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Our view: Dem primaries starting to look like Bataan Death March

We were thinking about the Bataan Death March just the other day because we thought the Democrats’ 2020 primary season was starting to resemble it. The Death March was the forcibl...

Letters: Population column should run monthly

How disappointing for The Durango Herald to reduce publication of Richard Grossman’s timely Population Matters! column from monthly to quarterly. The incredible shrinking Herald d...

Letters: Spend bridge money to buy Buckley Park

The hypothetical question of where might the money proposed for the pedestrian/bike bridge over 32nd Street be better spent has now been answered: Buckley Park. If one ...

Letters: Boondoggle bridge needs a good rethink

It is hard to believe the city of Durango is considering spending $4.1 million on this horrible ugly bridge on 32nd Street. Surely, there must be a more reasonable solution. ...

Letters: Who’s really behind Tipton?

While I’ve never found rhetoric blaming corporate greed for society’s ills to be completely convincing, learning some basic facts about campaign finance has forced me to conclude that corpor...

Letters: Socialists will shape nation with force

A socialist is one who believes the role of government is to shape the nation according to desired cultural or economic values. A hallmark of socialist leaders is they proclaim th...

Letters: Where the bridge money should be spent

The 32nd Street Bridge is unnecessary. Let’s use this money where it is really needed! I have lived in the vicinity of the 32nd Street corridor for over 15 years. I have traveled ...

Letters: Congress should be voting anonymously

Please, all U.S. members of the House and Senate, vote anonymously in future cases of impeachment. If impeachment verdicts were submitted by simply marking a Yes or No, without i...

Letters: A chance to shape wildlife management

With the Colorado wolf reintroduction initiative gaining momentum, it’s no surprise that scare tactics, such as those in a recent letter to the editor (“ Any of those false claims made in a...

Kara Chadwick: Land exchange would acquire critical elk and deer habitat

In November, the San Juan National Forest looked to the public for feedback regarding a proposed land exchange on the Pagosa Ranger District. Land exchanges are a way to acquire l...

Letters: Durango’s filled with socialists and losers

Be a socialist democracy like the Scandinavian countries, says Bernie Sanders. Except the prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, called him out on that, saying Denmark does...

Council should lead by banning plastic

In addition to the well-known reasons for plastic bag bans, including less waste in landfills, decreased ocean pollution and resulting wildlife deaths, and less storm-drain clogging, there a...