Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Conservatives right on homeless, but…
Letters to the Editor

Conservatives right on homeless, but…

July 5, 2019

These conservatives are correct. Handouts and support programs, particularly at the local level, are a futile use of taxpayer money. These efforts produce warm fuzzies among liberal hippie types, but…

Zoned out
Editorials

Zoned out

July 5, 2019

A new idea has taken hold in cities and states: Lawns are theft, hail density!

Front range hail due to climate change?
Letters to the Editor

Front range hail due to climate change?

July 5, 2019

I t was not fiscally advantageous in the past to move toward renewables, but now it is quite the opposite. The Sierra Club just released a report conducted by the…

The smoke from the train is authentic
Letters to the Editor

The smoke from the train is authentic

July 5, 2019

Our little town is one of living history in nature and demeanor. We are not and hopefully never will be an ersatz “historic” Western town. We’re the real deal and…

This gentleman is my house-less hero
Letters to the Editor

This gentleman is my house-less hero

July 4, 2019

He is a self-identified “veteran who is not homeless, just without a house.” Not only was he able to return most of what had been taken from me by someone…

County should tax users, not property
Letters to the Editor

County should tax users, not property

July 4, 2019

I think that instead of always going after property owners, they should tax the people who use the stuff they want to create or improve. Want to expand the airport,…

This July 4th is the time to go meatless
Letters to the Editor

This July 4th is the time to go meatless

July 4, 2019

According to the USDA’s Meat & Poultry Hotline, this year’s top threat is food poisoning by nasty E. coli and Salmonella bugs lurking in hamburgers and hot dogs at backyard…

Pardoning war criminals is demeaning
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Pardoning war criminals is demeaning

July 3, 2019

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.…

Happy Fourth!
Editorials

Happy Fourth!

July 3, 2019

The Fourth of July has long been a time to consider liberty and duty

What’s the deal with this judge again?
Letters to the Editor

What’s the deal with this judge again?

July 1, 2019

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…

Recall socialist governor while we can
Letters to the Editor

Recall socialist governor while we can

July 1, 2019

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…

Why do you have this belching train?
Letters to the Editor

Why do you have this belching train?

June 30, 2019

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…

Youth sports just as rowdy in Durango
Letters to the Editor

Youth sports just as rowdy in Durango

June 29, 2019

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…

Ears and a tail
Editorials

Ears and a tail

June 28, 2019

Sen. Kamala Harris scored winner in second debate – if this were boxing

Letter got Mueller statement wrong
Letters to the Editor

Letter got Mueller statement wrong

June 28, 2019

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…

It happened with New Mexico TV, too
Letters to the Editor

It happened with New Mexico TV, too

June 28, 2019

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…

Guarding students
Editorials

Guarding students

June 27, 2019

Documents in the STEM Highlands case give pause about armed school security

Are they ready?
Editorials

Are they ready?

June 27, 2019

First debate leaves more questions than answers and has a few surprises

Democrats right about Tipton concerns
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Democrats right about Tipton concerns

June 27, 2019

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…

Supremes strike blow for First Amendment
Editorials

Supremes strike blow for First Amendment

June 26, 2019

This seems like low-hanging fruit, although the Court had scarcely grabbed for it before: Where, pray tell, did the Commerce department derive the authority to supercede the First Amendment? The…

Medicare for all is the life preserver
Letters to the Editor

Medicare for all is the life preserver

June 26, 2019

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…

Where’s reporting on immigrant crime?
Letters to the Editor

Where’s reporting on immigrant crime?

June 26, 2019

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…

Puppy eyes
Editorials

Puppy eyes

June 25, 2019

A new study shows how wolves evolved to get our attention (and treats)

Trump is lying about Iran to mislead you
Letters to the Editor

Trump is lying about Iran to mislead you

June 25, 2019

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?…

We are tired of hiding, stand up for us
Letters to the Editor

We are tired of hiding, stand up for us

June 24, 2019

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…