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Legislative Report: Rep. Paul Ralston explains 'End of Life' vote

Posted on May 9, 2013 |
By Paul Ralston



Last week, the House passed a strike-all amendment to S.77 and sent it back to the Senate. In the end, I voted “no” on the bill.

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Opinion: Pick up after your pets

Posted on May 6, 2013 |
By Lisa Liotta



This week’s writer is Lisa Liotta, park ranger at Niquette Bay State Park in Colchester.

The Scoop on Poop

As a seasonal park ranger at the only Vermont State Park that allows dogs off-leash in a designated area, I pick up a tremendous amount of doggie doo. Recently, I began thinking seriously about the impact of pet waste on our environment, and started doing some research. 

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Clippings by John S. McCright: Just one of 183,000; but a special one

Posted on May 2, 2013 |
By John S. McCright



The other day I heard some self-obsessed celebrity on the radio say that if you googled his first name a reference to him turned up on the first page of the Internet search engine’s results. I thought it would be fun to see how high I would come up when I googled my first name. Alas, my first name is not unusual; in fact it is one of the least unusual names in the English language.

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Eric Davis: Congres is weighing e-commerce tax

Posted on May 2, 2013 |
By Eric Davis



In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states could not collect sales taxes from businesses that do not have physical locations within state borders. With the explosion of e-commerce since 1992, the National Governors Association claims that more than $20 billion in sales tax revenue is going uncollected each year because of tax-free Internet sales. The U.S. Senate is moving toward passage of legislation that would overturn the 1992 Supreme Court ruling, but whether this bill will actually pass both houses of Congress is very much an open question.

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Eric Davis: Congres is weighing e-commerce tax

Posted on May 2, 2013 |
By Eric Davis



In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states could not collect sales taxes from businesses that do not have physical locations within state borders. With the explosion of e-commerce since 1992, the National Governors Association claims that more than $20 billion in sales tax revenue is going uncollected each year because of tax-free Internet sales. The U.S. Senate is moving toward passage of legislation that would overturn the 1992 Supreme Court ruling, but whether this bill will actually pass both houses of Congress is very much an open question.

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Greg Dennis: Making a wish list for spring

Posted on May 2, 2013 |
By Gregory Dennis



My current springtime list of things to do starts with this small mountain:

•  Buy electric lawnmower.

•  Mow grass the thickness of dreadlocks.

•  Regret that I didn’t buy a bigger electric lawnmower.

•  Try to remember where I stored my bicycle and summer car tires.

•  Send fly rod for repairs after I jammed it in a car window.

•  Buy new fishing waders to replace the ones that balloon into fat-man pants every time I step into a river.

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Clippings: When in a jam, 'Toasty' delivers

Posted on April 25, 2013 |
By Trent Campbell



My toaster and I haven’t been getting along lately. I don’t know what’s wrong. Toasty just hasn’t been himself. Now, to be clear, I don’t actually call my toaster Toasty in real life. I’m not crazy. It just seems like for the purposes of this column it will be easier if I can refer to my toaster by name. I thought about Bob or James or William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor II, but I am sticking with Toasty.

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Jessie Raymond: The waiting game can take its toll

Posted on April 25, 2013 |
By Jessie Raymond



The other afternoon I found myself standing next to a lovely young woman. She wore a flowing ankle-length skirt and an expression of pure contentment. Her languid movements and placid countenance reflected the soul of a person who has transcended the pressures of daily life and found a space where time has no meaning.

I wanted to kick her in the shins.

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Ways of Seeing: A tragedy might possibly end with love

Posted on April 25, 2013 |
By Rebecca Gould



Now it’s time for the healing to begin. Our community needs closure. Let’s make things get back to normal. Today, we will start moving on.

After every tragedy in a community — especially those that gain media attention — we hear these stock phrases. They are well-meaning and they speak to our natural — sometimes desperate — hunger for order in the midst of chaos. But, to me, they feel so wrong.

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Opinion: Bridging gaps, building futures: Some live just one paycheck away from homelessness

Posted on April 25, 2013 |
By Jan Demers



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