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Letters: Time to let go of racist, sexist symbols

I read with interest the letters to the I, too, remember the images, books, movies and other icons of my past. However, I’m 60 years old and now realize how many of those things I once enj...

DATE: Jul 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bret Stephens: American crime and the crazy Baltimore model

In 2014, there were 211 homicides in the city of Baltimore. The next year, there were 342, an astonishing increase of 62%. The murder rate has barely budged since. What happened? ...

DATE: Jul 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Gov. Jared Polis has done a great COVID job

Responding to George Thompson’s letter (“ Polis acted decisively shutting down the state in March, successfully curbing the spread; and the virus was real back then just like it is now. As ...

DATE: Jul 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Colorado Democrats throw a little ... mud

QAnon-curious candidate Lauren Boebert gets slammed by national media

DATE: Jul 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Michelle Goldberg: Trump’s occupation of American cities has begun

The month after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Yale historian Timothy Snyder published the best-selling book “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century.” It was part of...

DATE: Jul 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Reconsider Animas High site at FLC

It is great the Animas High School is getting a grant to relocate its school to Fort Lewis College. The problem, though, is this location is used by hikers, bikers (the birthplace of future ...

DATE: Jul 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Gov. Jared Polis is a dictatorial moron

There are many things about this Wuhan Flu, otherwise known as COVID-19, that have confused me. From the beginning, there were hyper claims as to the danger of this novel virus but I saw lit...

DATE: Jul 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: It is always only about me, me and me

Local TV out of Albuquerque and Denver informed me that residents in both cities aren’t adult enough to abide by safety guidelines regarding fireworks. About a year back, drivers in Albuquer...

DATE: Jul 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Remembering John Lewis, and the crossing

John Lewis lived to efface Edmund Pettus

DATE: Jul 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: We no longer need the Electoral College

Trent England’s op-ed column in the The argument has now changed to promote an urban versus rural issue. England writes the college’s purpose was to protect those of us who live in small st...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: About those grants for electric vehicles

I’m the director of 4CORE, a Durango nonprofit organization that has worked with the Colorado Energy Office since 2014 on the adoption of electric vehicles and development of the EV charging...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Porter-Norton for county commissioner

I support Marsha Porter-Norton for La Plata County commissioner (District 2) because she is forward-thinking and has the experience to lead during these times. She was recently ch...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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