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Author Archives: David Moats

David Moats, an author and journalist who lives in Salisbury, is a regular columnist for VTDigger. He is editorial page editor emeritus of the Rutland Herald, where he won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for a series of editorials on Vermont’s civil union law.

Columns: opinion pieces by regular contributors.
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David Moats: Looking for the common touch

by David Moats January 12, 2025, 7:05 am
Columns: opinion pieces by regular contributors.
Posted inOpinion

David Moats: The election and the anti-news impulse

by David Moats December 15, 2024, 7:01 amDecember 16, 2024, 12:08 pm
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Vermont journalism: then and now

by David Moats and VTDigger Member Team December 10, 2024, 7:00 pmDecember 11, 2024, 10:11 pm
Columns: opinion pieces by regular contributors.
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David Moats: ‘We have work to do’

by David Moats November 10, 2024, 7:07 am
Columns: opinion pieces by regular contributors.
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David Moats: True generational change in view

by David Moats September 1, 2024, 6:13 amSeptember 3, 2024, 9:02 am
Columns: opinion pieces by regular contributors.
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David Moats: Vermont Republicans face a choice

by David Moats August 11, 2024, 6:09 am
Columns: opinion pieces by regular contributors.
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David Moats: Searching for solutions and avoiding demagogues

by David Moats May 5, 2024, 7:01 amMay 7, 2024, 2:33 pm
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David Moats: Inspiration from Ukrainian students at Middlebury

by David Moats February 25, 2024, 7:01 amFebruary 25, 2024, 7:58 am
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David Moats: Good trouble, bad trouble and the 2024 election

by David Moats January 21, 2024, 8:02 amNovember 4, 2024, 11:32 am
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David Moats: In the era of artificial intelligence, the human element is lost

by David Moats December 10, 2023, 8:02 am
A group of people holding umbrellas in the rain.
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David Moats: In Israel and Gaza, beneath it all must be the dignity of all 

by David Moats November 17, 2023, 11:39 amNovember 17, 2023, 11:39 am
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David Moats: Revisiting Oppenheimer and science: ‘It’s not a priesthood.’

by David Moats October 18, 2023, 7:31 am
A woman walks down a muddy road with a manufactured home behind her.
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David Moats: The changing climate has caused our ideas about nature to change

by David Moats July 18, 2023, 4:23 pmJuly 18, 2023, 4:23 pm
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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David Moats: Lessons from ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ still resonate today

by David Moats July 14, 2023, 11:34 amJuly 14, 2023, 12:18 pm

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