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Michael Gerson: We have an American president who doesn’t understand America

WASHINGTON – One of the puzzling aspects of Donald Trump’s hyper-nationalism is its consistent denigration of the nation itself. In a 2017 Oval Office conversation between Trump, ...

This is no time to bring more wolves

In the last several weeks, there have been at least two wild animal-human confrontations in Colorado, resulting in serious injuries to a 9-year-old boy in one case. In May this ye...

Our view: Proposed city budget raises questions

City staff proposed a 2020 budget to Durango City Council last week (“ Did you hear about the study performed by consultants hired by staffers that found the staffers were overpaid? ...

Open carry was not ‘well regulated’

Congratulations to the national retailers that will no longer welcome into their stores folks who openly brandish guns. Three of our local stores are affected by this decision and I welcome ...

Clint McKnight: Let Democrats lead on wilderness protections

Colorado’s cherished wild landscapes are something to celebrate but nothing to take for granted. We will lose them if we don’t act boldly to protect both the land and the wildlife...

Democrats want to take your freedoms

Democratic candidates and two of their fawning opinion television stations recently burned the midnight oil to condemn oil. Their “catastrophic climate change” statements were dec...

Kate Greenberg: Water weaves the tapestry that binds us together

As I drove to the Yampa Valley in August to attend a water conference in Steamboat Springs, the sun blazed down hot, the late wildflowers still bloomed in the high country and the aspens had...

Instruction in reading must continue

Mary Shinn’s reporting on the comments made recently by Colorado State Board of Education member Joyce Rankin at Needham Elementary is worthy of thoughtful consideration (“ It is disappoint...

Sen. Michael Bennet: We can act now to end surprise medical bills

Don Binetti is a Coloradan with health insurance. Three years ago, a life-threatening clot was discovered in his aortic valve, requiring him to be rushed to the hospital for emergency treatm...

Guns make us safer and we have proof

Maine has just been designated as the No. 1 safest state in the nation. Vermont held this illustrious honor for several years, but they’re fine with it. Since 2015, residents of M...

Envision print as superior in some ways

It’s too bad the Herald places minimal value on its own product. Contrast the defeatist attitude of its Sept. 30 print editorial regarding its elimination of the Monday printed ed...

Democrats can and must hold this president accountable now

In launching impeachment inquiry, House members take necessary step