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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

Deregulation: Freedom or lost protection?

Many politicians are touting “deregulation” as the economic miracle cure. The logic goes something like this: Less government equals less regulation, which equals more corporate ...

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

If the wall is built, cover it with art

Come hell or high water, the campaign promise to build a “huge” Mexican border wall will happen faster than you can shake a stick. The billions and billions of dollars to constru...

DATE: Feb 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Yes, BLM does have a choice on Chaco

Regarding your article, “Tribes plead with Bureau of Land Management for protection of Chaco” (Herald, Feb. 3), the BLM was wrong to claim “at this point, we don’t have a choice,” when refer...

DATE: Feb 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Additional information to clarify protests

I thought I would provide some additional information to help Katherine Reynolds (Herald, Feb. 2) and any others understand why around 3 million Americans marched in protest to the election ...

DATE: Feb 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Crisis calls for carbon fee and dividend

Chris Mooney’s article “U.S. Scientists Declare 2016 Hottest Year...” points out that both NOAA and NASA confirm rocketing global temperatures, demonstrating that climate change is real and ...

DATE: Feb 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor