Whether it’s making Medicaid nearly inaccessible (see “Big, Beautiful Bill”); assaulting immigrant mothers in the middle of the night; attacking Social Security under the false pretext of eliminating “fraud and…
Regardless of Durango governance’s pretense of not trying to circumvent U.S. immigration law and its intent, the federal government recognizes Durango as a “sanctuary city.” The general idea to remember…
I was waiting for the bus one day, early in the afternoon. I was talking with a guy standing there. Suddenly, Durango police officers come in a pickup and start…
My father and my six uncles were in World War II, a brother and many cousins were in Nam. I am proud of the U.S. Army on its 250 year…
Life in America has changed for the worse. Congress has long abdicated its constitutional powers as enumerated in Article 1, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. Congress was granted the…
I am a born and raised lifelong Durango resident, dog lover, trail runner and user. I have been encountering more and more people on the trails, walkers, runners, mountain bikers,…
I just read an article regarding an 84-year-old disabled Vietnam veteran who has taken his U.S. flag down in protest of what Donald Trump and his administration are doing to…
An article (Herald, May 15) on the arrest of five people at work at the local business, Rock Solid, sent a chill through me. A subsequent article (Herald, May 20)…
Rep. Jeff Hurd’s Productive Public Lands Act, (H.R. 1997) stated goal is to “unlock resource development” on BLM lands in Colorado. Yet, the Resource Management Plans it seeks to overturn…
Three months ago, my wife and I made national headlines after helping a young trans man escape an abusive home. The backlash was brutal. We received death threats. The right-wing…
I guess the Herald thought men driving Elon’s Cybertrucks needed empathy and understanding (Herald, Jun. 2). I disagree. Of course, we’re all free to drive whatever automobile we choose. I…
The $400 million “gift-plane” to the Department of Defense from the Qatar (Hamas-supporting) government is either payment for something secretly done, or a bet on receiving a future benefit from…
On May 22, in the wee hours of the morning, the House passed a budget bill that will cut $700 billion from Medicaid and $500 billion from Medicare. If this…
Dear America, How are you? It’s been a while … more than a hundred days since I’ve heard from you. Are you negotiating and getting kickbacks in Qatar? Or, were…
The malevolence sweeping the power structures in this country is allowing people to be the very worst versions of themselves. Nothing manifests the belief more than watching how Donald Trump…
I finally understand our president’s total disdain for Harvard University. Harvard’s motto is “Veritas” in Latin. The English translation is “Truth.” Gerald Schaerer Durango
Rep. Jeff Hurd’s “yes” vote on the budget reconciliation bill was wrong for our district. He said he would support clean energy tax credits. This bill rescinds the clean energy…
I’m afraid this country is no longer “by the people, for the people.” It is now under leadership that is run by a billionaire for billionaires. A man who ran…
Many Democrats have decided to wait out Trump and do their best to get back to the White House in 2028. That’s the strategy ancient democrats adopted when Julius Caesar…
I just finished my first time riding in the Citizen Tour of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic. What a blast! Durango to Silverton – 49 miles of breathtaking scenery over…
Rep. Jeff Hurd promised he would protect Medicaid from cuts and then voted for the so called “Big Beautiful Bill,” which will cut Medicaid and food stamps. Is this behavior…
Thank you to Mountain Middle School and Shane Voss for letting us use your fabulous school to host a dog handling seminar. We spent a weekend training our local dog…
Josh Hawley, Republican U.S. senator from Missouri, recently wrote an opinion article in The New York Times imploring his Congressional colleagues not to cut Medicaid benefits in their effort to…
My medical colleagues and I regularly see patients who have waited far too long to seek care and who have suffered needlessly as a result. Why? Because they either totally…
What’s the greatest threat to Colorado’s elk population? Habitat loss, climate change, chronic wasting disease or wolves? According to many Colorado hunters, the answer is “wolves.” I recently heard this…
The House recently passed their “Big Beautiful Bill” of health care cuts, cuts to veteran services, increased energy bills and juicy tax cuts that disproportionately benefit billionaires. This bill’s passage…
We, the undersigned, are Vietnam veterans who are currently receiving medical and mental health care through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics. Every one of us stepped…
I recall from pre-Fox, pre-Limbaugh days that I could talk with Republicans about what they valued and their view for legislative policies and social programs. We could find common ground…
This is like the “emperor has no clothes.” There is only one dog park in Durango. This dog park is not one-size-fits-all. I have a small, energetic dog who quickly…
In the recent opinion column, “Democrats are invoking the ‘Rule of Law‘ selectively and hypocritically,” (Herald, May 18), the author employed a mix of “alternative facts,” false equivalencies and omissions…
