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‘Ballot in one hand, AR-15 in other’

OK, now I get it. I don’t feel the love for Donald Trump and admittedly, never have. I’m amazed he’s not in a prison cell with the maggots who did his dirty work on Jan. 6. Trump is a liar a...

‘City should pay Simpson’s attorney fees’

I would like to add a couple points to the ongoing battle between John Simpson and the city of Durango regarding the open records controversy. Colorado law provides going to court as the onl...

Mini-roundabout’s ‘complexities, problems’

The desire to fix Malfunction Junction (Third Avenue/Florida Road/15th Street), initially resulting in a city proposal for a mini-roundabout, has been followed by a proliferation of simpler,...

‘Entered point of no return’

Dark and ominous days ahead. We have now entered the point of no return. Our politicians, on both sides, have agreed to continue with more than $2 trillion dollars per year of deficit spendi...

‘Electric heating less expensive than natural gas’

It is true for my circumstance: Electric heating has proven to be less expensive than Atmos Energy natural gas. For the past two months, heating with electric has cost me about one-quarter o...

‘Putting fox in charge of chicken coop’

Doesn’t it seem incredible that the more the breadth and depth of the former president’s mischief is exposed in the courts, the more wildly popular he gets in the polls? Not only that, but h...

‘Asking for little help never granted’

Unfortunate end results for missing Rich Moore of Pagosa Springs, but glad his body and his dog have finally been found and, amazingly, the dog is still alive. I was in Pagosa right after th...

‘Expected to drive 60 miles’ for school

I’m a longtime La Plata County resident, living no more than five miles from Purgatory Resort since I was 15. At 15, I was transported by bus to Durango High School five days a week, with th...

‘Call out Boebert on genocide’

So far, there are few who have been willing to show up and support a movement united against racism, islamophobia, anti-semitism, transphobia, and above all, state-sanctioned violence and ge...

‘Some Americans have dysfunctional brains’

My friend George was murdered in 1973 running along the beach in San Francisco. I was running with him earlier or would not be alive to write this letter. Today we are all victims of gun vio...

‘Herald Facebook page. What a joke!’

Some years ago, The Durango Herald made a deal with the devil, oops, I meant Facebook to monitor the comments posted by readers on the Herald website. From my perspective, Facebook monitors ...

‘Vicious cycle brought Netanyahu, Hamas’

Patriarchal dominance cements its control beginning with humiliation, proceeding to intimidation and threats, then moving into violence. This vicious cycle has brought us Benjamin Netanyahu ...
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