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Michelle Goldberg: Surprise! Justice on LGBT rights from Gorsuch

The new season of my favorite television show, “The Good Fight,” begins with the heroine, feminist lawyer Diane Lockhart, awakening in what seems at first like a giddy alternative reality in...

Letters: It is time to unmask the fear gripping us

As a resident of Durango, I am one of the lucky ones. I contracted COVID-19 in March and I was able to recover thanks to the good assistance of our Mercy hospital nurses and doctors. And my ...

Letters: Racial justice connected to health care

Throughout U.S. history, people of color have endured a health care system that perpetuates racial disparities. Hospitals across America were segregated by race and, not surprisingly, black ...

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Letters: Letting LPEA tell half-truths is unfair

The The reporter asked me questions about LPEA and I answered them as openly and honestly as I could. In its response, LPEA did not dispute what I said as being true. The Herald gave LPEA ...

Our view: These partnerships stink

Donations to Colorado governor’s office get a fresh look from Denver TV news

Letters: What’s become of all the Republicans?

Although the Republican Party often refers to itself as the Party of Lincoln, recent inaction by GOP senators and representatives lays waste to that claim, and actually impugns the memory of...

Letters: We would all benefit with Porter-Norton

I am writing in support of Marsha Porter-Norton for county commissioner. Marsha has a deep knowledge of and love for Southwest Colorado. She is a public issues facilitator, uniquely qualifie...

Letters: I’m grateful for the city mask ordinance

My thanks to the Durango City Council for its sensible, unanimous support of the ordinance requiring face-coverings within city limits. The best reasoning for such a difficult if ...

Our view: Celebrating Juneteenth

Marking this day in June as an end of slavery has been a long time coming

Letters: Country is now full-scale disintegrating

We are witnessing, in real time, the full-scale disintegration of our country. The ideas once discussed only by the radical left are now all of a sudden mainstream. Since the medi...

Letters: Our bored teenagers turning to crime

I, too, have been shocked by the amount of tagging taking place in the Durango area this spring (“ The tagging on the abutments at Bakers Bridge and elsewhere defaces Durango and the natura...