"What Just Happened?": a view from the State House (and other musings)

Marriage: what's the big idea?

March 24, 2009

Tags: same-sex marriage, gay marriage

A wise constituent recently wrote, “Some describe the primary task of political systems as stabilizing society, and every change, whether or not beneficial, is a disturbance to that society and resisted by the political system…. Conversely, the function of the artist is to destabilize society, by introducing avant-garde ideas, most of which will be (more…)

Vermont Yankee up close

March 10, 2009

Tags: nuclear power plant, Entergy

I wasn’t sure I wanted to go inside a nuclear power plant. On the other hand, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so when invited as a legislator to tour Vermont Yankee, I accepted.

Entergy, VY’s parent company, provided a bus from Montpelier. About 20 of us went; after our orientation in the visitors’ (more…)