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.
Vermont governors, past and present, unite in deploring Washington’s disharmony
Governors Salmon, Kunin, Dean, Douglas and Shumlin discussed leadership and the U.S. Congress’ unwillingness to work together at a roundtable event in Burlington on Monday.
Kunin: Compromise is not a dirty word
It’s time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all. The real winner of compromise is not either fighting party — it is the American people.
Kunin: Women need to "speak up about the issues of our time"
“People ask me, why have a workshop just for women?” Kunin said. “One reason is, women are not out there in the same proportion. They often don’t think they’re qualified. A man will say, ‘I can do this,’ and a woman says, ‘Who me? I’ve got to take two more courses.’”
Pelham: Dangers on the road to single payer
Responsible savings are achievable if legislators have the courage to look beyond the constant din of advocacy from the sacred cows of the status quo. If legislators lack the conviction to preach sustainability to the current lobbyists camped in the Statehouse halls today, why should we think legislators can sustainably manage another $5 billion in healthcare costs tomorrow?
Story + video: Advocates push for law to allow “patient-directed” death
Members of Death with Dignity, a Vermont group that is advocating for physician-assisted suicide, said mentally competent patients who have been given six months or less to live ought to have the option to end their lives.
Pelham: Budgets revealed
Now the Legislature and new governor must do in one year what should have been done incrementally over the past three – constrain spending to a sustainable level to avoid a $150 million deficit. If they are not up to the task, expect taxes to rise and political fortunes to fall as happened in the Kunin era.
