Opinion

Something we can all get behind

I believe that one bipartisian bill that all of us (maybe not the big corporations) could agree on is that there should be no Christmas advertising, sales, incentives, promotions, specials, ...

Who are the homeless?

I have interacted with homeless folks for several years. I have listened to community talk and I have read the Herald reports of community comments about homeless. As a licensed psychologis...

Leadership should be caring, competent

Should Donald Trump be successful with his deportation plan, the wave of inflation we’ve just been through will seem easy. We don’t have enough workers to fill all the job openings in Durang...

Fluoridation: True and false

True: Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral. False: The fluoride used in Durango is natural. In Durango, we add the toxic, unpurified, industrial waste product from aluminum manufacturin...

Neutrality and harmony in our schools

As a retired 9-R educator with 30 years of elementary teaching experience, I write in support of a policy prohibiting the display of political symbols in 9-R schools, except at authorized ev...

We must defy sellout

I heard a comment that Trump and MAGA are the new normal. In every way, 100%, no. I aim to defy them at every step. The corporate media equivocate and normalize, a monstrous disloyalty to ev...

Democrats deserve better from their leaders

I found the opinion piece by the former chairman of La Plata County Democrats tone deaf in the extreme. The first half detailed all the accomplishments of the Biden administration that the m...

People over party

The notion that independents or extremists within the party cost Democrats the election is absurd. While Republicans have certainly followed their extremists to the far right, Democrats have...

Investigate secretary of state’s security breach

Colorado residents deserve secure elections and transparency from state officials. However, a serious security breach involving Secretary of State Jena Griswold raises significant concerns. ...

The MAGA morality lesson

How to tell right from wrong in America, a public service announcement from Project 2025: When you don’t want to pay your bills, just ask yourself, “What would Trump do?” When you see a chan...

MAGAs look to the past

“Moving on with an eye to the future that is a blank slate” and “forgetting the past” is the MAGAspeak equivalent to Kevin Roberts saying the country is in the midst of a “second American Re...

Good manners go a long way

Good manners go a long way. When I first ran for the Legislature in 2016 against incumbent J. Paul Brown, I won by the narrowest of margins. He called me on election night to concede, with a...
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