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Denise Fort: Babbitt’s plan for the river doesn’t go far enough

Each spring, the acequias in New Mexico carry cold, clear snowmelt to freshly furrowed fields on small farms. The centuries-old irrigation culture is recognized in state law and supported by...

DATE: Jul 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Michael Fields: State government needs to get out of the way

In the middle of a recession, the Legislature wants to raise your property taxes. State Sens. Jack Tate and Chris Hansen, along with Reps. Matt Soper and Dayena Esgar, led an eff...

DATE: Jul 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Charles Blow: Return of ‘Law and Order’ for blacks and hippies

Recently, Donald Trump stood in the White House Rose Garden and announced an executive order on police reform – a list of minor, unfunded actions that incentivized some changes but mandated ...

DATE: Jul 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

David Brooks: How moderates have failed African Americans

We Americans believe in education. We tend to assume that if you help a young person get a good education and the right skills, then she’ll be able to make her way in American society. Oppor...

DATE: Jun 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Ernest House and Tom Stritikus: Caricatures of Natives do not fit with our values

The clocktower is one the most distinguishing features of the Fort Lewis College campus. When visitors and students walk through it, they are greeted by images that stand in stark...

DATE: Jun 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Bret Stephens: The intellectual cowardice of my New York Times

The recent decision by It is a violation of the principles that are supposed to sustain the profession, particularly our obligation to give readers a picture of the world as it really is. ...

DATE: Jun 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Michelle Goldberg: Surprise! Justice on LGBT rights from Gorsuch

The new season of my favorite television show, “The Good Fight,” begins with the heroine, feminist lawyer Diane Lockhart, awakening in what seems at first like a giddy alternative reality in...

DATE: Jun 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Andy Mueller: Whoa – let’s not hurt farmers to save the Colorado

Overconsumption of water and drought are driving the Colorado River into crisis. But some solutions are better than others. Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt suggested recen...

DATE: Jun 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Gail Collins: Tell Trump we’re not questioning his manhood?

Have you noticed how almost every other word out of Donald Trump’s mouth lately seems to be some variation on “dominate?” “If you don’t dominate, you’re wasting your time,” he tol...

DATE: Jun 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Op-Ed

Nicholas Kristof: Let’s remember this virus is still a big mystery

The odd thing about reporting on the coronavirus is that the nonexperts are supremely confident in their predictions, while epidemiologists keep telling me that they don’t really know much a...

DATE: Jun 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Clyde Church: We’re excited about the new county land use code

Now that we have celebrated Memorial Day, summer has unofficially arrived here in La Plata County and with it comes the official kickoff for public review and input on the draft Land Use Cod...

DATE: May 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Scott Tipton: I’m marshaling support for farmers and ranchers

Over the past several weeks, many of us have noticed some of our favorite foods missing or in short supply at grocery stores and have even seen signs posted limiting the number of certain it...

DATE: May 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns