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Letters: No, you can’t put homeless in Three Springs

How lovely of Robin Brodsky to offer my neighborhood of Three Springs for a homeless encampment (“ I would love to know where Robin lives so that I can offer her neighborhood also. ...

Our view: Presidents can’t withhold aid Congress appropriates. Blame Nixon.

Presidents can’t withhold aid Congress appropriates – blame Richard Nixon

Our view: On climate, hope’s death has been exaggerated

Last Tuesday morning, on the heels of the release of a new U.N. report on emissions and climate change, NPR host Rachel Martin had a climate policy expert, Elliot Diringer, Diringer quickl...

Letters: Restrict mountain biking to paved roads

I would like to thank William Lieb for his excellent letter opposing mountain biking (“ But he didn’t go far enough. Mountain biking is totally incompatible with hiking, horsebac...

This UN population conference changed my life

Twenty-five years ago, I was in hot Cairo for the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development. It changed the direction the world has taken and also was life-changi...

Letters: How could you have opposed Prop CC?

Our kids are our future. Therefore, teachers are one of the most important professions for Colorado and our nation at large. Technologically-advanced-age education matters even more. ...

Gary Wockner: I voted CC down because I’m worried about growth’s costs

As a green Democrat, I was leaning toward a No vote on Proposition CC anyway, but it was Gov. Jared Polis’ op-ed in the Oct. 29 Denver Post (“ Polis made it abundantly clear that Prop. CC w...

Letters: This is the right use of sales tax proceeds

Thank you, Mayor Melissa Youssef and Councilors Dean Brookie and Chris Bettin, Parks and Recreation and Multimodal advisory board members and all the Durango citizens who stood up and spoke ...

Letters: Push back on plastic bag myth

With the new hatred of technology and convenience at a fever pitch, our local plastic bag ban crowd is back! We defeated this unnecessary drive years ago, and every clear-thinking...

Letters: Confiscating guns only helps Democrats

The AR-15 was produced originally by Colt starting in 1963. It has been a popular choice for hunting, particularly in remote areas because of its versatility, it has never been a weapon of w...

Thomas Friedman: Mike Bloomberg brings something needed to Dems’ race

I have a pet theory about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – that it is to wider trends in world affairs what off-Broadway is to Broadway. A lot of stuff seems to get perfected there, from a...

Our view: 500 years later, does the Conquest of Mexico matter?

Does the Conquest of Mexico still matter?