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Nostalgia breeds derangement. Let’s move on.

In 2014, Peter Pomerantsev, a British journalist born in the Soviet Union, published “Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible,” which drew on his years working in Russian television to de...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Lessons at most progressive and American school

SEDONA, Ariz. – As a government official in World War II, Hamilton Warren was outraged to learn that a black colleague made half as much as his white peers. So, after the war, the...

DATE: Aug 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Your airport is doing fine, and that pays dividends

The Durango–La Plata County Airport (DRO) strives for transparency when providing the public with information about airline performance, including cancellations and delays. This is why we wo...

DATE: Aug 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

I’m reconsidering the wisdom of electric vehicles

Last month I wrote about my search for, and finding of, an electric vehicle after our plug-in Prius was destroyed in a collision. I received messages that made me reconsider if the future of...

DATE: Aug 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Better pay for Colorado teachers is a moral issue

When I watched my students in Thornton carry their diplomas across the stage as graduates, they also carried the pride and hope of their families who had loved and sacrificed to get them the...

DATE: Aug 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

State progress on health care benefits Durango

It’s not often you see good news about health care costs. But as the lieutenant governor and leader of the Governor’s Office of Saving People Money on Health Care, I am thrilled to be the be...

DATE: Aug 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Conservatives can’t duck the blame on this one

Connor Betts, the alleged Dayton, Ohio, shooter, believed in socialism, supported Elizabeth Warren’s candidacy, and regularly inveighed on Twitter against various personages on the right (in...

DATE: Aug 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Environmentalists needlessly delay development

I am writing with regard to the recent developments with the Village at Wolf Creek, and because I have received a number of inquiries on the subject. The history of this project i...

DATE: Aug 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Foreign policy is a domestic issue in Colorado

Conventional wisdom says voters don’t care about foreign policy. But conventional wisdom is wrong. Because foreign policy touches most everything we Coloradans worry about here at home. ...

DATE: Aug 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

This methane monster can’t see state borders

As elected officials in Durango, Colorado, and Aztec, New Mexico, we each serve communities that are very different. But what we have in common is a 2,500-square-mile problem that affects ou...

DATE: Aug 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Durango, I’m coming to spread the CU good news

I’m looking forward to visiting southwestern Colorado next week for a number of reasons. Since taking over as the president of the University of Colorado just over a month ago, I’ve been get...

DATE: Aug 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Willa Cather penned the antidote for Trump’s age

When I was in high school, I read Willa Cather’s “My Ántonia” and loved it for the love story it told. This week, I borrowed my daughter’s copy and read it again. It turns out to ...

DATE: Aug 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns