April 5, 2005

Voices for Independence

Why this journal, Vermont Commons? And why now? Vermonters, Americans—indeed, all the world—stand at a widening divide. Not between red and blue, right and left, conservative and liberal, capitalist and socialist, and other such worn political coinage. No, we stand at a truly immense divide: that between our past and our future. Behind us, an experiment in democracy whose energies are still robust, but whose framework—the modern nation state—teeters in all its towering immensity. Behind us stand the great achievements of the Modernist era, molded by one of history’s great forces: centralization. Raw measures of power—governmental, military, scientific, economic, monetary, corporate—have reached levels of magnitude inconceivable a mere generation ago.
December 30, 2013

Do BOA and Wells Fargo Run Vermont’s Capitol City?

By William Boardman “To repeat myself ad nauseum, I still don’t see how our city’s chief economic development officer can hold and promote views that are […]
January 8, 2014

Enemies foreign and domestic by Mike Krauss

The Declaration that went out from Philadelphia to the world in 1776 proclaimed a government of the people, and that the purpose of American government is […]
January 21, 2014

WTC Tower 7: An Attack from Within by Vidda Crochetta

At 5pm on September 11, 2001 World Trade Center Towers 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 were damaged but still standing. Nevertheless, earlier that morning the […]
January 27, 2014

Q & A with Mayoral Hopeful Gwen Hallsmith

Q. So, why a public bank for Vermont? What’s wrong with our local commercial banks? A. There is nothing wrong with our local commercial banks, except, […]
February 17, 2014

Saving Vermont Town Meeting: A Modest Proposal

As a Waitsfield citizen, parent and school board member for more than a decade now, I am writing in support of preserving our annual Vermont town […]
February 17, 2014

School Shows Zero Tolerance for Public Accountability by William Boardman

Remember that flurry of news reports in December 2013 about a middle school with a zero tolerance weapons policy suspending two fifth grade boys, one for […]
March 25, 2014

NWO endgame reconsidered by Richard Moore

In the article, New World Order – The endgame has begun I argued that world government is going to be achieved by relatively peaceful means. Obama’s […]
March 25, 2014

No Constitutional Amendment Needed to Overturn Citizens United

While fund-raising public interest organizations have been beating drums for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, no constitutional amendment is needed because the Constitution already […]
April 11, 2014

Obama Faces Another “Dumb War” Over Crimea by William Boardman

“I don’t oppose all wars…. “What I am opposed to is a dumb war. “What I am opposed to is a rash war. “What I am […]