Cyrus Patten
commentatorCyrus Patten is Executive Director of a political action committee that seeks to reform our campaign finance laws. He lives and writes in Williston with his wife and two children.
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Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder and CEO of Facebook likes to pick grand challenges for his new years resolution. In 2015, it was to read a new book every…
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DCF social worker Lara Sobel was gunned down in a cowardly act, allegedly by a mother who lost custody of her child.I am a social worker. I was a child…
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Vermont has two economies. By most measures, one is doing great while the other struggles. One boasts an unemployment rate of just 2.9% while the other…
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There's a lot of chatter these days about whether Bernie Sanders' bid for the Presidency will pull other candidates to the left. Already it's had an…
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Businesses come and go here, as they do in every other state. In fact, over the last two years, an average of more than ten new businesses were formed…
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The Agency of Human Services is in need of major reform. Namely, toward a culture of kindness in the words of the Council on Pathways From Poverty; a team…
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Election season is essentially over. But this year I’m missing the sense of closure that typically follows. And I’m left with a decidedly unclear sense of…
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Recently, I bought gas at a small store in Charlotte. There were three people sitting outside at a patio table, having a lively discussion. When I…