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Some doctors prefer Medicare for All

The corporations fighting against Medicare for All are powerful and well funded. Drug makers, insurance companies and private hospitals have banded together, calling themselves the Partnersh...

DATE: May 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The amendment for reproductive rights

In 2018, the Herald published a letter of mine with reference to the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. In the last paragraph, I mentioned that I thought all previous ...

DATE: May 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Love and courage at the Rec Center

I was swimming laps at the Durango Recreation Center when the noise grew to a dull roar – the whole 6th grade class of Bayfield Middle School descended. As I gathered my things, my attention...

DATE: May 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Take an hour Monday to honor soldiers

Memorial Day is Monday. For one hour, leave your spring cleaning, spring planting, discount shopping, picnic fixings, baseball mitt, suntan lotion, bicycle races, vintage autos, dog walking,...

DATE: May 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Who needs China? Trade wars are wrong.

The Trump administration is focused on appropriation of intellectual property if a product is manufactured in China and on the huge trade deficit with China. If U.S. companies tha...

DATE: May 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Stop supporting panhandlers, disrespect

The definition of a job is “a task or piece of work, especially one that is paid.” Thus, panhandling is a job. Homeless people accomplish the task of panhandling and are paid. So, why can pa...

DATE: May 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Story on caring for mentally ill resonates

Thank you for bringing awareness to a subject that has very little fanfare (“ The most recent article about the frustrations the Middleton family experiences is one of hundreds in this nati...

DATE: May 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Ballot wrong place for Electoral College

The petition currently in circulation to force a statewide vote on the National Popular Vote bill would almost certainly be ruled to be unconstitutional by the current Supreme Court. ...

DATE: May 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Carbon dividend bill is what’s needed

Appreciation to all who have made changes to reduce their carbon footprint, addressing climate change. Problem is, individual actions are not enough. We need industry a...

DATE: May 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Welcome to logic in the age of Trump

The Trump/Barr/Republican leadership position is that: A president cannot be indicted while he’s in office; The attorney general’s decision to exonerate the president i...

DATE: May 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

There are no conspiracies in this county!

I would like to respond to the letter from Ms. Yarina (“ Colorado requires all county assessors to re-value the property in their county every two years. For tax years 2020 and 2021, values...

DATE: May 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The citizens are letting the county down

A letter to the editor accuses our elected county commission and employees of the county of hoodwinks and high jinks with regard to property tax assessments (“ The citizens of La Plata Coun...

DATE: May 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor