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Tell council to budget for climate action

We face the ultimate emergency in climate change – extinction. Once the climate is tipped, no human actions will prevent the release of millions of tons of trapped methane, resulting in coll...

Complaints about the train are dishonest

Every week there is a new letter to the editor complaining about smoke, noise, fire risk or some other aspect of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge train. Often, these compla...

Need to keep hearing from left and right

The Durango Herald has been very open about posting letters from folks representing the left and the right. Kudos. In every letter, no matter their perspective, they blame the oth...

More gun laws won’t stop evil-doers

I spent some time talking to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. CBI couldn’t answer the question: how many gun laws are already...

No reason to destroy ‘hot’ hemp crops

An article in the Herald (“ State and federal regulatory bodies have not established reasonable and consistent THC levels. In Colorado it’s 0.3% for Delta-9 THC (the part of plan...

Elvis and the Herald do nothing for me

The Durango Herald continues to show that it no longer wants to be a leader in influencing public opinion for the betterment of our community. Yet again, the lengthy editorial on ...

On this, I will stand with Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee opposed the construction of statues and memorials commemorating the Southern cause in the aftermath of the Civil War. Jonathan Horn, author of the biography “The Man Who Would ...

Gabbard is the best choice for president

I just read the article, “ Our nation needs a leader who will bring people together. That is one of the reasons why I’ve decided to support Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii for presi...

George Will and I have had enough

George Will, a respected , prominent conservative author, is also a former member of the Republican Party. He is among the many who have written about the recent horrific mass shootings in T...

Mercy used to be a righteous hospital

I would like to commend Candace Richerson for speaking out loud about a sore subject that most often goes whispered about, grumbled about, but seldom mentioned in bold print (“ We used to h...

The selfish train belongs in a museum

Julie Meadows’ letter to the Herald (Aug. 5) about the train “ The train pumps out carcinogenic smoke into our town every day. It creates sound pollution with its offensively loud whistle. ...

Please write more about this president

President Trump did not leave the golf course after two mass murders, and once he flew off to Ohio and Texas three days later, he talked with an influential NRA CEO who wanted no gun laws re...
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