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Editorials

Our View: Balancing profit and passion in stewardship of beloved sites

Our View: Balancing profit and passion in stewardship of beloved sites

Finding the balance to protect our region’s beloved outdoor public sites

December 10, 2020

Our View: Let baking rescue the holiday spirit

Our View: Let baking rescue the holiday spirit

Making and sharing cookies can light up your spirits during the holidays

December 8, 2020

Our View: Good reasons to celebrate (safely) in Durango this weekend

Our View: Good reasons to celebrate (safely) in Durango this weekend

Demons football, Polar Express provide two good reasons to make merry (safely)

December 3, 2020

Our View: Surveillance success or Orwell come to pass?

Our View: Surveillance success or Orwell come to pass?

City surveillance cameras catch girls, but do we want an Orwellian world?

December 1, 2020

Our View: Council correct on mask ordinance

Our View: Council correct on mask ordinance

Council makes the courageous choice to protect the public from COVID-19

November 30, 2020

Our View: FIS Worldpay building could be a winner for city

Our View: FIS Worldpay building could be a winner for city

City could win with Worldpay building

November 27, 2020

Our View: Shop locally to support our community

Our View: Shop locally to support our community

Shop locally to support businesses, a sense of belonging to our hometown

November 21, 2020

Our View: More self-expression, better behavior

Our View: More self-expression, better behavior

Critical thinking, not criticism, in order for middle school students

November 20, 2020

Our view: What becomes a jury most

Our view: What becomes a jury most

The Redwine trial has us questioning private information provided

November 20, 2020

Our view: Why not reparations?

Our view: Why not reparations?

Compensating its victims for slavery is an idea whose time has always come

November 13, 2020

Our view: Lessons learned from Jimmy Carter

Our view: Lessons learned from Jimmy Carter

We still have lessons to learn from the presidency of Jimmy Carter

November 12, 2020

Our view: What to do with the eugenicists?

Our view: What to do with the eugenicists?

America’s dalliance with eugenics

November 10, 2020

On this day: A villainous veep is born

On this day: A villainous veep is born

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew congratulates NASA personnel after the successful launch of Apollo 17, 1972. (NASA)du1-i-syn The family did…

November 9, 2020

Our view: In national elections, it could always be worse

Our view: In national elections, it could always be worse

Getting a President Biden, if we do, will not alter the faces of America

November 4, 2020

Our view: What Colorado voters were thinking

Our view: What Colorado voters were thinking

Lauren Boebert’s win was predictable; voters on taxes should have been

November 4, 2020

Our view: Who needs turnout?

Our view: Who needs turnout?

The lowest since 1828 was a snoozer; the highest was too much excitement

November 3, 2020

On this day: Dewey does NOT defeat Truman

On this day: Dewey does NOT defeat Truman

Chicago Tribune owner Robert McCormick in 1925 – conservative, indefatigable and almost always wrong (<a href="http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b30054/">Library of Congress</a>)du1-i-syn Born into…

November 2, 2020

Our view: What makes a leader?

Our view: What makes a leader?

If it’s examples, not politicians, we seek, look no further than George C. Marshall

October 27, 2020

On this day: A man, a plan, a canal

On this day: A man, a plan, a canal

View east from Lockport, N.Y., on the Erie Canal, engraved after a picture by W.H. Bartlett, 1839.du1-i-syn Two hundred years…

October 26, 2020

Endorsements: A recap of the candidates

Endorsements: A recap of the candidates

A recap of people who gained our favor

October 23, 2020

Endorsements 2020: The issues recapped

Endorsements 2020: The issues recapped

A recap of our stands on the issues

October 22, 2020

Our view: Lincoln’s reelection

Our view: Lincoln’s reelection

We have the luxury of getting to know the 16th president all over again

October 20, 2020

On this day: Cornwallis surrenders – sort of – at Yorktown

On this day: Cornwallis surrenders – sort of – at Yorktown

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, by John Trumbull, 1820Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol collection Young Charles attended Eton and Cambridge, and…

October 19, 2020

Endorsements: For president of these United States

Endorsements: For president of these United States

For president, our choice is a man who can do at least some of these things

October 16, 2020