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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

Our view: Another go-round with plastic bags

Bag activists return with a new proposal – which we commend, with an asterisk

DATE: Nov 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: the ban-bags busybodies are back

The busybody bag banners are back, and probably no smarter than they were a few years ago. Sneakier? Probably! More deceitful? Most definitely! But not smart...

DATE: Nov 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Come join our climate strike

Our planet is literally on fire. Every time that I check the news, I see Australia burning, the EPA limiting science, species going extinct, and people dying as a result of the climate crisi...

DATE: Nov 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: How could we treat Ukraine this way?

Ukraine, in its hour of need, looked to the U.S. – was that really a mistake?

DATE: Nov 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: We soldiered on despite TABOR’s talons

Thank you, Durango, for allowing me to serve on the 9-R school board. It was tremendously rewarding and enriching community service. The board, under Dan Snowberger’s leadership a...

DATE: Nov 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: City Council escapes a tainted past

Don Thomas’ recent letter, “ Council is diligently scrutinizing decisions made in the past as to how our tax money should be spent in the future. Many of the decisions made in th...

DATE: Nov 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Impeachment proceedings are important history

It’s not a matter of deep state actors so much as deep State character

DATE: Nov 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Oh deer, you’re not a dog

Up in Franktown, between Colorado Springs and Denver on the western edge of the Plains, a funny-looking deer showed up the other day – a whitetail, apparently, a youngish male with a small r...

DATE: Nov 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: A fully loaded question for our representatives

What kind of country do you want America to be, Sen. Cory Gardner and Rep. Scott Tipton? A: A country in which the president has the right, contrary to the undisputed interests of...

DATE: Nov 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Herald editorials are fluffy and nonsensical

What is going on with the editorials in our local paper these days? Too often, the topics and content are nonsensical and lack any relevance to current issues or events. Furthermo...

DATE: Nov 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Virginia Herrera will be missed at FLC

Jack Llewellyn’s column, “ There was also an obituary for Virginia Herrera published in the Herald on the same day as Jack’s column. Virginia worked for over 20 years as a dedicated employe...

DATE: Nov 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor