Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Low reimbursement will limit access
Letters to the Editor

Low reimbursement will limit access

August 3, 2013

Physicians are already unable to afford treating any more people on Medicare, Medicaid and TriCare at the very low price-controlled rates. Unless the Obamacare Colorado exchange pays a fair and…

Keep socking it to regional firefighters
Letters to the Editor

Keep socking it to regional firefighters

August 3, 2013

You have until Aug. 15 to drop off socks at the our Welcome Center, Alpine Bank and at Purgatory. Even easier, buy a pair at one of our participating local…

Snakecharmer
Editorials

Snakecharmer

August 3, 2013

Imaginative new trail another example of the value of cooperation, civic foresight

Twelve-step programs cure mental illness
Letters to the Editor

Twelve-step programs cure mental illness

August 1, 2013

Twelve-step groups with love and truth cure mental illness, develop the nonviolent, love directed human. Psychiatry is America’s holocaust! Clover Greene Ignacio

Eateries should lock garbage away from bears
Letters to the Editor

Eateries should lock garbage away from bears

August 1, 2013

The DPW came by recently (thank you) to remind residents to make sure we clip those bear proof trash cans and to set up a program for those of us…

Bayfield School District’s finances sound
Letters to the Editor

Bayfield School District’s finances sound

August 1, 2013

The article did not mention the district has an adequate bond fund balance to sustain our long-term forecast for debt service, nor did it mention that in the 2011-12 fiscal…

Imagine life as a short, white woman
Letters to the Editor

Imagine life as a short, white woman

August 1, 2013

I might have locked my car door or walked behind the mall security officer in Obama’s presence before he became a senator, or before you changed your behavior and image…

Why would city charge for paper bags, too?
Letters to the Editor

Why would city charge for paper bags, too?

August 1, 2013

If you have ever been to Oregon and Washington, you can see where Weyerhaeuser and other lumber companies cut and replant the trees almost immediately. If they did not, they…

Tri-State and PUC
Editorials

Tri-State and PUC

July 31, 2013

Regulating public utilities is the state Public Utilities Commission’s role

Durango has had several McMurray murals
Letters to the Editor

Durango has had several McMurray murals

July 31, 2013

First of all, the mural on Sixth Street is not his mural as he painted it. Much to my dismay, because of a crack in the building, it was painted…

Detroit a bellwether for Obama’s America
Letters to the Editor

Detroit a bellwether for Obama’s America

July 31, 2013

The “obstructionist” House of Representatives referred to and chastised by the Herald is the only instrument of government standing against Obama and Sen. Harry Reid’s democratically controlled Senate and their…

Frontier’s passenger drop linked to flights
Letters to the Editor

Frontier’s passenger drop linked to flights

July 30, 2013

Frontier has been winding down its Durango service by steadily decreasing the number of flights per day for the past few years. In 2010, there were three Q400 aircraft flights…

Life’s viability has moved with advances
Letters to the Editor

Life’s viability has moved with advances

July 30, 2013

Is a baby born (or aborted) prematurely not a life because he or she may require temporary medical intervention (breathing support or other life-maintenance aid) to remain alive? Today, many…

Bradley Manning
Editorials

Bradley Manning

July 30, 2013

Case leaves a number of unanswered questions about government secrecy

Christians must insist Guantanamo close
Letters to the Editor

Christians must insist Guantanamo close

July 29, 2013

As Newby says, “If the actions of the state are contrary to Jesus’ teachings, they (Christians) are silent.” The best example, of course, is Guantanamo Bay. Would Jesus Christ approve…

Herald touts failed Democratic policies
Letters to the Editor

Herald touts failed Democratic policies

July 29, 2013

Remember the constant editorials from the Herald describing how Obamacare was going to save the United States money? How people could keep their doctors. How everyone would be covered, and…

Inequality
Editorials

Inequality

July 29, 2013

Financial hardship numbers show Obama is right to return to a focus on the economy

Watch gas documentary to draw conclusions
Letters to the Editor

Watch gas documentary to draw conclusions

July 28, 2013

On HBO documentaries, there is a program called “Gasland 11,” by an Academy Award nominee, Josh Fox. In order to fully understand fracking, I recommend watching this well-made film, and…

NSA welcome to personal data – for a price
Letters to the Editor

NSA welcome to personal data – for a price

July 28, 2013

Personally, I feel that my “metadata” is my data. But I might be willing to sell access to it. Say, five bucks for a month’s record of who I called?…

Trash, recycling went to same place on truck
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Trash, recycling went to same place on truck

July 28, 2013

At first, I thought, “Oh, that’s how it’s done: There are two different compartments on the same garbage truck!” But both kinds of containers – garbage and recycling – were…

Old spill site still contains toxic chemicals
Letters to the Editor

Old spill site still contains toxic chemicals

July 28, 2013

The plume is 30 feet deep and spreads entirely under U.S. Highway 160, turning the scenic byway into a toxic highway. The Bureau of Land Management plans to sell new…

Data-gathering debate
Editorials

Data-gathering debate

July 28, 2013

Colorado’s congressional coalition shows it’s worth having

Bussian had gift of finding common ground
Letters to the Editor

Bussian had gift of finding common ground

July 27, 2013

I would look forward to our discussions, and we could find common ground, and he had a great way to have a discussion without it creating tension or anger. Erich…

Stealing does not bring about tolerance
Letters to the Editor

Stealing does not bring about tolerance

July 27, 2013

It seems to me that those who shout “tolerance of each other” and “co-exist” are not willing to give the same treatment to others if they are Christian. Stealing is…

Crosses are not just religious symbols
Letters to the Editor

Crosses are not just religious symbols

July 27, 2013

The point is that a cross can mean anything, not just a religious symbol. In this case, it is a life lost. And 19,000 children’s lives lost each day are…