December 13, 2017

Vermonters Agree With Lee – “Let The Web Serve Humanity” (Net Neutrality)

Legendary WORLD WIDE WEB co-inventor Tim Berners-Lee speaks here to a free and open Internet. With “Net Neutrality” under siege and an FCC vote scheduled for […]
December 15, 2017

What the FCC? The Federal Communication Commission Votes to Kill Digital Democracy (E-Commons versus E-Empire)

Publisher’s Note: Make no mistake. The FCC’s decision to destroy “Net Neutrality” is a case study in OUR Commons versus US Empire. Read on…     […]
December 16, 2017

The Last Jedi – And The Best SW Ever? (CELLULOID SECESSIONIST)

                          Now in its 40th year, the Star Wars franchise is back and better […]
December 20, 2017

The FCC’ing of “Net Neutrality” – Vermont Responds. (FREE OUR INTERNET)

We’ve been hearing from plenty of irate Vermonters since the FCC voted 3-2 to gut “Net Neutrality” protections last week. We reached out to Green Mountain […]
December 21, 2017

Merry Holidays and a Happy New Year from the 2VR! (WINTER IN VERMONT)

Merry Holidays, friends and neighbors! Get fired up for 2018, and JANUARY – Vermont Independence Month.                     […]
January 1, 2018

Vermont Legislature Declares January “Vermont Independence Month” – Here Are TEN Ways To Support Our 2nd Vermont Republic (2VR) !

In 1777, Vermonters established Vermont as an independent country and sovereign republic – “the only state of 50 that self-constituted itself as an independent republic,” according […]
January 7, 2018

Vermont Governor Phil Scott’s 2018 “State Of Our Once And Future Republic” Address (PLAN ‘V’, Anyone?!)

Publisher’s Note: Sandwiched between a mythical celebration of Vermont’s independent origins and Vermonters who won the so-called Civil War for the “Union,” Governor Scott delivers a […]
January 12, 2018

The World & the US Presidency: Renegotiating the  Deal (GREEN MOUNTAIN POLITICS)

Publisher’s Note: Burlington-based journalist Greg Guma is one of Vermont’s most astute veteran journalists and progressive thinkers. We’d only add two observations to his essay here: […]
January 17, 2018

Plan ‘V’ – Fair Taxation For Our 2nd Vermont Republic

Publisher’s Note: Thanks to one astute Vermont neighbor who passed on this suggestion for more equitable taxation as part of our Plan ‘V’ vision for our […]
January 20, 2018

Extinction Anxiety, Plan ‘V,’ and a 2nd Vermont Republic (2VR)

  “The future is a blank canvas for our imagination. Who knows what is going to happen?” In order to talk about extinction anxiety I first […]