Call for submissions:
Headlines we would like to see in 2017
DATE: Dec 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
Hollis Walker
Position: Opinion editor
Email:
hwalker@durangoherald.com
Phone Number:
(970), 375-4522
Call for submissions:
Headlines we would like to see in 2017
DATE: Dec 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
GOP at its peak, conservatism has hit rock bottom
It is one of fate’s cruel jokes that conservatism should be at its modern nadir just as the Republican Party is at its zenith – if conservatism is defined as embracing limited government, di...
DATE: Dec 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
Books that help explain the dawning Trump era
The Donald Trump presidency is not yet officially upon us, but the Trump era has already been good for political reading lists. Book buyers baffled by Trumpism are making best sellers out of...
DATE: Dec 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
The Great Depression that did not ever happen
WASHINGTON — There is no mystery about Barack Obama’s greatest presidential achievement: He stopped the Great Recession from becoming the second Great Depression. True, he had plenty of help...
DATE: Dec 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns
Connecting dots while watching the Trump ‘movie’
WASHINGTON – In the Trump movie now playing in the American theater, connecting all the dots requires the artistry of a mapmaker and the insight of a psychic.
Or, perhaps, the cri...
DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
Another day, another abortion restriction
The tan business envelope is postmarked Jan. 31, 1957. It is addressed to “MISS JANEY BEBOUT,” arriving by airmail from Annapolis, Maryland. Not to her home but to the house of a sympathetic...
DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
Clean Power Plan a key part of energy transition
Economic drivers of electric power production will dominate Colorado’s transition from coal to renewable energy sources. Let’s not miss an important economic opportunity that will be provide...
DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
Issue underlying growing populist parties is immigration
NEW YORK – A joke among journalists is that we are taught to count: “one, two, trend.” But at this point, I think it’s fair to say we are witnessing a populist trend around the world. The re...
DATE: Dec 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
Not waste, but the Pentagon vs. the welfare state
If we wish to reduce defense spending, we have to cut the military’s size and capabilities. If we wish to expand the military, we need to pay for it.
WASHINGTON — Any reporter who...
DATE: Dec 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns
BLM rule a welcome step to address San Juan Basin’s methane cloud
As local elected officials representing San Juan Basin communities, we welcome the news that the Department of the Interior has finalized new rules to cut the waste of natural gas, also call...
DATE: Dec 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
Agency’s politics override responsibility
Separating domestic and bighorn sheep ranges is a better way.
DATE: Dec 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
