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Epstein: Choose the one who passes the Captain Hook test

I have a piece of advice that I want to pass on to some of your male readers. Sometimes I am asked by my male friends and acquaintances for advice about which one of their “girlf...

DATE: Apr 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hold drug corporations accountable

I’ve taken insulin ever since I was diagnosed with childhood diabetes 52 years ago. Diabetes made me worry about lots of related things but I didn’t used to worry about the price of my insul...

DATE: Apr 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Please print both sides of every issue

I am having a difficult time understanding why our local news finds itself to be more and more spokespersons instead of journalists. Having been characterized as a wealthy specia...

DATE: Apr 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

End easy access to murder machines

Assault weapons and large bullet magazines were illegal in this country for ten years (1994-2004). During that time murders with those weapons declined. Studies show that trained...

DATE: Apr 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Incredible students, community, march

Thanks so much to the greater Durango community and the people who came from Bayfield, Ignacio and even from Aztec and other parts of San Juan County, N.M., for supporting our high school st...

DATE: Apr 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The ironic violence of the ‘tolerant’ left

Durango’s March for Our Lives was a truly enlightening event. Over the hour that I stood with my pro-gun sign, claiming “We need MORE guns” and “The 2nd shall NOT be infringed,” I was treate...

DATE: Apr 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Students are Katzin Music’s true legacy

Katzin Music will be sadly missed. Retail in our current world is extremely challenging and not for the faint of heart. In these times, art and music are vulnerable to extinction. ...

DATE: Apr 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Make extra effort with the quiet kid

I was the quiet kid in class. You may have a new kid in class today that nobody knows. And, yes, he may be the new quiet kid just like I was. My dad was a sergeant in the Army. T...

DATE: Mar 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tips for candidates applying for a job

Now that we’re into another election cycle, it’s a good time to reflect on the job description of the positions to be filled by our votes, remembering that we are the “employer” and responsi...

DATE: Mar 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Please be reasonable; re-elect Barger

With the LPEA elections, please, folks, be reasonable. Please vote for Karen Barger in District 4. Who cares about politics? I care about somebody with a level head and a business background...

DATE: Mar 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Time to talk about innovative housing

Over the past 35 years, our nation’s homelessness increased in rural/urban areas (up 4 percent in Colorado in 2017). Nearly 100 individuals and children camp in the hills west of downtown Du...

DATE: Mar 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Say goodbye to the leftist Denver Post

I can remember back in the 1980s, around Denver, when people would say, “There’s only two things wrong with Denver: The Denver Post and The Rocky Mountain News.” Both papers were widely know...

DATE: Mar 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor