Energy Policy

One of the most critical issues in this campaign year is the nation’s energy policy, and commentator Richard Mallary thinks that most of the debate so far is missing a fundamental point.  

Punitive Damanges

Commentator Dick Mallary is a former U.S. congressman from Vermont. He has also served extensively in state government, and he thinks there may be a better way to assess punitive damages in legal actions – that would be in the interest of both fairness and the public good.

Capital Gains Tax Reform

Commentator Dick Mallary is a former U.S. congressman from Vermont who has served extensively in state government, including a turn as state tax commissioner in 2003. He’s been following the current discussion about Capital Gains Tax Reform and has some thoughts of his own on the subject.

Cautious Pragmatism

Commentator Dick Mallary has served extensively in state government and he’s a former U-S congressman from Vermont. And as the business of this legislative session gets under way, he has some practical advice for lawmakers.

Ed funding

Tonight on VPR’s Symposium on the Future of Education in Vermont, the focus shifts to how we pay for our education system, and the thinking behind Vermont’s education financing reform movement, which seeks to change the basic laws that direct how we pay for primary and secondary education in Vermont. This morning, commentator Dick Mallary begins the discussion by suggesting that the laws themselves do not need reforming.