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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

Letters: Congressmen, have you no decency at long last?

Sixty five years ago an American demagogue, Sen. Joseph McCarthy, reached the peak of his power. McCarthy had climbed from obscurity with a campaign of bullying and innuendo that ...

DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Is Tipton seeing what I’m seeing?

Rep. Scott Tipton once again proves himself a Trump sycophant, recreant and republican yes-man (“ In the article, he says Ambassador William Taylor reporting what his aide overheard in a ph...

DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Your cat has one word for you – “plastics”

It is happening in more and more cities, states and countries. What is happening is a ban on single-use plastic bags. Nothing inspires more fear in the hearts of feline parents al...

DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: These bridges are your money well spent

Compliments to Councilors Dean Brookie, Chris Bettin and Mayor Melissa Youssef for protecting pedestrians with funding the bridges across the river behind north City Market and the overpass ...

DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Lockers for the homeless? Why, yes

Something as simple as a locker could make a great difference

DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Melissa Youssef: With home rule come great responsibilities

I hope you read my column last month (“ Council is nearing the completion of our search for an executive search firm to help us in this process. After considering 14 firms, councilors appro...

DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

Our view: To understand America, solve for Dolly

To understand America and common ground, should we solve for Parton X?

DATE: Nov 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Your bias on impeachment is showing

If Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was shocked by being reassigned, she must have refused to read cables, or slept through every staff briefing and ignored news coverage after every presidentia...

DATE: Nov 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

David Brooks: Impeachment process shows the value of insiders

Let me tell you a secret. The public buildings of Washington are filled with very good people working hard for low pay and the public good. There are thousands of them and they are very much...

DATE: Nov 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks