Emily Peyton
A plant with purpose
Much media ado about marijuana reminds me of media coverage of Donald Trump's opponents: Hemp is a more worthy candidate for our attention, but it gets very little.
Marijuana is obviously very important to many, many people (beer is as well). But it needs to be said that marijuana hasn't as much to offer Vermont as hemp.
The problem goes beyond a Bernie blackout
It’s not that public radio is ignoring Bernie Sanders. The issue is that the mainstream media manages our obedience — and we let it happen.
All of us have had the experience of waking the day after a horrific event, as reality replaces the sanctuary of sleep. In my opinion, that misty place is where the majority of us now exist in their consciousness. I see too many people resistant to becoming fully awake,
Peyton: For sustainable and healthy local economics
I am seeking the position of governor to enable the work of our nonprofits around the state, from whom I will be staffing my administration. My work with Vermonters for New Economy and the Vermont Public Banking Group will help us circulate money in the state in a more...
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My candidacy goes beyond political labeling
Paul Heinz, the political report for Seven Days, recently inaccurately described me as a “leftie.” I am in fact a leader of a new breed, one who can deliver less taxation with more efficient and effective public service from our public servants. I am one who will not be bought by special interests, and who will not take guns away from the people of Vermont, but will fight to take psychiatric drugging to task, and to repair our privacy breaches...
Press’ censorship influences course of elections
I'll run as a Republican primary candidate for governor and continue as an independent for the November election. I presented an amendment to the House Government Operations Committee that would have compelled the hosts of debates and forums to permit candidates who behave with decorum to be permitted to equally participate. As an independent who has shown up for every debate for two election cycles but has been silenced by censorship, I urge the reader to understand that money in...
Psychiatric drugs prescribed wantonly, yet psychiatrist opposes marijuana
Why would psychiatrist Neil Senior take time to write about the dangers of marijuana use before wrangling with the drug problems of his own field? He challenges that marijuana hasn't ever killed anyone, which it might not have. Meanwhile, proof abounds that drugs dispensed by the psychiatric field kill routinely. Doesn't Neil Senior care that psychiatrists are killing? Wouldn't he like to see a robust new oversight of the entire field? I would. From my perspective as a mom, psychiatrists...
Local banks shouldn’t fear the concept of a public bank
Up in Montpelier, a firestorm is taking place. One woman, Gwendolyn Hallsmith, is working tirelessly to educate people about, and make happen, a public bank for Vermont. As a result, people involved with big-money interests are looking to have her fired for the civic work she does beyond her day job as Montpelier City Planner. There is a good deal of misinformation about a Vermont Partnership Public Bank. Our local banks do not see how beneficial it will be for...
Billionosis affects few, but effects spread far
Do you know what the most dangerous disease is on Earth? A disease so dangerous, it is a plague engulfing the planet with death? Billionosis. The effects of billionosis are everywhere, but relatively small numbers of humans are affected by it. Billionosis is a disease of the psyche, where no amount of wealth is enough and the sufferer is fixated with increasing the numbers in the ledger. In most cases, these sufferers rig the accounting system for their own benefit,