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Opinion

Word choice poor in seeking quiet

I would like to apologize to a father and his two daughters that were at Cuckoo’s during the presidential address on Sunday night, Dec. 6. I raised my voice at a table near their...

Those on watch list should not get guns

Even though I’ve been a member of the NRA for more than 30 years, I can’t believe that the Republican Senate voted to reject a ban on allowing people on the Terrorist Watch List to buy guns....

Vote for candidates concerned for future

Are we not yet at a tipping point for gun violence and human-induced climate change? Or will our country continue to ignore the facts and avoid taking action until things get so bad that mil...

City wrong to subsidize nonresident rates

Last December, the City Council raised the rates we pay for water and sewer and these higher rates took effect on Jan. 1. At the same time, City Council decided to continue its policy of ch...

Give $20 to a struggling individual

Come on, Durango. Lighten up. We may not be able to stop terrorists from hating America, or get a free trolley ride, but we can yet make life better for our local community. Here’s how: Requ...

Netanyahu is short on real substance

Talks last month between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had Netanyahu primarily interested in ensuring $5 billion per year in military aid from th...

Bloody visuals can inspire copycat killers

The front page story headlined “Surprise: U.S. sees major decline in gun violence” (Herald, Dec. 4) sent me to the typewriter. The male-dominated mass shootings, blanketing our brains on all...

Giving the homeless homes saves money

A simple idea has proved itself so effective that towns across the U.S. and Canada have been adopting the model known as “Housing First.” These communities have realized that society’s cost ...

Flags should stay at half-staff

Since there are thousands of homicides a year as a result of gun violence, with many of these guns legally purchased, why don’t we just leave our flags at half-staff to honor those killed?...

Purgatory plan never fully implemented

Fifty some years ago, Bob Fisher and I first skied Purgatory. Purgatory’s presence was contingent upon community financing, so historically, Purgatory and the community went hand-in-hand. ...

City can adopt affordable-housing policy

Have you struggled to find housing within your budget in Durango? Rentals, a home for you and your children, retirement facilities for your parents? Have you heard your friends or your emplo...

Conservative fanaticism results in horror

A white, American gunman invaded the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood last week. In righteous anger he killed three people, wounding nine more. Will we hear the Republican presidential ca...
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