Opinion
Commentaries and letters to the editor are written by community members on a variety of subjects that affect Vermonters.
Submissions
VTDigger welcomes submissions to its Opinion section in the form of commentaries and letters to the editor. You can find the guidelines and instructions here. Have feedback for us? Let us know here.
VTDigger’s revamped opinion section is seeking new voices
Over the past year, we’ve ramped up fact-checking, refocused on Vermont and prioritized quality over quantity. Now help us recruit new writers to share their views on the key issues facing the state.
Benjamin Brickner: Vermont’s cost crises are connected. Our solutions should be, too.
Vermont confronts each cost crisis separately, even as they amplify one another and squeeze budgets year after year. What Vermont needs now is a change in mindset.
Michael Long: Streamlining housing permits shouldn’t sideline the public
Leveraging a “housing crisis” to scrap environmental protection or other community values makes no sense at all.
Jerry Ward and John Bossange: Hijacking the abundance myth
Growth will inevitably continue in Vermont, but is growth something we want to promote or try to manage?
A.M. Derrendinger: We need you to say ‘no’ to the gift you will regret having given
Start treating social media like cigarettes and every other addictive product on the market.
