Commentary Series
Commentary Series
Schubart: Slip Sliding Away
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Bill Schubart has been thinking about what life delivers us and what we ourselves make of it. He notes that in many ways we are blessed in the United States. So why then do we have such a sense of loss and what might we do about it?Commentary Series
Schubart: Citizens’ United
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Bill Schubart has been thinking about the Supreme Court’s "Citizens United" decision, the principle of free speech, and the law of unintended consequences.Commentary Series
Schubart: The Messy Middle
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Commentator Bill Schubart writes about many aspects of life in Vermont – from potholes to politics. And as the primary season rolls on, he’s troubled by the quality of the debate – so far he sees it as consisting of superficial answers to mostly the wrong questions.Commentary Series
Schubart: The Cost Of Corrections
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Commentator Bill Schubart writes about many aspects of life in Vermont – from potholes to politics. Lately, he’s been listening to conservative arguments about our outsized government and its related costs, but wonders about one area of expense that seems beyond any reasonable chance of cost containment.Commentary Series
Schubart: New Political Values
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Commentator Bill Schubart misses the Republicans he grew up with, men and women who ran Vermont for more than a century, men who pinched pennies but also saw to their neighbors, their villages, woods and rivers.Commentary Series
Schubart: Religious Wars
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Commentator Bill Schubart looks at the news and the persistent role that orthodox religion seems to play in the continuing violence against minorities and sexual subjugation of women and children and struggles to "keep the faith."Commentary Series
Schubart: On Job Creators
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Retired entrepreneur, business leader, and now commentator, Bill Schubart, takes offense at much of the language of certain national business interests – who claim to be speaking on his behalf.Commentary Series
Schubart: No Resolutions
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Commentator Bill Schubart has made a New Year’s resolution not to make New Year’s resolutions, but wait a minute … not so fast.Commentary Series
