The central question in our society today is the role of capitalism. It’s really always been that way. How we distribute tax revenue - for national defense, roads, education and public health - is at the core of every political discussion we have. But with climate change threatening to destroy us, how we regulate capitalism and our worst human impulses will determine whether we thrive or perish.

We are here to escape the cold and embrace the local community. And I realize that the landscape and culture I am enjoying so much is due in part to Vermonters who came here way before me.

There is a discourse around the campaign for the U.S. House seat from Vermont that is troubling and needs to be discussed. 

It is so tempting on this day to despair. Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 93 years old this week. But he was shot and killed by a racist with a rifle in Memphis, TN.