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Our view: Can a forgery reveal the truth?

A story of a forgery improves with age – with clues about how we see ourselves

DATE: Nov 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Speed the day when parties are whole

I believe in a bicameral political system that generally reflects opinions of the population in general. That includes a Supreme Court that is balanced, not weighted heavily to one side of c...

DATE: Nov 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

There’s one thing Trump gets right – about Israel

In recent Mideast news, the Iranian regime has reportedly killed more than 100 of its own people as it attempts to suppress another wave of nationwide demonstrations. The Islamic State is ta...

DATE: Nov 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Impeachment is just a ploy by Democrats

The impeachment inquiry going on is just a ploy by the Democrats to try to get more votes. They donâ€™t accept the will of the people. They seem to think they are gods....

DATE: Nov 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Why can’t we put the homeless in Three Springs?

I would like to commend the city and county for putting together the community forum on the unhoused in Durango. As we know, there are lots of roadblocks to housing in La Plata Co...

DATE: Nov 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: This Thursday, we can thank Sarah Hale – a feminist

We owe this holiday in part to an early feminist who strove against the odds

DATE: Nov 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: The primary fight against Hickenlooper smolders

In the Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate in Colorado, to see who will have the opportunity to take on the incumbent, Republican Cory Gardner, in 2020, former Gov. John Hickenlooper has...

DATE: Nov 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Durango must take climate action NOW

We live just south of one of the fastest warming regions in the country, which has experienced an increase of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit on average and Colorado’s Western Slope average temperatu...

DATE: Nov 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Onward and upward with the CORE Act

I had the great privilege last week of traveling to Washington, D.C. to meet with Colorado congressional staffers and express my ardent support for the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Econom...

DATE: Nov 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Three cheers for library district passage

I would like to sincerely thank the communities of southwest La Plata County for passing ballot issue 6D, to form and fund the Southwest La Plata Library District. This has been ...

DATE: Nov 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We need more no-mountain-bike trails

Kudos to the Bureau of Land Management for beginning to address the negative impacts of mountain biking on our trails (“ As the proliferation of bikers on trails grows, these impacts (and c...

DATE: Nov 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thomas Friedman: Mike Pompeo, last in his West Point class for integrity

It seems like every story you read about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo always includes the sentence that he graduated first in his class from West Point. That is not a small achievement. Bu...

DATE: Nov 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman