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Editorials don’t seem current, intelligent

Two recent editorials, “ It seems that the column should reflect a synthesis and opinion about current topics and issues, and reflected as intelligent thought. Corey Sue Hutchins...

For life lessons, check Funday Sunnies

It’s interesting and amusing for me to read all the letters in our Durango Herald. Our most erudite residents work diligently using 13-letter words to show everyone how intelligent they are....

Scouts, food drive show Durango cares

Durango has once again proven its generosity as a community. Saturday, Feb. 16, the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of our community picked up 3,543 pounds of food for the Durango Food ...

Make It Count boxes make me ashamed

Have you seen the Make it Count donation boxes in businesses around downtown Durango? They say, “Make it count and show that Durango cares by giving to nonprofits and not to panhandlers.” ...

Just how long has this been going on?

The editorials in the paper have taken a wonderful turn for the better in recent weeks. I used to expect a predictable viewpoint, a liberal and politically Democratic slant to any...

No one throws shade on sweet Durango

In response to Victor Straub (“ Your remarks regarding snowplow drivers in our happy, sweet little town are way out of line. Asking “Did some of the plow people have the night off so they c...

Hold your tongue, now, it’s a snowy town

With the snow that Durango has received, everyone needs to take a deep breath and take it easy. Don’t only slow down with your driving, but with your remarks. This is a small rural town. ...

Dennis Johnson was one of the greats

I just read of Dennis Johnson’s passing (“ One summer, late 1960s, I worked the Diamond Circle Theatre. Dennis would do”Toot-Toot-Tootsie, Good-bye, or ”The Cremation of Sam McGee, every ni...

This isn’t warming, it’s global cooling

What causes Earth’s weather? It is not the ocean currents and not CO2 – it is the sun. Don’t take my word for it, though. Google “geologic climate change” and you will find that i...

Licenses for undocumented immigrants

As our new legislative cycle and year begins, I hope our state lawmakers make expanding access to driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants their top priority. This would benefit all Col...

Socialism not the answer to anything

Is Socialism the Answer? “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries,” Winston Churchil...

Direct popular vote for president, yes!

In response to Peter Neds’ letter, “ Democrats are certainly not the enemy of the republic and it’s too bad Neds takes such a hateful approach to bring it up for debate. It clearly needs to...
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