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After wildfire, think of homeless animals

The fire that started in Hermosa is utterly horrific and heartbreakingly sad! The whole dangerous disaster could’ve been avoided if better decisions had been made from the beginning! If Al H...

They’re not the king’s lands, they’re ours

I just read Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-Utah) speech of June 29 at the Sutherland Institute outlining his three-point plan to transfer the public lands to private ownership. Senator Lee refers to our...

Enjoy your independence while it lasts

Hope you all enjoyed your Fourth of July celebration. With President Donald Trump and a constant parade of Republican leadership traveling to Russia to kiss Vladimir Putin’s ring or just s...

Governor’s race holds high stakes for all

The governor’s race will hold high stakes for Coloradans. Candidate Jared Polis wants to make Colorado a Sanctuary State like California. But, folks, the latest reports about San Francisco d...

Trump must hold Russia accountable

During the recent summit between President Trump and President Putin, President Trump demonstrated by word and deed what many of us have long feared: He simply does not care that a foreign p...

Railroad leaves disgusting mess behind

I lived up in North Hermosa years ago, and walked my dog along train tracks daily. There were always hundreds of plastic cocktail straws, bar napkins, beer bottles, human feces, used tampons...

Help Central Americans to stay home

I make a trip to Central America about six times a year and I have been going there for many years; so I am pretty familiar with their problems and understand why so many are trying to immig...

Congress needs to pass an inclusive paid leave bill

Congress is finally discussing paid leave. That’s great, but there are good and bad proposals. Family caregivers like me will be excluded if a bill provides only parental, not full family an...

Are people who fault train blameless?

The people who blame the train for the fire may be the same people who threw a burning cigarette out the window from the train here or elsewhere on a road or walked along the track or road o...

Building walls only helps to sell ladders

I am afraid that many political leaders today don’t understand the desperate situation the citizens of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador find themselves in. From all reliable sources, thes...

Don’t be piggy with apricots, please

Amazingly enough, there is an apricot crop in this year of drought and early frost. They may not be as excellent as usual, but still an amazing bounty is to be found on many local trees. ...

Something to think about

With the recent hullabaloo going on about diversity, division and separating the “we” from the “them” in the news lately, I had to ponder about what is right and fair. Are we a nation of imm...
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