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The real threat is not foreign immigrants

A recent online poll showed that 52 percent of Herald readers believe that tighter rules for immigrants will curb terrorism in the U.S. There is only one problem here – there are virtually n...

DATE: Feb 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A valentine for journalists everywhere

It is late Tuesday night, Feb. 14th, 2017: I want to thank American journalists, especially the Washington press corps, who are on the job and working constantly to find the trut...

DATE: Feb 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sen. Gardner is unwilling to listen to us

Senator Cory Gardner has continued to insist that “paid protesters” have been calling his offices, making it difficult for his own “real” constituents from Colorado to get through to him. ...

DATE: Feb 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

End-of-Life Options Act all about choice

Upon reading Robert Goodrich’s angry outburst at the Herald (Feb. 8) and an individual’s right to peacefully end hopeless suffering, I wondered why he feels he should control everybody. ...

DATE: Feb 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Make the bridge actually go somewhere

With all the upcoming planning and building projects that sound like they will be passed, and roads that will need to be built to accommodate our traffic, I have a suggestion. Ma...

DATE: Feb 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tipton is no defender of our public lands

Rep. Scott Tipton has joined with the Republicans in an all-out assault on the nation’s public lands. His actions show that he feels environmental protections need to be gutted, and our publ...

DATE: Feb 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tipton should act on climate priorities

As noted in The New York Times on Feb. 7 (“A Conservative Climate Solution: A Republican Group Calls for A Carbon Tax”), a group of elder Republican statesmen, including former Secretary of ...

DATE: Feb 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Confirmation of DeVos was shameful

Itâ€™s a sad day for public education in America. I, like thousands of others across the country, have been alarmed by the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary. As the...

DATE: Feb 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Time to step up and be responsible

We all have people we care about who have not realized the basic lessons of life – how to care for themselves, for example. Maybe a family member is addicted, strangely deaf to o...

DATE: Feb 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Remove symbols of hate from property

I am a soldier in the U.S. Army. I am also a Jew. And if that is a concern for you, we have a fundamental problem. Because this country – the one that I serve and which I’m sworn...

DATE: Feb 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Why not shop locally for school mentors?

Why take the long way around to connect kids with mentors in the 9-R school district, as was traced out in a recent front page story (Herald, Feb. 3)? The Check and Connect progr...

DATE: Feb 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Open letter to Sen. Gardner, Rep. Tipton

Sen. Cory Gardner: The recent election that brought Donald Trump to the White House is alarming on many levels. I am among the large number of your constituents who are counting on you to ac...

DATE: Feb 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor