Yet this year, our commander in chief is considering granting pardons to convicted war criminals and military personnel who are in the midst of courts martial accused of war crimes.…
Tyler Smith pleads guilty for felony evading for his 20 minute chase with police and gets three years in “community corrections” (“Man who led police on 20-minute chase avoids jail…
Legislation passed to end the Electoral College in Colorado deprives voters of their rights and should be repealed. The new sex education law violates the rights of parent to decide…
With climate change in mind, we chose not to support pollution by purchasing tickets. In addition, the air quality on the south side of Main Avenue had us rethink our…
I had the not-so-great pleasure of officiating Adult (pre-school) basketball games in the winter/spring of 2018. Each night was filled with physical and verbal abuse toward officials and breaking up…
In his May 29 statement, Mueller indicated that the investigation did in fact find that Russian intelligence officers had launched an attack on our political system; he did not say…
I grew up in Union County, and the media coverage there always came from Texas and the Amarillo area. While I’m not criticizing Texas news, I would rather have listened…
This seems to me more of an understandable mistake than a misrepresentation and, in fact, there is more to the story. While Tipton was indeed at a public meeting in…
The U.S. pays $3.5 trillion per year for health care, well over $10,000 for every American man, woman and child. Most get poor coverage, wait lines, a scanty list of…
Of course, articles in the Herald always refer to illegal immigrants as “immigrants” because using a neutral term hides the objective fact that we have a lot of people here…
Parents, beware! Bob Rosenberg Durango
America thinks he is a fool. What a mistake! Remember how “grab them by the…” was covered over by a perfectly timed Wikileaks release of the stolen Democratic campaign documents?…
In June of 1969, a group of patrons at the Stonewall Inn, a popular New York City gay bar, fought back against police who had been staging frequent raids of…
5G radiation could also cause or aggravate autoimmune diseases, autism, Alzheimer’s disease and ADHD. Fetuses and children, whose brains absorb much more radiation, are the most vulnerable. The effects of…
Quit spending taxpayer dollars to fix what can’t be fixed. It is politically correct to say we want to help the homeless, and most of us want to. Guess what:…
I applaud the organizations, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Wilderness Watch, and the San Juan Citizens Alliance for their quick action to bring this matter to the attention of the…
1) Russia significantly interfered with our elections in 2016, hoping for a Trump win. 2) There was insufficient evidence to prove a conspiracy. 3) There was abundant evidence of collusion…
The skill, precision, choreography, incredible hard work and dedication never ceases to amaze me. Once again, we are able to enjoy our beautiful valley, thanks to their incredible efforts. Thank…
Others – perhaps more than half – would rather have their news independent, enlightened as to alternatives and consequences, and thus informative rather than polemical. That is a giant hole…
The thorough public process used to evaluate and define the SkyRaider trail demonstrates strong popular support. At present, the Raider Ridge overlooks the entire Skyridge neighborhood for nearly three miles,…
Caller: “Is this the Trump campaign? I have information on Joe Biden you’re going to want to hear.” Campaign HQ: “Before you say anything … are you an American citizen?”…
Many have asked what to do when they observe persons detaining Hispanics without presenting either warrants or their credentials or badges. Is this legal? No. When police or a sheriff…
Instead of the local rafting companies being able to take passengers on our excellent town run, in a year when the number of rafting passengers should be quite large (word…
Colorado is fast becoming California lite as new residents pour in from failing blue states. If I didn’t know better, I’d say California’s uber-progressive governor, Gavin Newsom, and Colorado’s Jared…
Is it just a coincidence in Durango and all over America that the more conservative they become, the more major crises they are facing? The homeless situation has escalated as…
Labels divide, reducing solutions. We could aptly say that since Trump has come into office, homelessness has increased so it’s the Republicans’ fault. This attitude doesn’t address the situation. The…
With all of the buzz around CBD lately, you should! The popularity and incredible growth of cannabidiol products, or CBD, is in a market that few knew about only a…
The Herald also reported the reaction “from the Tipton camp,” which fit perfectly with what we’ve come to expect of Trump and Trump enablers like Tipton: insults with zero basis…
However, Mr. Schackel mistakenly continues with a warning for us to “Be careful what you wish for with government-run healthcare.” He expresses a common misconception. Vested interests are trying to…
Chris Riley, President of Guzman, said they would “finance the early shutdown of (three Tri-State owned) coal plants, giving Tri-State a substantial cash infusion, in the vicinity of a half-billion…
