New Face Productions was an enabler of that phenomenon at the end of February. In collaboration with Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall, it brought Tim Robbins and The Actors…
It’s hard to know how to brace for whatever comes next, but we’re game
Our experiences at three hospitals in Colorado are noteworthy. Most recently, my husband was a patient at Mercy twice in two weeks. From the first encounter with nurses and physicians…
MSNBC celebrity Chuck Todd went further, referring to Bernie’s entourage as a “brownshirt brigade” – like the violent mobs who supported Hitler. Chris Matthews of MSNBC imagined up Castro and…
How the ACLU turned 100 and joined the Trump Resistance
Asking the board for a copy of the 2020 budget, I was given a summary budget with expenses of almost $24 million. When I asked for a detailed budget, the…
However, speaking with other acquaintances who identify as Christians, and reading statements put forth by evangelicals who also identify as Christian, listening to their dismissal of a livable wage, homelessness,…
I was looking forward to spending time with family in Durango and enjoying the outdoors, but I also hoped to learn something new. Once in Durango, I found the Gem…
We’ve paid thousands of dollars into it and it pays almost nothing out. Its customer service is abominable, and quite frankly, a person with Type 1 diabetes cannot live without…
Unfortunately, the article refers to Erika as “a mother of twins,” while describing her competitor as a Durango educational consultant. While Erika’s identity as a mother is relevant, it is…
Before I sat to write this letter to the editor, I decided I needed to become more informed; I attended one meeting with our mayor, Melissa Youssef, and have attended…
Teachers and students are why the district exists. Through the Herald, I know more about what students are learning at Animas High, Ignacio and Bayfield than at 9-R. Bayfield and…
I’m sorry the cafeteria employees felt the community’s upset was directed at them. It doesn’t seem to me that folks were angry at the kitchen staff, outside of the inappropriate…
He has been empowered by his impeachment acquittal to begin functioning as a dictator. He has destroyed our constitutionally mandated three coequal branches of government. He has breached the rule…
On March 7, 1923, Robert Frost published his plain, defining poem
The case as presented was undeniable. The Republicans broke their oath to weigh the evidence objectively, and continually shifted their demands of proof higher and higher. Gardner goes on to…
Richard Riethmiller spouted disinformation on this crisis in his letter to the editor (“Climate nonsense dreamed up by profs,” Feb. 21) Ask Australians after their unprecedented wildfires if climate crisis…
Edmund Burke, circa 1769; studio of Joshua Reynolds (National Portrait Gallery) In 1774, in a speech in the House of Commons on American taxation, Burke said, “Again and again, revert…
With closures of coal fired power plants plus huge new wind and solar generation projects they’re on track to be 100% renewable by 2040. And the news just keeps getting…
The liars have lied so well, so completely and for so long that the lies are now just accepted dogma despite some of us, who feel like voices in the…
The Sun’s radiation warms the Earth. The Earth radiates away heat in the infrared. Equilibrium temperature is reached where incoming solar radiation, minus one third scattered back into space, balances…
You can save between $20 to $40 a month on your electric bill if you stop paying for shadow electricity. All you have to do is unplug (except for big…
Senator Susan Collins was sure there would be lessons learned by the president from his impeachment. Well he sure did. He immediately began ridding himself of all of these treasonous…
I’m asking these and all the other local businesses who share this smoking clientele to please take better care, and to help their tobacco-addicted customers dispose of their cigarette butts…
If it were up to me I would build the single overpass from behind City Market (old recycling area) to the hilltop at Third Street where the trail is under…
He,along with nearly every member of the Republican Senate, followed like lemmings to support the impeachment trial of President Trump, the most corrupt, president in American history. However, the House…
There are mistakes in his use of incomplete facts and knowledge. Acid Rain is and was real. Sulfur dioxide and Nitrous oxides are major by-products produced by mining and refining…
The recent decision by Centura Health not to negotiate with the local community group, Southwest Health Alliance, was an enormous disappointment. It destroys the unique opportunity for small businesses and…
