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What do grades tell us?Children and parents are contesting the MSMS's change from traditional letter grades to numerical standards grades. Let's look at the benefits of each system. Published: February 9, 2010 ( 6)
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Revise plans for schoolsI have been surprised and disappointed with Commissioner Armando Vilaseca's campaign to eliminate school boards across the state. Published: February 9, 2010 ( 3)
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We've wasted another yearI'm asking every registered voter in Vermont to support our 50 percent or greater disabled veterans. How can you do this? It's a very simple three-step process. Published: February 9, 2010 ( 6)
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Why not close Yankee now?Some day the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant will be closed and decommissioned. Why not now? Published: February 9, 2010 ( 5)
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U.S. plot in Haiti?We watch as the stories unfold, night after night, sitcom after sitcom, news broadcast after news broadcast, yet how do we know what were being told is true. Published: February 8, 2010 ( 8)
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Conspiracy or conspirator?In last week's "Weekly Planet" column, "Vermont's leading climate scientist" Alan Betts once again scoffs at anyone who believes that "anthropogenic climate change is just a scientific conspiracy." Published: February 7, 2010 ( 64)
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How we got into this messIt is revealing that in this current economic crisis I have seldom heard the phrase "trickle-down economics," even by those critical of how our economy has been run recently. Published: February 7, 2010 ( 3)
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A long-term decisionThe style of management of the nuclear power plant has been well-documented over the years. The mishaps, accidents, and misstatements by Entergy officials have also been well-reported in the media. Published: February 7, 2010 ( 2)
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Can't turn back nowWith the recent Massachusetts Senate election, health care legislation entered troubled waters in Congress. Published: February 5, 2010 ( 7)
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Another potential path to failureAlthough Vermont Yankee provides us near-zero carbon emissions energy – an important fact in today's fight against global warming – I believe its continued operation unnecessary, unwise and unsafe. Published: February 5, 2010 ( 0)
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Barre is playing a shell gameThe Main Street project has been a long time coming, but what has been even a longer time coming is planning to redo the sewer lines under Main Street. Unfortunately, the planning ended, i.e. Published: February 5, 2010 ( 1)
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Lived through nuclear terrorI am boiling mad after listening to testimony on tritium at the Statehouse recently. Published: February 5, 2010 ( 2)
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