Kevin Ellis

The Small and the Mighty - Amherst College Why Amherst grads figure in my writing and podcast

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Why are there so many empty seats at the French Open?

Education reform and the mayor of Burlington on my VT Viewpoint radio show at 9 am. Join me. @wdevradio.bsky.social

Judge Bill Sessions of Vermont for the win. Get ready for The NY Times to ask “Who is William Sessions.” Vermonters could tell you just by going to the grocery store in Middlebury.

With Pakistan and India facing off, play time is over for Trump and Rubio.

The @nytimes.com won the Pulitzer for its series on nuclear weapons. It is the least written about but most important issue. Check out my friend Ward Wilson’s writing on the same.

Hey @npr.org if you want to get the word out about the Trump proposal to defund you, make it easier for radio/podcast hosts to find you and invite you on the show.

Tune into VT Viewpoint tomorrow at 9. I’ve got the ACLU lawyers arguing the kidnapping case against ICE in VT. And we will talk with the VT Secretary of State about the same. Join me.

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Grit and Inspiration In the past few weeks, a conversation kicked my ass.

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Supreme Court Seems Set to Allow Opt-Outs From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories in Schools In a lively and sometimes heated argument, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to rule for parents with religious objections to storybooks with gay and transgender characters.

There is so much wrong with this.

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Kash Patel Embraces the Limelight, Unlike Recent F.B.I. Directors Kash Patel’s embrace of the spotlight appears to be a break from the recent past, as his predecessors typically did the job with little fanfare.

So often it’s the private jets and the hubris that brings them down.

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I had UConn assistant coach Morgan Valley on my radio show this morning to discuss the title run. Fantastic. I’ll drop the podcast episode when I have it.

Never have I witnessed the imposition of a national sales tax by fiat with money going to pay for a tax cut for the rich. And Democrats still playing 1980s game.

I’m still monitoring Twitter. But nothing going on there. So I’m here.

An Abundance of Ambiguity | Washington Monthly Klein and Thompson argue that a world of plenty awaits us if we reform zoning and environmental laws but that can’t be the whole plan, right?

washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/23/a... read Zephyr Teachout. And then read Abundance. Then come on my Conflict of Interest podcast to discuss. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Agreed. Let’s call it what it is. There will still be a place for students athletes in D3. We have been falling all this since Jim Thorpe played football at Carlisle.

Join me on my VT Viewpoint show tomorrow for a talk with former Pat Leahy Chief of Staff Luke Albee on Schumer shut down vote and Democrats strategy. Luke comes on at 10 am. Join us. @wdevradio.bsky.social

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It turns out that everything @profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social said about Sheryl Sandberg and Zuck was true. Running to get Sarah Wynn-Williams new book now and inviting her on my Conflict of Interest pod.

What Really Happened on Jan. 6? Podcast Episode · Conflict of Interest · 03/13/2025 · 37m

Sorry to take you back to Jan. 6. But it’s important. Journalist Mark Bowden did the work for his book and I discuss it with him on the pod!!!

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Defending and explaining federal employees.

The host asked anyone who works for the federal government to stand up. Look what happened.

Place is packed thanks to politics and prose.

Here is DC talking about this book. Michael Lewis, Davis Shipley, casey cep.

Yup

He was a really really good player. Really good.

Alex Gibney has some Optimism Podcast Episode · Conflict of Interest · 03/07/2025 · 41m

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... my latest pod episode with filmmaker Alex Gibney.

Come on my podcast to discuss?

Another next step is for Musk to command a small army of Jan. 6 lunatics and others.

Why Canadians are stung by Wayne Gretzky’s silence Canada's greatest hockey player and a source of national pride has faced criticism from his home country.

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