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Our view: A great newspaper is wounded

New York Times reporters revolted over a GOP opinion piece – and prevailed

Our view: Happy birthday, Bill of Rights

The original, held by the National Archives, is a large and predictably yellowing sheet of parchment with the inked head “Congress of the United States,” then, “Begun and held at the city of...

Letters: The real invisible enemy is selfishness

I have lived in Durango for 20 years and for the most part have experienced local people who care about each other and have ethics and morals. The good outweighs the bad. Lately, ...

Letters: My idea of freedom is wearing a mask

I was pleased to read about Durango’s collaborative planning for business (“ In a time when most people will be spending most of their time sequestered in crowded cities, a getaway to Duran...

Letters: Happy trails to pardner Cy Scarborough

My heart sunk when the news of Cy Scarborough’s passing was printed in the My husband and I moved our family to Durango because we loved its spirit of the Old West, and Cy’s Bar D Chuckwag...

Letters: I’d be sending Trump better bills now

Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse sponsored H.R. 6467 to provide $250 billion to local governments, including his own town of Boulder. Never mind that Boulder hasn’t exhausted its rainy ...

Letters: Do as you please – but don’t punish me

I am a chiropractor and come by way of empowering bodies toward health and building strong immunity. Our body can and does (according to the COVID-19 recovery numbers) heal and fight infecti...

David Brooks: We’re finally invaded. Guess what happens next.

I was an American history major in college in the 1980s. I’ll be honest with you. I thrilled to the way the American story was told back then. To immigrate to America was to join the luckie...

Letters: Authorities are creating virus confusion

I understand Durangoans’ frustration about safer-at-home orders and the apparent contradictions with Colorado’s varying response to lifting restrictions. There is a wide disparity...

Letters: Remember how much freedom we have

I do not like being told what to do as much as the next person, yet I was surprised to see a few familiar faces protesting masks (“ Let us remember, we are all free to leave our homes. Unli...

Our view: Remembering D-Day

On this day in 1944, Lt. Robert Edlinwas a conqueror in Normandy

Gail Collins: Tell Trump we’re not questioning his manhood?

Have you noticed how almost every other word out of Donald Trump’s mouth lately seems to be some variation on “dominate?” “If you don’t dominate, you’re wasting your time,” he tol...