Editorials
Letters to the Editor
Barr’s influence will assist future teachers
Barr awarded FLC students close to $250,000 in the last 15 years, in portions of no less than $750, and often as much as $2,000, a semester per student. Many…
Letters to the Editor
Barr was great role model, generous donor
I fell in love with teaching. But as all young adults, I wanted to find some adventure, so after college, I moved to Durango. When deciding to go back to…
Editorials
Snow-survey funding
Though short-term, restoring money for program critical to all water users
Letters to the Editor
Senators trying to dodge blame for failures
Watch for Udall to try and divert the public’s attention from their tax-and-spending failures at every opportunity. Rod Ems Durango
Letters to the Editor
Remembering lost loved ones is a great gift
I’ve learned that there’s comfort in being reminded of him. A few days ago, I was stopped downtown by a friend. She put her hand on my shoulder and said,…
Letters to the Editor
Use gas, oil revenue to fund tuition waiver
One issue that remains, however, is how to pay for it. A precedent for funding public higher education exists. In the 19th century, the sale of public lands was used…
Letters to the Editor
Draw from Roberta Barr’s sincerity, kindness
Her sincerity and kindness are models that I will follow as I pursue my own path to becoming a teacher. This past fall, I was deeply flattered and touched to…
Editorials
Christmas spirit
Facts on the ground dispute the notion that the holiday has been diminished
Letters to the Editor
Real reform would go beyond Obamacare
In developed, industrial countries where health care is state sponsored, the legislature regulates the industry. The cost of pharmaceuticals and health-care reimbursement is regulated by the equivalent of Congress. In…
Letters to the Editor
Time is right for switching to solar power
This initiative is taking local renewable power seriously and is facilitating 100 new solar electric installations in the county. Here are some great reasons to consider installing solar today and…
Editorials
NSA snooping
Opening salvo fired as judge says collecting phone records ‘likely unconstitutional’
Editorials
Free parking is welcome
Very early in the new year, parking rates will be increased. Along Main Avenue, and half a block on either side, parkers also will be able to use a credit…
Letters to the Editor
Obamacare opponents should explain hatred
One would think ACA must have some truly significant flaws that would motivate conservative members of Congress to try to shut down the federal government for 16 days at a…
Letters to the Editor
Fair Deal must continue New Deal tradition
President Obama and Pope Francis have now each voiced their concerns about this issue. But, what can be done to force our other leaders to follow suit? I suggest we,…
Letters to the Editor
Schools should be donation-funded only
If all the people in 9-R who are still shocked about the failure of Amendment 66 were to give $5,000 or $10,000, then everyone would be happy. The schools would…
Letters to the Editor
Students fortunate 9-R has priorities straight
All I could think of as our children performed was the caption above. I am so glad that Snowberger and our school board have the proper priorities for our schools.…
Editorials
Fort Lewis
Congress should approve federal funding for FLC’s Native American tuition waiver
Letters to the Editor
Herald’s priorities are misguided
Ambassadors and military have died with no investigation, IRS targets people based on politics, NSA spies on its own people, millions are losing their health-care coverage (We were promised we…
Letters to the Editor
Look outside the American education box
Firstly, according to The Economist on Dec. 7, 15-year-old students in the United States taking the Program for International Student Assessment math tests scored behind those from 25 other countries.…
Letters to the Editor
Obama continues to lie, bring down country
On Dec. 3, he stated that Obamacare was up and running. Another lie? Impeach him today. Fred Gale Durango
Letters to the Editor
Herald included no mention of Pearl Harbor
President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed and essentially asked Congress to declare war against Japan. Unlike the gridlock of today, his request was granted the same day. I am a generation…
Letters to the Editor
Republicans keep moving scale to new lows
First, they gut the Affordable Care Act, making it the watered-down law that it is by refusing the government option, removing any real competition; then whined that insurance companies have…
Letters to the Editor
Climate change skeptics personally attacked
Rick VanWagenen personally attacked Mike Sigman (Letters, Herald, Nov. 15) with an accusation that Sigman’s facts are dreamed up. VanWagenen actually put it much more crudely with an allusion to…
Opinion
Take CDOT transportation survey by Dec. 15
In 2014, there is the prospect of a ballot measure to ask the voters to raise the state sales tax by seven-tenths of a percentage point in order to fund…
Editorials
Connect Silverton
Town has been waiting far too long for adequate, high-speed Internet access
Letters to the Editor
Success of local GED graduates is gratifying
Reading about Anthony made me recall another GED grad, Tyler Whitt, who is now the owner of a water-management company, Crystal Clear Water Systems. Tyler is an amazing worker and…