Kunin: Spring has returned to Vermont
We have witnessed this miracle ever since our own birth, even before we were conscious of it. Why then, does the advent of spring still surprise?
Kunin: In praise of Obama’s support for same-sex marriage
Many courageous citizens had spoken out in favor of same-sex marriage before it was popular — even in Vermont.
Kunin: Girl-powered video games needed
While enrollment in math, science and even engineering has been growing for women, computer science is moving the other way.
Q & A with Gov. Madeleine Kunin on “the new feminist agenda”
Kunin: “I think there’s still a cultural expectation that women don’t need as much money, even though so many women are the sole support or key co-support of their families.”
UVM Conference to Explore the New Feminist Agenda: Balancing Family and Work
The University of Vermont will host a conference on Saturday, March 31 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Waterman Building designed to explore issues raised by the growing empowerment of women.
Kunin: The life and legacy of Sister Elizabeth Candon
When she was appointed secretary of the Agency of Human Services by former Republican Gov. Richard Snelling, she seized the opportunity to serve the neediest of Vermont’s citizens — not by prayer alone.
Kunin: States should maintain role in nuclear oversight
How could I assure Vermonters that the plant was safe? That is the same question that is being asked today.
Kunin: Occupy Congress
I believe it is time for the Occupiers to focus. If there is one issue, that cuts across all the others–it is need to curb the power of money to influence politics.
Kunin urges lawmakers to set higher standards for quality early childhood education
Kunin is part of a statewide effort, known as Campaign 180, is part of the Coalition’s larger Quality Matters Campaign, which was launched a year ago to improve the quality of early care and education in Vermont.
Kunin: E pluribus unum or social Darwinism?
The budget battles reveal that the new motto is: Each man and woman for him or herself has become a form of social Darwinism–survival of the fittest and forget everybody else. Providing help to those who need it is a sign of weakness, not strength.
