Commentary Series

Ed cost

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As part of our week on the future of education in Vermont, commentator Dick Mallary thinks the time has come to rectify costly inefficiencies in Vermont’s public education system.
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Corruption

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Commentator Dick Mallary has been listening to the news from Washington DC lately and thinking a lot about corruption in high places.
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General Martha Rainville

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On Tuesday, commentator Philip Baruth expressed reservations about General Martha Rainville’s potential congressional candidacy. Today commentator Dick Mallary offers another point of view on the subject.
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Health Care Priorities

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As VPR commentators take a Hands-on Health Care approach to finding a cure for Vermont’s Health Care ills, commentator Dick Mallary suggests that the legislature must tackle the fundamental question of how to fairly “ration” services.
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Ukraine

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Observers from many countries traveled to Ukraine in December to witness the election process. Commentator Dick Mallary was among them.
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Disappointed

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Commentator Dick Mallary is disappointed with the content of the political discourse he has heard so far in the current presidential campaign.
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Aesthetic relativism

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Having spent many of the last years of his working life in the electric utility industry, commentator Richard Mallary has been fascinated by the recent interest in using wind power to generate electricity.