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Bus this

J. A. Lukas told all we needed to know about forced busing – and then some

Protect our wildlife migration corridors

Wildlife migration corridors and riparian areas are under threat from growing human populations. Colorado residents are fortunate to live in a state with spectacular outdoor opportunities, b...

I know how we can use red flag laws ...

In the debate over guns vs. public safety, it seems agreed: People who have mental illness shouldn’t possess guns. This common sense public safety protection should be extended ...

This is no time to be singing kumbaya

Rob Kolter’s plea for us to all get along is well-intended, but misplaced and ill-timed (“ Yes, everyone is to blame for our current political woes, but governing is not currently about con...

Why don’t these train critics just move?

Why is it that disgruntled non-conformist malcontents move to Durango and complain about the train’s whistle, smoke, noise and the local government? My suggestion is, once they ha...

We need CORE act; accept no substitute

I bought my first mountain bike when I moved to Durango. Since then, I have developed a passion for the sport and a deep appreciation for the unique and beautiful public lands upon which I h...

We need a proper sculpture over here

This is a sore subject that I hate to revisit, but it concerns a replacement for the disastrous rock sculpture which stood at the intersection of routes 550 and 160. Isn’t it ti...

In Hong Kong, playing tennis with gas grenades

HONG KONG – President Donald Trump has called the pro-democracy protests here “riots,” and China has in effect denounced participants as terrorists. Yet even when chaos reigns dur...

‘Do-gooders’ let the homeless take over

There has been a good deal of newsprint in the Herald about the homeless camps in and around Durango, and not a whole lot about what is being done or can be done about them. Our wise City Co...

Round the world

Sixty years ago, Nixon went to Russia and the Herald was in on the action

Health care: We need to demand more

Last fall I met a retired couple living nearby in an RV. Their daughter had contracted a debilitating disease requiring costly treatments. Although they had health care insurance, their daug...

Another piece of our paradise vanishes

The lungs of the Earth are burning. I grieve this catastrophe in the beautiful Amazon. Like the Icelandic glacier the Herald cited in “So long, old ice” (Aug. 21), another piece o...