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Letters: It’s straight out of the fascist playbook

Federal law enforcement officers have the legal right to protect federal buildings and other federal property. They do not have the right to leap out of unmarked cars, heavily armed and in c...

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Havana’s angel is translated

Eusebio Leal faithfully served a communist dictatorship – and history

DATE: Aug 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: The day Columbus left Spain

The date seems to be one of the few things we have in this story with fair precision. It was Aug. 3, a Friday in the old Julian calendar; in 1492, an auspicious year. The place wa...

DATE: Aug 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: This poem is wise and thought-provoking

“And the people stayed home. And read books and listened and rested and exercised and made art and played games and learned new ways of being and were still. And listened more deeply. Some m...

DATE: Aug 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Why is there still a shortage of N95 masks?

Am I missing something here? The majority of people who are exposed to COVID-19 experience mild symptoms or no symptoms whatsoever. Yet all of those people are being asked to make significan...

DATE: Aug 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Richard Grossman: Looking for rain? Try reducing population growth

It is windy, hot and dry, dry, dry here. According to www.drought.gov, Durango is in an extreme drought. What’s going on? Do we need to start doing rain dances? Past droughts have...

DATE: Aug 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our view: Taxes yes and no may be on ballot

Questions on fees, taxes heading for ballot

DATE: Aug 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Bite the audit bullet

City Council should spend our money to fix mistakes that go back decades

DATE: Jul 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: What if Blacks had a sign about whites?

Beware of arguments that open with “There was a time when ...” as someone seeks to “discuss” racial and cultural sensitivity. There was a time when lynchings of Americans with dar...

DATE: Jul 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: This virus info not mainstream nonsense

I would like to know how Mr. Riethmiller came up with his value of “about 220 deaths per day since February” due to COVID-19 (“ According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data,...

DATE: Jul 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: 9-R could save park with a conservancy

Here’s an idea! What if Durango School District 9-R put Buckley Park into conservancy? It could then do a GoFundMe or other type of money drive and ask locals to fund t...

DATE: Jul 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

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