The Real Reason They Are Called Deer Flies
Moving to Minnesota from Southern California at the age of 13 was an eye-opening experience. I had never seen winter in the way Minnesotans see winter.
Gunners Gone Crazy: Why Vermont’s Historical Firearms Laws Are Driving Gun Nuts ‘Nuts’
Earlier today Vermont raised the age to buy firearms, banned high-capacity magazines and made it easier to take guns from people who pose a threat—the first significant gun ownership restrictions in state history, signed into law by the Republican governor.
Is Vermont the Next State To Legalize Pot?
Adults in Vermont are one step closer toward being able to consume marijuana without worrying about going to jail after the House passed a measure this week aimed at legalizing recreational cannabis. Although only by a slim margin, the bill was approved with a 71 to 74 vote Tuesday.
How To Depopulate Vermont In Just Twelve Years
Imagine you vacationed in Vermont every summer, and that, in the space of a single year, when you passed through Burlington, you found that it had become, for all intents and purposes, a ghost town. The following year, South Burlington, Rutland and Barre, the next three largest cities in Vermont, would be similarly deserted.
Bernie Sanders Has A Message For Disaffected Deplorables
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) delivered a fiery joint rally on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. The object of their scorn? Trump's...
Why Gary Johnson And His Nutty Libertarianism Is Dangerous
Gary Johnson's campaign is gaining some momentum, and he's now actively courting Bernie Sanders supporters. But anyone who jumps on the Johnson bandwagon needs to...
Life After Bernie: Progressives Plot Their Next Move
Sharon Moore has always been a voter, always kept up on the issues, but never saw a presidential candidate so appealing as Vermont Sen. Bernie...
Bernie Sanders’ Long, Slow Goodbye
The sun was setting over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., as Bernie Sanders wrapped up a rambling stem-winder before hundreds of die-hard supporters on...
Downfall: Bernie Sanders, Once A Progressive Champion, Has Become a Sad and Bitter Man
Tomorrow's primaries in California and New Jersey will signal the end for a much diminished Bernie Sanders, but will the scrappy Vermont senator accept the...
Bernie Sanders’ British Brother Larry: My Brother Would Beat Trump
Forget the Clintons and the Bushes: there is a new dynasty threatening to disrupt mainstream politics. The only difference is that this one is formed...
Trump Will Not Be Debating Sanders After All
TRENTON -- Alas, the only place a debate between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders may exist is in your dreams. Two days after saying he'd...
Sanders’ Supporters Prepared to Fight
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is calling on state and national Democratic Party leaders to respect the will of millions of his supporters by opening the...
Despite “Momentum” Meme Bernie Sanders Isn’t Closing the Gap in New York
[caption id="attachment_145180" align="alignleft" width="300"] <> on July 24, 2014 in Washington, DC.[/caption] Despite the relentless "momentum" chant going on over at Sanders headquarters he still...
Bernie Sanders Accepts Invitation to Speak at Vatican
Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders will take a brief break from campaigning next week to speak at a Vatican conference on social, environmental and economic...