I’d suggest adding a fourth: Deny construction of large-scale utility facilities that carry inherent wildfire risk. This includes large-scale lithium-ion storage facilities accompanying huge industrial solar generating plants. As more…
Why is it, that religion-based groups, committees and this political administration, dare to cast the full responsibility and ethical blame on only the feminine aspect of human biology while leaving…
I am currently in the La Canada/Flintridge suburb on the edge of the Eaton Fire, which has burned over 14,000 acres and left at least 17 deaths in its wake.…
Not only does the writer not include a single legitimate statistic regarding his claims, but he is going as far as to spread misinformation regarding the goals and the mission…
OK, I’ll bite … as long as we can apply the same standards to other recent contests. Perhaps the Nov. 5 presidential election? It is beyond dispute that Donald Trump…
I was on a Baptist mission trip in Southeast Asia in 1976 when a newspaper appeared at my motel door proclaiming Jimmy Carter as winner of the U.S. presidential election.…
Most people instinctively understand this and that is why children are kept from unwanted sexual exposures while they’re young. Who knows how many children have been coached to admire homosexuality,…
Our outrage should be off the scale. The Constitution clearly is at risk because the oligarchs assume they own the executive branch and by extension, the judiciary, in particular, and…
But, are they really all-inclusive? On Tuesday, Jan. 15, Durango hosted a duel wrestling tournament. Wonderful! Except for one thing: all female wrestlers were barred from participating in this duel…
Congress is considering attaching strings to LA wildfire recovery bills. I hope that Jeff Hurd recognizes that he represents a huge, fire-prone district in a blue state, and that a…
It wouldn’t hurt for homeowners to learn the best ways to replace what was demolished, since climate change is not going away with the “drill-baby-drill” attitude of the incoming administration.…
Thank you in advance for your response. Bonnie Johnson Durango
Under the Food Not Bombs banner they promote the full-scale genocide of Israeli Jews by displaying signs and chalk writings on the sidewalk proclaiming, “let Gaza live.” The obvious irony…
What goes through Trump’s mind is unfathomable, and that is not because he outshines Stephen Hawking. His latest incarnation as El Conquistador bears this out. Of all the things that…
Page 5A: “House Bill 1005 would offer $34 million in tax incentives to a film festival … that lures more than 10,000 out-of-state visitors“ and ”Our sights are set on…
Monday, Jan. 20, is the MLK holiday. It also is the presidential inauguration. The irony lies in what these two men represent and committed their lives to. Dr. King was…
I rarely think about how stratified our local society is until I witness our neighbors struggling. Here’s news that makes me think: TARA Food Pantry in Arboles had 50 families…
Duane A. Smith radiated history, delivering his lectures in a full voice, always in motion. He drew his listeners into events that took place 150 years ago as though they…
A dictator has been voted in. A guy who tried to overthrow the government four years ago. A guy who led an attack on the nation’s Capitol. A day that…
As the writer stated, the Constitution affords us our protections to free speech regardless of the environment. The American flag does represent us all as Americans but there is more…
Any conceivable move to punish members of the Jan. 6. Commission is an unfathomable, “I’m your retribution” reminder. What happened? Collective amnesia, maybe from COVID-19? Fluoride in the water? It’s…
Reading Jackson Clark’s tribute to Tyrone Yazzie (Herald, Jan. 5), the young, Indigenous man who worked in Clark’s art gallery and died living homeless and addicted to alcohol, raised a…
Recent outrage over Black Lives Matter and LGBTQIA+ flags in classrooms seems a bit misplaced. Neither of these flags, nor the issues they highlight, is inherently political. Rather, they have…
Americans say that the federal government must insure health care for all (62%). A majority (66%) are deeply concerned about climate change, favor stricter gun laws (60%), and higher taxes…
When we become subjective about anything, nothing will change – lead, mercury, aluminum, chlorine, fluoride … Let’s look at science. Science is only valid when it is independently verified. The…
Since the election, just about every response in every newspaper column locally and nationally has been Trump bashing. Rancor and contention are certainly not the ways to promote or generate…
Well, that didn’t take long. After reading the story (Herald, Dec. 29) about the state Republican Party threatening Durango School District 9-R, it seems any hope for a civil conversation…
The story, “State GOP threatens to sue schools,” (Herald, Dec. 29) dissects an email written by two GOP party leaders threatening Durango School District 9-R, individual board members and any…
