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Opinion

Look outside the American education box

The story about 9-R’s financial problems was good (Herald, Dec. 11). I sympathize with the board and superintendent as they deal with the situation, but I offer a few other thoughts that see...

Obama continues to lie, bring down country

Enough is enough. President Obama continues to lie. He has avoided being transparent in home and national decision-making. These include Benghazi, U.S. border control, U.S. Treasury, Syria. ...

Herald included no mention of Pearl Harbor

It’s been 72 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor, “The day which will live in infamy.” More than 2,400 Americans were killed that day. As I have over the years, I check our paper Dec. 7 (...

Republicans keep moving scale to new lows

Why is it that every time you think the Republicans have reached the bottom of the sleazebag-o-meter, they somehow manage to lower the scale? First, they gut the Affordable Care ...

Climate change skeptics personally attacked

It’s often been said that when one’s arguments are weak or the debate is being lost, there is a reversion to ad hominem personal attacks. We’re seeing this more and more in the climate cha...

Success of local GED graduates is gratifying

It is so gratifying to read about the success of our Durango Education Center’s GED graduates. Now a chef at Mahogany Grille, Anthony Hamlin graduated about a decade ago and has been pursuin...

Tanning story had dangerous misinformation

I wanted to contact you regarding, “Rays of hope for winter tanners” (Herald, Dec. 5). I am a local physician here in Durango, and I’m very disturbed by the story’s content. No local physici...

River issue is not tubes, but enforcement

The story about banning tubing from Oxbow (Herald, Nov. 25) misses the point. This is not a classist, socioeconomic fight. As a practical matter, most people in a craft without a paddle – pa...

Try to consider the tradeoffs of Obamacare

I read with interest Chip Tuthill’s op-ed about Obamacare and how he had such a good outcome (Herald, Dec. 1). He was in a lower-income bracket, thus eligible for assistance with his premium...

Glowing op-ed doth protest too much

I’m sure an op-ed from someone who’s had a negative experience with Obamacare and/or ConnectforHealthCo is forthcoming (sarcasm), but until then, I’d like to point out a few things in respon...

Support the Durango Discovery Museum

How wonderful for the public schools to have generous friends such as the Katz family. It is our good fortune that private citizens, such as the Katzes, have stepped up in support of Durango...

Tomato-based GMO criticism was flawed

Regarding the story on GMO foods (Herald, Dec. 4), I wanted to point out that the statement that “plant geneticists crossed a fish with a tomato to create the Flavr Savr tomato” is factually...
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