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Steve May: The troubled are our neighbors

By Commentary

Jan 18 2018January 18, 2018

We can’t be of the belief that we have disposable people among us.


Steve May: The electronic Commons and the case for basic income

By Commentary

Dec 17 2017December 18, 2017

By turning to the ZRF/Schurz proposal, the Burlington City Council may have made individual stakeholders whole, but the needs of ratepayers were made secondary.


Steve May: The far-flung victims of tainted blood

By Commentary

Nov 30 2017November 30, 2017

The true toll of the pain and suffering of hemophiliacs who contracted AIDS and hepatitis from tainted blood products is scattered across time and place.


Steve May: The best democracy money can buy

By Commentary

Nov 17 2017November 17, 2017

Money is corrosive in politics. Campaign financing in 2017 is a form of regulated bribery.


Steve May: All-payer model will punish the least healthy

By Commentary

Nov 7 2017November 7, 2017

There is no incentive to treat anyone who is truly ill. That is the sad reality of global payments.


Steve May: Basic income in the age of precarious work

By Commentary

Oct 24 2017October 24, 2017

Here in Vermont, the part-time and seasonal economy have become mainstays and with it comes the low-wage income insecurity that has been the centerpiece of our economy for much too long.


Steve May: Safeguarding personal information

By Commentary

Oct 9 2017October 6, 2017

“Secured in Vermont” has the potential to be every bit as valuable as a value-added brand as our ski industry or Vermont milk.


Steve May: Deus ex machina

By Commentary

Sep 25 2017September 25, 2017

Toda​y, interfacing with tech increasing is about the actual integration of technology into us and into our things.


Steve May: Courts should address prescription drug re-importation

By Commentary

Sep 10 2017September 8, 2017

The prohibitions against large-scale purchasing of prescription medicines is an obstacle created by Big Pharma.


Steve May: Marijuana tax revenues could fund universal basic income

By Commentary

Aug 24 2017August 24, 2017

Vermont should view the resource curve with respect to legal cannabis and plan accordingly.


Steve May: Great pains

By Commentary

Aug 10 2017August 10, 2017

Vermont needs to attack pain as the primary public health concern as pain is the underlying catalyst that created the opiate epidemic.


Steve May: Symbols matter

By Commentary

Jul 27 2017July 27, 2017

An image can say in an instant what hundreds of words can’t.


Steve May: Deterrence should outweigh drugged driving standards

By Commentary

Jul 13 2017July 13, 2017

Whatever standard we ultimately adopt for drugged driving, be clear that standard will be arbitrary, informed by political reality every bit as much as best medical practices.


Steve May: A call for political reform

By Commentary

Jul 3 2017July 3, 2017

Vermont is a multi-party democracy. It’s time that our electoral system reflects that reality.


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