Hopefully this disgraceful action will show the American people that it is now time to do away with the GOP and maybe a more moderate party will be formed out…
As to the energy used to produce bags, consider the amount of deforestation required to make paper bags, and in the process, eliminate carbon dioxide-reducing foliage. And then there is…
It will be interesting to see the chaos in the “regular” classes in the high school the first time a teacher is expected to change a diaper or to try…
Those we honor on this day will not be back. Whether you agree or disagree with a war, military action or political decision, these are our men and women who…
By approving civil unions for gay couples, Jones shows support for the relationship a gay couple enjoys, which is commendable. But when mentioning gay marriage, his focus is on their…
If he doesn’t like the laws the people of Colorado pass, he needs to immediately resign his position as sheriff. Then he can go join the lobbying arm of the…
Being a person who thinks that the adage “ignorance is bliss” is not necessarily true, I decided to commit to the course. It has been an eventful, educational, surprising, uplifting…
For including details of his death and the events leading up to his death that were inappropriate and irrelevant to the story, the writer of this article should be fired…
The new plan to relocate funding for this amazing program, under the administration of Superintendent Daniel Snowberger, is one of the worst things Durango School District 9-R could do to…
I overwhelmingly heard them joining with me in desiring our community to be leaders in energy development that supports local businesses and keeps dollars local. And, for those who also…
As was the case with my own column published in The Durango Herald on April 20, “College admissions process proves to be lesson in life.” Almost a month earlier before…
I had to assume they were lost for good. So I paid a locksmith to break into my car. What was my crime? Trusting the USPS to deliver mail in…
This problem is set to get much worse this summer when federal subsidized student loan rates are set to double, from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent and will further affect…
Boomers can take some credit for helping to advance civil rights. So where is the outrage and media uproar regarding Sen. John McCain’s off-the-cuff remarks last week? McCain said, “I…
The Herald should be ashamed that it allowed disrespectful details that where not needed to be included in the report on Taylor Folmar’s autopsy results. Perhaps this is why our…
We are writing to ask our community to write letters to Congress and our governor supporting our vets. These men and women have given us their time to help us,…
The new plan to relocate funding for this amazing program, under the administration of Superintendent Daniel Snowberger, is one of the worst things Durango District 9-R could do to its…
Why do these super-sized corporations still promote plastic bags? One local store never gives out plastic bags, but there are free cardboard boxes at the checkout for those of us…
Plastic bags are already recycled in bins provided by grocery stores. I have long disagreed with one grocer that only provides boxes if you forget a bag. Cardboard and newspaper…
As many are aware, we have created a greenhouse effect on our precious Earth simply because we choose to contribute to the ongoing tradition of buying and driving gas and…
So I had my day in court. I shared my opinion with the judge. He seemed to understand how I felt but told me the City Council sets the price…
We were in Oahu several weeks ago, quite a distance off the coast doing the archetypical “dolphin swim” (lots of fun). My little boy pointed out a sea turtle and…
In the 2008 Heller decision, the court ruled for the first time that the Second Amendment applied to an individual’s right to bear arms. However, even this conservative court stated…
The fat cats have been getting away with firings, stealing pensions, laying off in mass, unsafe working conditions, low wages, uncertainty in work all for the sake of bottom-line growth.…
One by one: The Muslim Brotherhood (changed name to Freedom and Justice Party). No. 2 is al Qaida. President Barack Obama said, after the slaying of Osama bin Laden, “We…
Joe Montonati came from Montrose and said, “I sure wish I’d have gotten one of those for Nick,” his disabled son who couldn’t make the trip. Jared Hensley turned and…
Why, then, is so much of humanity not truly free? We have domestic terrorists in our midst who seek to destroy our way of life, out-of-control government and law enforcement,…
