Progressive Anthony Pollina announced that he is running for governor, kicking off the campaign that he has been talking about for months.
In his speech, he contrasted his Vermont with the Vermont of Republican Governor Jim Douglas.
His is a bad place to do business, a place where young people and the well-to-do want to leave, where [...]
Speaking of education, did you catch that article in the Free Press, or some other Vermont news source, about the NECAP results? (That’s the standardized test VT students take.)
You have to see it to believe how abysmal they are.
So, while the state is concerned that home schooled children are not getting a good enough [...]
Is it just me or does Barack Obama seem to get a free pass from the media on everything he says?
I mean, the man says a lot of things that are just begging to be countered.
Take this comment, from a speech Obama gave in Mississippi, for example,
“Everybody always asks ‘well, how come you haven’t already [...]
I mentioned last week that homeschoolers in Vermont have been wrestling with the State Department of Education’s new interpretation of the recently revised Home Study statute.
I have been trying to think of a way to make this a story that is relevant to someone other than the small sub-set of Vermont homeschoolers who insist on [...]
So, you all got some serious ice while I was gone, I hear.
Sorry I missed the power outages.
I came back from our long weekend away visiting family very, very tired, so I mostly stayed away from the computer today.
Blogging will resume tomorrow morning.
Reports around the blogosphere tell me that Rush Limbaugh encouraged his listeners to vote for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary. I guess Rush thinks Hillary will be the easier candidate to beat. (Or he hates McCain so much that he wants him to lose.)
Who do you think would be the stronger Democratic [...]
Now that we have talked about keeping a 30 day spending record and started looking at ways to cut spending, it is time to talk about how to pay off those pesky debts.
Most people have a set amount that they pay toward their debts every month. For many people, this is the minimum payment.
If [...]
Continue reading about Friday’s Focus on Financial Health: Paying Off Debt
Conservative humor site IMAO has a post up about the Brattleboro ballot item calling for the indictment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Local residents are not surprised by the outcome of the voting. “I used to think Daims was some sort of a kook,” said town-charter-mandated token conservative Barbara Southworth, “but after the [...]
Continue reading about Brattleboro in the News - Again! (sigh)
Sorry that I have not really been around here lately. I have been in deep discussions about how to deal with the Department of Education’s new “interpretation” of the Vermont home study statute.
I cannot tell you how much I hate bureaucracy. Hate.
Anyway, that has been taking up the bulk of my computer time.
I will have [...]
From Barack Obama’s speech in Texas last night,
And if that child should ever get the chance to travel the world and someone should ask her where is she from, we believe that she should always be able to hold her head high with pride in her voice when she answers, “I am an American.”
Just for [...]
