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

Schultz: Those who believe others are not really human

Before I started attending Kent State in the fall of 1975, I was a kid living in small-town Ashtabula, Ohio, on the northern edge of a county by the same name, which had lost 26 servicemen i...

DATE: Sep 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Gerson: Wielding both ignorance and malice, Trump further divides the country

WASHINGTON – It is often difficult to determine if Donald Trump’s offenses against national unity and presidential dignity are motivated by ignorance or malice. His current crusade against s...

DATE: Sep 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Brooks: Sam Francis predicted the coming war on business

The only time I saw Sam Francis face-to-face – in the Washington Times cafeteria sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s – I thought he was a crank, but it’s clear now that he was at that ...

DATE: Sep 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Krugman: Trapped by their own lies

On Saturday, pretty much the entire medical sector — groups representing doctors, hospitals, and insurers – released an extraordinary open letter condemning the Graham-Cassidy health bill. T...

DATE: Sep 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Dionne, Mann, Ornstein: How Trump is helping to save our democracy

We say this even though we believe that Trump poses a genuine danger to our republican institutions and has done enormous damage to our country. He has violated political norms, weakened our...

DATE: Sep 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Roy: FLC - Division II school has Division III facilities

Whalen Gymnasium sits on the north side of the Fort Lewis College campus and has done so since it was built in 1971. Whalen has been a staple on the historic campus since its con...

DATE: Sep 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Sybert and Petersen: Zinke’s monument review betrays Roosevelt’s legacy

As Americans, we are all owners of the largest collection of public real estate on the planet. From the California coastline to its remaining redwood groves, from the Mojave Desert to Utah’s...

DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Lopez-Whiteskunk: Washing away gains of Bears Ears

When President Obama designated Bears Ears in Southeastern Utah a national monument last year, it represented a major breakthrough for Native American tribes. A movement and visi...

DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Milbank: No one listens to women when they speak around here

WASHINGTON – Over the weekend, the president of the United States retweeted to his 38 million Twitter followers a video clip doctored to show him driving a golf ball off the tee and between ...

DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Turner: Durango Re-Connect - 5th anniversary a good time to put aside differences, seek common ground

On Sept. 27, 2012, I witnessed J. Paul Brown, a rural, conservative Republican state representative, hold hands with Sweetie Marbury, a Durango city councilor. She’s been called a flaming li...

DATE: Sep 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Dionne: Trump’s tough talk makes us weaker

NEW YORK – The worst aspect of President Trump’s speech at the United Nations on Tuesday was not his immature taunting of a dangerous foreign leader when the stakes far outweigh those of a s...

DATE: Sep 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Williamson: Highflying Mnuchins take the country for a ride

Public servants are supposed to serve the public, not themselves. What part of that equation does Steven Mnuchin not understand? The Trump administration’s Treasury secretary is i...

DATE: Sep 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

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