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Firearm training must include firearms

As a nation unique to the human experience, the United States was blessed with men who were gifted with a knowledge of the classics and the history of nations to that point; a history which,...

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

Why doesn’t Forest Service sue itself?

The 416 Fire could not have gone better than it did. Fire probability was through the roof. Extensive resources allocated to the fire, with no reports of structures lost, and no deaths. Dura...

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

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Sep 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

A brief history of the Elizabeth Warren presidency

From 2050, a look back at our political evolution: A crisis of legitimacy swept across American politics in the second decade of the 21st century. Many people had the general conv...

DATE: Sep 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

That mess isn’t even in La Plata County

Garrett Quinn needs to refer to a map (“ The accident on 550 North near Cascade Creek is in San Juan County, not La Plata. So, it’s not up to our county to clean the mess, no mat...

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

Don’t drink Durango’s fluoridated water

A recent landmark study examines the association between fluoride exposure during pregnancy and IQ scores of children. In this study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Associa...

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

Priced out

A news project reflects our economy – and we also find value in competition

DATE: Sep 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Shame on you for ending Monday print

In unilaterally eliminating an additional print circulation day, the Herald fails to live up to its own expectation for local prominent organizations and businesses. The Herald wo...

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

Climate strikers should stay in school

There was yet another polarizing letter to the editor in the Herald (“ How about students stay in school for the day and devote class time to study and learn facts about the issues surround...

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

The case against Brett Kavanaugh is weakening

WASHINGTON – The decision by The New York Times to remove a key exculpatory fact from its recent article on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is such an incredible editing error that it ...

DATE: Sep 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Michael Gerson

What’s really behind this rage against regulation?

Modern conservatives hate regulation, and the Trump administration has channeled that into policy. It has scrapped or gutted rules designed to limit predatory lending to for-profit education...

DATE: Sep 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Paul Krugman

Cartoon was misleading, disappointing

After the detailed reporting by the Herald about the archaeological digs taking place on Florida Mesa in the path of the realignment of US 550, it was very disappointing to see the critical ...

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