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Our view: ‘I went up and hit him in the face because I felt threatened,’ she said

A snake bites because it feels threatened. People use reason

DATE: Aug 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Liberals and leftists not at all the same

Peter Miesler’s letter, “ Liberals say it is insignificant if you are Black, white, Hispanic or Indigenous. They say only a racist would claim the race of a person matters. We should all be...

DATE: Aug 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Please, please, where is enforcement?

Please protect our downtown workers from noncompliance and outright rudeness. I have spoken to many Durango residents and workers literally sickened by the noncompliance of visitors. Numbers...

DATE: Aug 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Is it live or is it music?

In the 16th century, music was mechanically reproduced in clocks. By the end of the 18th century, music boxes used pins on a revolving cylinder, brushing a steel comb, to reproduce a melody....

DATE: Aug 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Aug 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Letters: Madrigal opponents reveal prejudice

Mr. Ilg and Mr. DeCelles, why are you both prejudiced again Texans? (letters, “ Why is a Hispanic guy from Texas less qualified than anyone else? I can’t tell you how many times ...

DATE: Aug 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Ross Douthat: The ghost of contraception pioneer Margaret Sanger

Recently, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York announced that it would remove Margaret Sanger’s name from its Manhattan Health Center. The grounds were Sanger’s eugenic ideas and alliances...

DATE: Aug 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Jose Madrigal is best for city manager

The next city manager will need to effectively deal with fixing financial controls, fill the leadership void, reduce spending growth and restore public trust. Jose Madrigal is a f...

DATE: Aug 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Just what are Brookie and Bettin up to?

What are Mayor Dean Brookie and Councilor Chris Bettin up to? With Councilors Kim Baxter and Barbara Noseworthy, we are finally seeing the necessary oversight of city financials and budgetin...

DATE: Aug 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Who benefited from the 19th Amendment?

The centenary of the 19th Amendment brings questions along with celebration

DATE: Aug 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: I can see clearly now – end the rhetoric

I manage to clear my head often of all the rhetoric that sometimes wants to overcome me. I’ve been trying to see things more objectively. Wouldn’t it be nice if we simply all cared about eac...

DATE: Aug 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Gary Paul Nabhan: The wall with Mexico will come tumbling down

Few walls last forever. Last winter, part of President Trump’s new border wall wavered toward collapse under the force of strong winds whipping through the twin cities of Calexico and Mexica...

DATE: Aug 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns