While attending Fort Lewis to earn a K-6 teaching license, I was alarmed at the anti-American rants of many professors. The left-leaning curriculum to which I was subject could have…
Courtesy of Studio &du1-i-syn Numerous artisan markets and cultural events are taking place all over town and, simultaneously, city staff members are working to answer what role they should play…
A climate change skeptic who is aligned with special interests contrary to the wise stewardship of our natural resources, Pruitt has indicated his priority is to dismantle environmental protections past…
Yeah, you really stuck it to those politically correct liberals by shaking Washington up with an outsider. But Donald Trump is nothing new, just more extreme. Americans are never happy.…
Moratorium a wise precaution to keep a healthy retail mix downtown
du1-i-syn That fact is one thing upon which most residents agree. The tiny mountain hamlet has struggled economically for years. Silverton Mountain and Silverton Guides have become an increasingly important…
We could always turn on the baseboard heaters if we needed a warmer temperature, but we have not turned ours on in the four years since our house was built.…
A lot of the liberal news outlets are trying to mask the fact that Obama personally interfered by laying the action against the Army Corps of Engineers. No, it was…
Fortunately, calmer heads recognize the challenge we face. These people prefer to address this concern with courage and determination rather than fear and anger. One such group is the Conservative…
Now Silverton Guides wants to exchange 5,566 acres for 16,252 acres of Bureau of Land Management lands to operate in. These new BLM lands are east of Silverton Mountain where…
Classes end soon, and the students will be scattered and gone. I would not expect much of a follow up after that. I would suggest that the students be given…
For reasons I can only speculate, Silverton Mountain’s heli-ski operators somehow think it’s acceptable to share terrain with backcountry skiers, Nordic skiers, snowshoe folk and people whose dogs think they…
du1-i-syn As detailed by the Associated Press (Herald, Dec. 7), 4,400 fifth-grade students are voting to elect the state’s new “kid governor.” It is part of a program to ensure…
The rationale used was that the benefits of fluoride for cavity reduction in dental health are very well-settled and beyond dispute, and that this is an issue that should be…
However, I have to break it to these folks that their vote for Trump was, in fact, the thing that empowered him. It was their horrifically irresponsible decision to elect…
Eric Speck (Herald, Dec. 6) wants us to believe there is a new silent majority. Trump may have won, but getting nearly 3 million fewer votes does not put you…
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du1-i-syn All that could be undone by one simple fact: President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., to be his attorney general and, as reported by the magazine…
As a recent book on Jefferson and American politics says: “The Jeffersonian vision was an essentially libertarian one” and it was believed then that “the common good could be entrusted…
du1-i-syn Yet in the world outside politics, we know words matter, especially when they describe a public institution’s intentions and goals, its purpose and relevancy. That is why it is…
Uniting the power and generosity of people, a win for givers and receivers
It wasn’t until I screamed “your dog just bit me” that she made any attempt to control it. She assured me that it was OK because the dog had its…
The American working class are sick and tired of elitists telling them how to live their lives. The politically correct culture and identity politics are now dead! Americans merely stood…
I will give a nod to Gold King Mine spill reporting, yet, I will also dig Durango Herald in my video, as this new online Wallit system is not user-friendly.…
We also were able to purchase a class set of Montessori math manipulatives for our Student Learning Support class, comprised of children with Down’s syndrome or autism. These materials were…
After more contemplation, I have arrived at some conclusions and understand why those acquaintances don’t care to answer. I believe that the modern liberal (perhaps neo-liberal as they are certainly…
All of us, please, pass on the love and tolerance and acceptance of all. Cheryl Blackwell Durango
du1-i-syn Today, the city of Durango and the county continue to experience a considerable and growing shortage of affordable and workforce housing. Combined with an anticipated increase in low-paying service…
Higher taxes on diminishing Social Security benefits? Perhaps more usurious interest rates on student loans? How about cutting any sort of health care benefits? (Hey, if you can’t afford medical…
