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Hollis Walker
Position: Opinion editor
Email: hwalker@durangoherald.com
Phone Number: (970), 375-4522

Facing up to the realities of the Middle East

It has become fashionable in peace-loving circles to pounce on Israel with every new revival of the ever-stillborn peace process. Because the Middle East is one of the nastiest neighborhoods...

DATE: Sep 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Adult education

Updated 2014 GED is a means to a better future not an end in itself

DATE: Sep 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Navigating the law surrounding Colorado civil unions

Effective May 1, the Colorado Civil Union Act became law. This law provides same-sex as well as opposite-sex couples who enter into a valid civil union most of the same rights, benefits, pro...

DATE: Sep 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Preparing for 2014 season

With Labor Day behind us, I begin preparing for legislative session 2014. I sit on two legislative interim committees, one on water and one on wildfires. These committees will start meeting ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Headlines from past not unlike many of today’s

Sometimes, we naively think that we are the first people to face certain problems. That can be true, but it, too, is naïve, because history can aptly demonstrate the opposite. These are head...

DATE: Aug 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Oxbow

River users’ ideas for how best to manage the issues surrounding the new park and preserve

DATE: Aug 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Public editorial board meeting

Please join The Durango Herald editorial board for its public session at 4 p.m. today at Lost Dog Bar & Lounge, 1150 Main Ave. Each of these meetings will consider issues relevan...

DATE: Aug 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

NSA – Fourth Amendment bias vs. the common good

Two months ago, I described what I interpreted to be the overall purpose of the National Security Agency’s electronic surveillance system that was partially exposed by Edward Snowden, and ho...

DATE: Aug 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Americans should stand up for their country

On Aug. 18, my husband, a friend and I attended the entertainment at the Bar D Chuckwagon. Needless to say, we are local, loyal fans who enjoy the Bar D’s old Western music and comedy mingle...

DATE: Aug 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

The desk

The excavation of Richard Ballantine’s desk began with the search for a single file. Nancy Stoffer, diversity program coordinator at Fort Lewis College, was working on a project f...

DATE: Aug 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Richard Ballantine has left the building

By Mary McLachlin At 67, Richard Gale Ballantine calls himself a lucky man. “I’ve had two things in my life that I really enjoyed doing – journalism and farming,” he sa...

DATE: Aug 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Public Editorial Board Meeting

Please join The Durango Herald editorial board for its public session at 10 a.m. today at Durango Doughworks, 2653 Main Ave. Each of these meetings will consider issues relevant to Herald re...

DATE: Aug 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

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