I can almost hear her murmuring to herself: “I’ll show them what a crackerjack secretary I will be! But first, I must dash off thank-you checks to all of the…
I also believe that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn acted without direction from President Donald Trump when talking to the Russians. Steve Caplan Durango
Two terrorists, U.S. citizens, blow up the Federal Center in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people including children in the day care center;Two terrorists, U.S. citizens, shoot and kill 12 students…
Well, I’d like to broker a great deal: I live in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and I’m sure we could trade you our “Great” for your dollars, provided…
The day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, there were more than 650 protest marches nationwide with an estimated 4.1 million participants. The weekend of Trump’s ill-conceived immigration ban, thousands rushed…
The Climate Leadership Council, headed by a group of esteemed conservatives (George Shultz and James Baker, among others), has come up with a non-punitive proposal that will go far to…
It is a poorly worded proposal with a double negative (on purpose, in my opinion). Don’t get fooled by it. Vote No on 1A. Fluoridation is proven to help prevent…
It seems as if his EOs are a desperate, last-ditch effort to make things much better off for the wealthy (i.e., Republicans, Wall Street bankers, and those in his administration)…
An adjustment is needed to maintain local services amid plummeting revenue
Crafted by local residents of the San Juan Mountains region, the San Juan bill resulted from years of input by people of every interest area, with thorough attention to detail…
I thought, as I often do, just towards what does a progressive progress? And I ask the question here today: What is a progressive? From whence does the progressive begin…
Public records show $5,200 flowing from DeVos to Gardner’s 2014 campaign. Sen. Gardner’s “Yes” vote was for a nominee who has never been associated with a public school as a…
How true, how true. Gary Kubiak is to be admired for using common sense. I was in management in retail for 25 years. I had a heart attack at 65…
Community reliance on letters to the editor as a form of expression is visible
Per the Ellis Island website, he boarded a ship, the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, in Bremen, Germany (formerly Prussia). He had just completed his service in the Austrian army.…
The numbers show that since 9/11, slightly less that one American per year has been killed in the U.S. by foreign-born terrorists. More people are killed annually by flying champagne…
I want to thank American journalists, especially the Washington press corps, who are on the job and working constantly to find the truth. They uphold the First Amendment, and through…
San Juan Clean Water Coalition offers plans and answers to protect our river
That is a rather lame excuse for being unwilling to actually listen to them. It would behoove Senator Gardner to understand that literally hundreds of real Coloradans, just from one…
I have been with family members as they died painfully and without hope. My father begged to die. There are not always strong enough drugs, and he would stop breathing…
Make the “Bridge to Nowhere” go somewhere. Have it enter a loop at the top of Farmington Hill and build it on concrete pillars above where the old T-Bone Steak…
He is a sponsor of a bill that will nullify the Bureau of Land Management’s “Planning 2.0” rule. The rule governs all planning for 250 million acres, and repealing this…
du1-i-syn The failure of this bill will not affect most communities in Southwest Colorado because they have already opted out of the provisions of 2005 legislation, Senate Bill 152, that…
This approach has bipartisan support and follows conservative, free market principles. The money raised by the carbon fee would be returned to consumers as a dividend. There is little doubt…
I, like thousands of others across the country, have been alarmed by the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary. As the information about her lack of experience, total disregard…
Maybe a family member is addicted, strangely deaf to our loving words and best efforts. Or we know someone who takes advantage of others, acts selfishly and refuses personal responsibility.…
Basing formula on state costs may be the best way forward
Because this country – the one that I serve and which I’m sworn to protect – is not big enough to accommodate my ethnicity and your hate of it. One…
The Check and Connect program, which provided academic mentoring in the district for several years, blew up on 9-R, so management turned to AmeriCorp to fill the gap. But these…
I hope that you’ll agree it is vital that we know our chief executive is not compromised by his business entanglements with foreign powers hostile to the interests of the…
