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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

Letters: If Trump’s your guy, don’t be surprised

After reading Daniel Roemer’s glowing review of President Trump, it became a matter of suppressed laughter (“ I suppose if one approves of trillions in tax breaks to corporate America, the ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Yes on National Popular Vote this fall

I am the president of the League of Women Voters of Colorado. Congressman John Lewis was a legend and icon for his many accomplishments, including his long-standing activism on behalf of vot...

DATE: Aug 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Time for Jose Madrigal

Durango has gone almost a year without a city manager. The solution is in sight

DATE: Aug 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Jose Madrigal’s right for next city manager

Major change in Durango government is needed. There have been plenty of city government issues that gives residents reason to be concerned. The city manager left after an ethics c...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Chase LaCroix: Our business advocates for social justice

When my wife, Jen, and I opened Durango Outdoor Exchange, we focused on providing access to adventure to people from all walks of life. To us, this meant offering quality outdoor gear and ap...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: We can get a better person than a Texan

As I looked at the finalists under consideration for Durango city manager, I remembered Steve Ilg’s eloquently crafted endorsement of Amber Blake for the position, and I re-read it (“ Steve...

DATE: Aug 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: From a peace walker to a freedom rider

I have heard you yelling your obscenities, breathed in the black smoke of your truck exhaust, felt my nerves perk as your barking dogs lunge at me, heard the heavy-handed honking of your hor...

DATE: Aug 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: It’s a man-eater

Things to do when Shark Weekoverlaps with a pandemic

DATE: Aug 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: All should have followed the guidelines

As anyone having served in the military knows, the effectiveness of a unit depends on “One for all, all for one” or “no man left behind.” Without this commitment, cohesiveness and effectiven...

DATE: Aug 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Trump is turning the U.S. into Venezuela

Our stable genius president is putting his ghost battalion troops into Chicago and Albuquerque in order to save them from their Democratic selves. But if the governors are Republican, their ...

DATE: Aug 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor