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Author Archives: Jon Margolis

Jon Margolis is the author of "The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964." Margolis left the Chicago Tribune early in 1995 after 23 years as Washington correspondent, sports writer, correspondent-at-large and general columnist. He was previously the Albany Bureau Chief for Newsday and has also been a reporter for the Bergen Record in Hackensack, N.J.; the Miami Herald and the Concord Monitor (N.H.). A native of New Jersey, Margolis graduated from Oberlin College in 1962. He served in the U.S. Army.

Posted inEconomy, Government & Politics

Margolis: “Prius Tax,” rebuffed in the House, has support in the Senate

by Jon Margolis March 24, 2013, 3:15 pmJanuary 7, 2016, 12:07 pm
Campaign finance reports were due to on Friday. Photo by Kevin Rawlings
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Margolis: Business as usual

by Jon Margolis March 19, 2013, 10:01 pmMarch 24, 2013, 4:25 am
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Margolis: Greased skids don’t always lead to easy passage

by Jon Margolis March 14, 2013, 1:47 pmMarch 19, 2013, 10:03 pm
Posted inLife & Culture

Margolis: Don’t shoot the messenger – or the pollster

by Jon Margolis March 4, 2013, 10:33 amMarch 9, 2013, 8:27 am
Adding machine. Photo by Charles Tilford.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Margolis: A conspiracy of silence

by Jon Margolis February 26, 2013, 10:23 pmMarch 3, 2013, 9:35 pm
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Margolis: Shumlin might have to start thinking about Plan B

by Jon Margolis February 14, 2013, 5:23 pmFebruary 20, 2013, 8:44 am
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Photo by Terry J. Allen
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Margolis: Players in immigration reform stay on script

by Jon Margolis February 13, 2013, 10:03 pmFebruary 18, 2015, 2:41 pm
Posted inUncategorized

Margolis: A gun “show” where lawmakers handled the goods

by Jon Margolis February 1, 2013, 8:11 pmFebruary 7, 2013, 12:38 am
Full service for the Vermonter resumed over the weekend as work was completed on a $74 million upgrade to 190 miles of the New England Central Railroad’s line between Northfield, Mass., and St. Albans. Photo by Mark Beeson.
Posted inEconomy, Government & Politics

CNN’s Vermont rail story went way on the wrong track

by Jon Margolis January 31, 2013, 10:50 amJanuary 7, 2016, 12:07 pm
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Margolis: The gun control debate and the errors in logic that keep it going in circles

by Jon Margolis January 28, 2013, 4:38 amFebruary 1, 2013, 6:35 pm
Governor Peter Shumlin. VTD Photo/Taylor Dobbs
Posted inUncategorized

Margolis: Governor hands lawmakers responsibility for tax increases

by Jon Margolis January 25, 2013, 4:21 amJanuary 30, 2013, 7:42 am
Posted inEconomy

Margolis: Walmart’s low-cost goods come at a high price

by Jon Margolis January 22, 2013, 4:16 amJanuary 25, 2013, 11:42 am
Gov. Peter Shumlin at a Fifth Floor presser, Nov. 27, 2012. Photo by Anne Galloway
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Margolis: Shumlin, schlepping and expanded school choice

by Jon Margolis January 14, 2013, 11:54 pmJanuary 18, 2013, 11:19 am
Posted inEducation, Government & Politics

Margolis: Shumlin’s education plan big and bold – and probably expensive

by Jon Margolis January 10, 2013, 9:46 pmJanuary 15, 2013, 9:37 pm

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