Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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‘Proud of Boebert’ on 2nd Amendment

I’m proud of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert for her unwavering support of our Second Amendment rights. Boebert is correct that it is our constitutional right to keep and bear arms and that rig...

DATE: Jul 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Column ‘ridiculed hockey players’

I was quite perplexed as to why The Durango Herald thought the guest column “Read this before taking up hockey,” written by a basketball coach, was funny while it completely ridiculed hockey...

DATE: Jul 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Boebert ‘threat to civil liberties’

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s recent comment, featuring the separation of church and state as junk, is astounding! Doesn’t she realize that women struggled over a century for suffrage? That wom...

DATE: Jul 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Let’s get wolf restoration right

Recreational wolf hunting must never happen! Wolves are intelligent, social animals. Pack structures, prey and territorialism combine to regulate wild wolf populations. Science indicates tha...

DATE: Jul 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Handouts enabling, not changing lives’

Imagine reading this letter in the back of the newspaper: Dear Abby, This summer I have been inundated with unwelcome guests. They leave trash in my yard and shopping carts they have taken f...

DATE: Jul 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Is ideology overruling common sense?’

Let’s see some of this administration’s achievements that “Biden is better than average,” a headline from an editorial in May. In the handling of Afghanistan, America has lost credibility ab...

DATE: Jul 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Start small,’ refuse single-use plastic

It’s sobering to know that we humans inadvertently ingest about a credit card’s worth of plastic each week. So, it’s not a huge shock that plastic has been found in our bloodstreams. Is this...

DATE: Jul 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Natural predators ‘good’ for landscapes

In The Durango Herald on Sat., July 2, Andrew Gulliford pointed out that wolves manage their own herds through migration. Also wolves are what is known as a “keystone” or “apex” species that...

DATE: Jul 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Boebert’s Denmark remark ‘offensive’

It had been nearly a week since Lauren Boebert uttered an offensive, inaccurate statement, so I should have known it was time for this misguided individual to strike again. Regarding the rec...

DATE: Jul 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Who needs a background check?

The current disregard for the safety of ordinary Americans, including schoolchildren and their teachers, brings to mind my personal experience with background checks. I’m a family physician ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Independents mean more choices

Among many discussions about whether or not our elections are fair, most center around the voting process. However, fair elections must begin much earlier than election day. Do you know our ...

DATE: Jul 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Does ‘freedom’ mean being afraid?

Lauren Boebert signs are big images of her with the word “freedom” easily seen. I’d like to know if she thinks freedom is being afraid to send your child to school, a mall or a Fourth of Jul...

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion