He claimed that the AR-15, the fully automatic version of a weapon often used by America’s mass shooters, was “produced originally by Colt starting in 1963,” “has never been a…
A movie about bureaucratic infighting dryly lays bare our national soul
The good news is that council cut the budget – but we still would like answers
I witnessed each council member pleasantly moved by this indigenous youth’s plea to create a cultural forum and exchange. I attended the pow wow and was there for most of…
The year-old BLM parking lot was almost full of cyclists from around the region – young, old, families. Build it and they will come! I started with the recently completed…
racist cruel crude boastful bullying wantonly capricious vengeful exemplifies extreme narcissism juvenile aspires to autocratic rule ignorant of history contempt for the Constitution and rule of law total lack of…
Now we are subjected to New Mexico news in the Herald. What’s with that? There are so many interesting things happening in OUR town, yet you insert at least one…
I would love to know where Robin lives so that I can offer her neighborhood also. While Three Springs may not be as elite as she seems to think the…
Presidents can’t withhold aid Congress appropriates – blame Richard Nixon
Diringer quickly ceded that the U.N.’s Emissions Gap Report is a wake-up call. Another wake-up call. The end of snooze. But, he said, “There are hopeful signs. The headline numbers…
But he didn’t go far enough. Mountain biking is totally incompatible with hiking, horseback riding, wildlife conservation and even the health of mountain bikers themselves. Permitting mountain biking was a…
Unfortunately, Colorado is now at or near the bottom for funding teachers and schools. Our state is 50th in teacher wage competitiveness, 49th in novice teachers entering the profession, 47th…
It is, an important project for the entire city, as Youssef indicated at the budget hearing. The social, environmental, economic and public health benefits are numerous and an important investment…
We defeated this unnecessary drive years ago, and every clear-thinking resident needs to push back on an unfounded myth. Yes, plastic in the ocean is real and needs to be…
Mass shootings, in comparison, are a recent and a sadly disturbing phenomena. Confiscating the rifles from law-abiding citizens (the only ones who would capitulate to an edict of this kind)…
Does the Conquest of Mexico still matter?
Rep. Joe Neguse, elected November, 2018, brings the bill forward this year. He represents District 2, with his office in Boulder. Yes, the Thompson Divide citizens are thrilled. CORE designates…
States can write a clean proposal and put it directly before their voters. Bernie Sanders’ free college tuition plan does it state by state. A candidate could promise to support…
They brainwash the young school-age children to hate these very useful bags as dangerous to the environment, After these children have been indoctrinated to their liking, they put them up…
A story of a forgery improves with age – with clues about how we see ourselves
I am registered as an independent because I cannot respect either political party at the national level. Their priority is the next election rather than compromising to do what’s appropriate…
They don’t accept the will of the people. They seem to think they are gods. They are not. Daniel RoemerDurango
As we know, there are lots of roadblocks to housing in La Plata County. The biggest factor is economic disparity. The gap is widening. The city and county recently joined…
We owe this holiday in part to an early feminist who strove against the odds
That it has not gone as simply as all that should be no surprise. Hick jumped in the Senate primary race like an adult doing a cannonball at a children’s…
Durango’s winter hardiness agricultural index has increased from a Zone 4 in the 1990s to a Zone 6 today and the region has been experiencing less rainfall in the summer…
You hopefully also know that the CORE Act passed the U.S. House on Oct. 31 with bipartisan support. Thank you, Rep. Joe Neguse, for championing this bill. Diverse stakeholders including…
This has been a great example of civic involvement. The campaign to pass this district was driven by a group of citizens with widespread support from the families living in…
As the proliferation of bikers on trails grows, these impacts (and conflicts) are growing in frequency and intensity. I would add that besides impacts on wildlife, there is also an…
McCarthy had climbed from obscurity with a campaign of bullying and innuendo that attacked people and institutions with a charge of Communist complicity. Among those attacked were the State Department…
