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Dick White: Is growth really what we want?

Opinion columns in The Durango Herald two weekends ago presented three contrasting but oddly complementary perspectives on growth. Gary Wockner, who voted No on Proposition CC in ...

DATE: Dec 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Michelle Goldberg: The thrilling shock of the movie ‘Queen & Slim’

I left a recent matinée of “Queen & Slim,” the mesmerizing new outlaw romance directed by Melina Matsoukas, astonished on two levels. The film kept me rapt; I cried through the end and left ...

DATE: Dec 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Trish Pegram; The 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage arrives

Most of us now believe it is the right and duty of all citizens of the U.S. to register and vote. But this has not always been so. As originally written, our Constitution gave mos...

DATE: Dec 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Katie Farnan: Find your own candidate in the Senate primary race

It’s just over six months until Colorado holds its June 2020 Senate primary, and the outcome will determine who snags the Democratic nomination against Cory Gardner in November. G...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Gary Wockner: I voted CC down because I’m worried about growth’s costs

As a green Democrat, I was leaning toward a No vote on Proposition CC anyway, but it was Gov. Jared Polis’ op-ed in the Oct. 29 Denver Post (“ Polis made it abundantly clear that Prop. CC w...

DATE: Nov 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

There’s one thing Trump gets right – about Israel

In recent Mideast news, the Iranian regime has reportedly killed more than 100 of its own people as it attempts to suppress another wave of nationwide demonstrations. The Islamic State is ta...

DATE: Nov 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Lance Waring: Air Quality commission right to cut methane

In response to recent federal rollbacks of air quality safeguards, Colorado must act boldly and swiftly to adopt the next generation of methane and air pollution standards to protect air qua...

DATE: Nov 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Cory Gardner: It’s time to remake NAFTA

In 1994, Disney’s “The Lion King” was in theaters and on its way to become one of the most popular films in the world. Today, 25 years later, “The Lion King” is still in theaters,...

DATE: Nov 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Farhad Manjoo: Say goodbye to California

I have lived nearly all my life in California, and my love for this place and its people runs deep and true. There have been many times in the past few years when I’ve called myself a Califo...

DATE: Nov 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Farhad Manjoo: Why doesn’t Mark Zuckerberg just retire?

If I were Mark Zuckerberg – newfound defender-to-the-death of liberal free expression even if it includes outright lying except if there are female nipples, a would-be curer of all the world...

DATE: Nov 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Melissa Youssef: This is why we’re scrutinizing city’s budget

As I write this column we’re still enjoying beautiful fall weather – but I’m reminded I’m past the halfway point in my term as mayor. As you know if you’ve been reading my monthly columns an...

DATE: Nov 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Dan Snowberger: Join me in voting Yes on Prop CC

Colorado’s economy is one of the best – if not the best – in the country. But despite record corporate profits and tourism revenue, one out of four roads are in poor condition and hundreds o...

DATE: Nov 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns