Yes, I’ll gladly shovel the snow. Far better than choking on forest fire smoke this coming summer. Despite the lack of sunshine, it’s clearly a new day in America. The…
One of us remembers a college political science lecture on the Civil War in which the professor claimed, “The Civil War was not about slavery. It was about economics.” He…
For practical purposes this EO will require any school that receives federal funding nearly every public high school and college to allow biological boys who self-identify as girls onto girls’…
But then Sen. Mitch McConnell has the audacity to – after voting “not guilty” – get up after the proceedings are over and declare that the case that the managers…
These are all places many of you have visited. There will be land protected right here in the San Juan Mountains. Support our senators in their efforts to champion the…
I think this is an appalling response to the threat to our democracy as well as to the lives of all the people who work in the Capitol. But when…
A female staffer replied sharply, “That is not what this was about, Ma’am! Never before in the history of Congress has …. ” I interjected, “There been so much violence…
James MorganDurangoEditor’s note: According to Wikipedia, the word “durango,” which is the name of a Mexican state, came from the indigenous Nahuatl language and means “masters of the hills” or…
I have been saying all along in this terrible time of children having to miss indoor school, all of the soothsayers moaning and groaning how our children are going to…
MidTown renewalInitiative poised to boost housing
I strongly disagree. There is excellent synergy between the Colorado Snowmobile Association, U.S. Forest Service, local clubs and Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Local snowmobile clubs work with the Forest Service…
Such expansion will draw even more homeless people to our neighborhoods, parks, and downtown Durango. Future services for the unhoused should not be near the center of town. In addition,…
Yet a woman’s right to make her own decisions about pregnancy is in peril, primarily from the U.S. Supreme Court. Reproductive rights advocates assume that with the conservative majority now…
For decades rural communities have solved their infrastructure dilemmas by creating utility cooperatives. In the 1930s, member-owned electric co-ops developed by farmers borrowed money from the federal government to construct…
Many of Aurelius’ writings, including this one, informed Christianity and made their way into the Christian orthodoxy. Nearly 2,000 years later, our founding fathers captured that sentiment with the motto…
Yet, all I receive from Democratic politicians are the same boilerplate fundraising pitches. Nothing to inform me. Nothing to engage my passions. Nothing to provide me with good talking points…
I want to make sure others in the future are able to experience that same feeling of awe that I felt then and I’m sure you can say the same.…
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It alarmed me, so I went to the fws.gov “Threats to Birds” web page for more information. I discovered that wind turbines (which kill up to 328,000 birds a year,…
Tourism and second-home owners may benefit segments of our economy, but they also have significant negative impacts and increase costs, including driving home prices up, increasing traffic and parking congestion,…
The community foundation had the privilege of partnering with the city in this granting effort. The foundation’s work facilitating community generosity is one of the many supportive roles we play…
Recently she introduced the Paris Agreement Constitutional Treaty Act. It prohibits any actions being taken or money spent to carry out the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement before Senate…
Housing affordability is now one of our biggest challenges. Attainable housing requires low-priced land and low-priced infrastructure. The challenge is that there are very few places that meets those requirements.…
Biden’s pause on leases is prudent
It stands to reason then that if thousands of windmills are spread across the United States, many birds will become extinct. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that windmill turbines…
I have tried to come up with some reasonable answers. It appears they don’t want Americans to have good paying jobs; they want open borders so that America can be…
Some people find the actions of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her radical far-left “squad” to be disturbing. And some find the actions of Marjorie Taylor Greene and the radical far-right “gang”…
Market and regulatory pressures continue to mount. We are in the midst of an energy transition, whether we want to be or not. Will we take the lead and shape…
The Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act would help ensure the future of our hunting and fishing heritage and the prosperity of our outdoor recreation economy by protecting vital…
Collectively, they represent the decidedly American value of personal responsibility. Let’s get one thing straight: We are not opposed to guns. Guns are part of Western American culture, these days…
