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An open letter to every lost Republican

Dear Republicans: I’m truly sorry you’ve lost your party; I’m sad for the nation. You’ve said you value fiscal responsibility. You bludgeoned President Obama for ballooning defici...

DATE: Sep 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

America now resembles Nazi Germany

1939: Hitler sends Down Syndrome and physically debilitated people to secret hospitals where they are euthanized. This is an unannounced program. 2019: Trump tells immigrant famil...

DATE: Sep 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Mercy and Centura are focused on their mission

For 137 years, Mercy Regional Medical Center has provided quality, comprehensive medical care to Durango and the surrounding communities. We have been recognized as one of the “100 Great Com...

DATE: Sep 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Tennis players and city partner on courts

Jerry McBride’s photo in the Herald Sept. 7 of Tennis players appreciated the new courts at Fort Lewis College and offered to assist with cleaning and minor repairs. Thanks to t...

DATE: Sep 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tattoo question marks on their heads

The “red flag” law should be in every state. The mass shooting in Odessa, Texas, would not have happened if law enforcement had been able to take guns away from this redneck shoot...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sports nutrition advice is misleading

I am an emeritus professor of exercise science, and in the spirit of academic debate, I would like to respond to a recent article in the Herald’s Food and Nutrition section entitled “ I fee...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Colorado GOP is on a lengthening losing streak

Everyone knew, and many predicted, that the effort to recall Gov. Jared Polis effort would end not just in failure, but in spectacular failure. But what I didn’t predict was that ...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Mike Littwin

Ken Burns brings the pedal steel this time

The filmmaker’s new series on country music starts airing this Sunday

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Don’t try to change ‘climate change’

Sometimes the answer to an important question is so obvious that it’s easily overlooked. Think about this when you think about climate change: What’s so abundant that we hardly co...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

As the world’s most successful political party ends

NEW YORK – Britain’s Tories are arguably the most successful political party of the modern age. The Conservatives have ruled Britain for nearly 60 of the 90 years since 1929 (the country’s f...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Fareed Zakaria

It’s not funny: Trump is Satan’s minion

OK, this is not funny anymore. The lunatic in the White House has gone too far in calling himself The Chosen One. He thinks he has the authority from God to rule like a deity. He ...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Negative train comments unjustified

My husband and I have lived in La Plata County for 20 years. For the past six of those, we have lived approximately 50 yards from the train track in the North Valley, so we happily hear and ...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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