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Letters: Wash your hands, fight for health care

Before this pandemic is over, nearly a third of Americans could lose their jobs and their health insurance. What choices does that leave them? One option is COBRA, whereby laid of...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Now more than ever, we must shop local

Thank you to the citizens who are staying at home, wearing masks and being considerate of the health of all of our fellow citizens. I am saddened by the closing of three of my fav...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Let’s ease up on the mask judgments

I opened the If I choose to wear a yellow shirt today, it doesn’t impact you. Why do you care if I’m wearing a mask? I am an unapologetic mask wearer. I don’t wear it for me. I ...

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Roger Taney never knew what hit him

The chief justice was in Lincoln’s way so Lincoln drove around him

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Council should leave the healthy alone

Look at today’s San Juan Basin Public Health numbers and assume the county population is 60,000: 72 positive tests is one per 833 people. Ten hospitalized is one per 6,000 people. Zero death...

DATE: May 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Rules counter our constitutional rights

In the wake of our bout with COVID-19, stores and businesses are opening again. And issues exist that must be addressed. The Constitution guarantees all Americans the right to liv...

DATE: May 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Wearing a mask is effective and patriotic

Cloth masks don’t filter the virus. They filter your spit, which floats in aerosolized micro-globules that can travel 6 to 27 feet from your mouth when you speak. Normal speech re...

DATE: May 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: You should be in pictures

If you have spent much time on social media lately – that would be Social Media 2.0: The Quarantine Version – you may have seen posts of people who have used their unlooked-for time at home ...

DATE: May 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Keep taxpayers in urban renewal loop

Urban renewal plans provide hope for the future (“ They are also vulnerable to corruption, especially if sweetheart deals are made with out-of-state bidders without any skin in the game. An...

DATE: May 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bret Stephens: ‘You won’t live to see your next birthday’

New Year’s Eve, 1943. Lajos Stillmann is celebrating his 22nd birthday with friends in a Budapest, Hungary, apartment. Someone suggests paying a visit to a nearby palm reader. The palm reade...

DATE: May 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Coloradans don’t want an abortion ban

Right now, Coloradans are worried about their jobs, their families and their futures. During the COVID-19 pandemic, living our state values and being able to make the best health care decisi...

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

Letters: Problem at Oxbow will only get worse

In response to the This problem at Oxbow will not become a “distant memory,” as she says. It will get worse. There will not be adequate parking when this project is finished, especially wh...

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