Opinion Columns – The Durango Herald

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‘Time to rethink impact of constant growth’

Tune to any news channel and you’re bound to hear the question: Is the United States in a recession? Two consecutive quarters of a negative gross domestic product is, by definition, a recess...

DATE: Aug 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘We need to build more, not tax more’

With bipartisan support for the $750 Taxpayer Bill of Rights refund checks that are hitting mailboxes this month, you would think that liberal special interests would back off their push to ...

DATE: Aug 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Don’t believe a cartoon talking bear on wildfires

Smokey Bear lied to us. I know that may sound harsh but it’s true. He told us, “Only you can prevent forest fires.” Ha! We know that there can be many causes of wildfires that we have no con...

DATE: Aug 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Much to celebrate in passage of climate legislation

Those hoping to preserve a livable world for ourselves, our children and our grandchildren can find much to celebrate in the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act recently passed...

DATE: Aug 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Crime will change with different leaders

In early May, my car was stolen from a parking lot. Two hours after I left it outside of a park, it was gone. Far too many Coloradans are familiar with this experience. When the police arriv...

DATE: Aug 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

5 things Frisch must do to beat Boebert

Can Democrat Adam Frisch beat Republican incumbent Lauren Boebert? Up front, I should admit that I am not a Boebert fan. Her rhetoric makes gridlock easy and problem-solving hard. Clearly, I...

DATE: Jul 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Single-payer system benefits patients, physicians

U.S. physician organizations are shifting positions toward a single-payer healthcare system to benefit both doctors and patients. The single-payer system is a streamlined financing mechanism...

DATE: Jul 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Turn on comfort TV, turn off the strife

Like you, I can watch anything I want to on television right now. Between cable, streaming and YouTube, I can experience any adventure, get involved in any romance or inhabit any world I fee...

DATE: Jul 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Keystone Pipeline won’t make gas cheaper

Ever since boycotts started blocking Russian petroleum products, social media has been rife with memes that blame rising gasoline prices on “the cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline.” Examp...

DATE: Jul 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Fear of wolves rooted in myth

Wolves are coming to Colorado and, so far, I have not witnessed people preparing for their arrival. Letters appear in local papers, suggesting that ranchers will be the victims once wolves r...

DATE: Jul 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Independent voters ready to exert influence

I don’t want to be called unaffiliated. That’s what Colorado’s secretary of state calls me. Merriam-Webster says it means I am “not associated with another.” It’s not true. I am an independe...

DATE: Jul 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

RETURN bill ‘devastating to incredible outdoor heritage’

A recent bill proposal, called the RETURN Our Constitutional Rights Act of 2022, has been introduced to essentially repeal the Pittman-Robertson Act and the Dingell-Johnson Act. In a nutshel...

DATE: Jul 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion