsive malfeasance. This alone might Continue reading It s Quittin Time, Donald Trump.
“I know you are, but what am I?” Donald Trump’s Mount Rushmore manifesto was the ultimate display of his greatest hits. He called out “far-left fascists,” projecting on this oxymoronic invention all the traits of his own mean-spirited attempts at despotism. “In our schools, newsrooms, even our corporate boardrooms, there is a new far-left fascism Continue reading Donald Trump s Inner Child Smashes…
After the crushing disappointment of his Tulsa rally, the King of Lies and Excuses is already warming up a doozy of an excuse for the more and more likely outcome of the general election. “RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND OTHERS.IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR Continue reading Donald s Bad night in Tulsa
Just as we were beginning to think Republican Governor Phil Scott deserved a lot of credit for his responsible handling of the Covid-19 crisis, he threatens to undo that goodwill by dragging his feet on Vote-By-Mail. Secy. of State, Jim Condos has set forward a timely plan that would ensure all qualified Vermonters will have Continue reading Get Moving on Vote by Mail!
When I was a child in parochial school, “Heaven” and “Hell” were vividly contrasting reward and punishment scenarios. “Purgatory” was much tougher to imagine. It seemed like nothing more than a long, not-unpleasant wait for something better. Purgatory was a threat only for grown-up imaginations. To this aging Baby Boomer, life amid the Coronavirus pandemic Continue reading Another Day in Purgatory