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Letters: Immigration could be driving homelessness

Thanks to Dick White for a well-thought out piece (“ Environment, population and immigration are critically related in our world of 7.5-plus billion people. Because of public discussion suc...

DATE: Jan 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: New Year’s at casino was a flop

If you had planned on bringing in the New Year at Sky Ute Casino and Resort this year, for 2020, it was boring! There was no countdown to New Year’s in the casino as in previous y...

DATE: Jan 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Electoral College is unethical and outdated

The Electoral College has failed on all fronts and deserves to be retired. Procedurally, the college was designed to prevent a demagogue-like candidate from winning the presidency...

DATE: Jan 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: On the streets of Tehran, a gasp of truth

To the protesters of Iran: We see what you are doing, and we are moved

DATE: Jan 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

David Brooks: On the Mideast, Trump’s making us all look dumb

Donald Trump is impulse-driven, ignorant, narcissistic and intellectually dishonest. So you’d think that those of us in the anti-Trump camp would go out of our way to show we’re not like him...

DATE: Jan 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Letters: Are signs born free as the wind blows?

I’m writing to propose that Mr. Action Line may have crossed the line when he decries those who pilfer “Free” signs (“ I concede there may be a fine line between a bought-and-paid-for sign ...

DATE: Jan 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: I’ll still write my monthly column

Local newspapers are important for a community’s culture; The Durango Herald excels in this role. I would like to thank the Herald for publishing the column I have written, “Popul...

DATE: Jan 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: How they voted

Letters: Giving them drivers licenses is a mistake

Issuing drivers licenses to illegals is a huge mistake! When I was living in Arizona there were three separate accidents where the drivers were illegals with no license and no kno...

DATE: Jan 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Shame on who?

Some expert commentary on the Mideast leaves us wondering

DATE: Jan 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Teach your children well about climate change

The idea of letting Durango school students “reach their own conclusions” about climate change is patently absurd on its surface (“ This was not a decision based on real science. It is a po...

DATE: Jan 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: We need to hear more about this city budget boondoggle

Waiting can make people anxious whether it means standing in line or anticipating the messiah. Lately, we have been a little jumpy about the city of Durango, which is usually expressed in te...

DATE: Jan 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Thomas Friedman: Trump killed Iran’s most overrated warrior

One day they may name a street after President Donald Trump in Tehran. Because Trump ordered the assassination of possibly the dumbest man in Iran and the most overrated strategist in the Mi...

DATE: Jan 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman