Opinion

Rep. Hurd, focus on constituents vs. reelection

Rep. Hurd, you are not off to a very good start with the people of Western Colorado. Maybe it would be best, if you are in a long term career in politics, for you to focus on your unhappy co...

The laughingstock: U.S. votes with Russia, N. Korea, Iran

The U.S. voted against a resolution condemning Russia’s actions and supporting Ukraine’s territorial integrity. The U.S. voted with Russia, North Korea and Iran against the resolution. We h...

Motion to censure Bosmans is troublesome

Today, after reading the censure motion planned for the March 4 City Council Meeting and listening to the Feb. 4 council meeting, I am disturbed. As a member of the first Board of Ethics an...

Kip Koso is very much an adult in the room

A recent editorial, “Not the Durango Way” (Herald, Feb. 23), posed the question: “Were there adults in the room?” in reference to our current city council and recent legal actions it approve...

Wake up, Americans! Our country is in deep trouble

Enough is enough. When I watched the spectacle of President Donald Trump and Vice President Vance trying to belittle President Zelensky of Ukraine on national news, I knew Trump had crossed ...

Speak up if you care about healthy food, kids and lands

During this time of political upheaval in our federal government we need to let our elected representatives know what we really care about. However you feel about the need for government re...

Imagining Rep. Hurd’s response to Elon’s email request

Dear Elon, here’s what I did this week: I voted to end health care for nearly 25% of my constituents so that billionaires receive $450 billion in tax cuts and the national debt is incre...

It’s more about fear than allegiance to Trump

Were I given time on the floor of our Senate chamber, I would admonish “my colleagues on the other side of the aisle.” So this is what it has come to. The Republican majority has lost its ne...

Trump’s Ukraine betrayal, what America stands for now

I would like to convey the following comments coming from Benjamin Wittes, editor-in-chief of Lawfare, penning a moving article that captures the depravity and significance of Trump’s betray...

The president who would be king

President Donald Trump’s posting, “Long live the king,” says out loud what his actions in the last month have implied: He seeks the kind of royal power that the Founders feared. The Constitu...

The infinite resource should be an easy choice

When a new home is built in our sunny Southwest locale, the homeowners, architects and builders need to choose the fuel source for the home. One option is a finite resource, costs the owner ...

I ache for my country, my ancestors

My heart aches for my country, burdened by the actions of our current president and his unlawful group who are tearing apart our constitutional republic. As a fifth-generation Western Color...
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