Newsletter Opinion - The Durango Herald

Council, don’t kowtow to the wealthy

In regard to the news that water rates may change, I feel I must comment. City operations director Levi Lloyd stated that water conservation was the goal. Why then is the city loo...

DATE: Aug 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The unjust executions of two bears

Two bears were unjustly executed in July after a man from out of state claimed that a bear had clawed into his tent and bitten him. Although the hospital only found “claw marks” and “light p...

DATE: Aug 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Multiple narratives – surprise – can all be true

The last issue of New York magazine featured a long, bizarre, amazing story by Kera Bolonik about a hapless Harvard Law professor, Bruce Hay, who managed to get duped by two apparent grifter...

DATE: Aug 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Why do Democrats despise America?

A new Gallup Poll shows that most Democrats don’t really care much for the United States. Take a look at the constant negative and anti-American comments made by Democrats and the...

DATE: Aug 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Willa Cather penned the antidote for Trump’s age

When I was in high school, I read Willa Cather’s “My Ántonia” and loved it for the love story it told. This week, I borrowed my daughter’s copy and read it again. It turns out to ...

DATE: Aug 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

A real estate transaction among city figures raises doubts about candor

DATE: Jul 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Outlook dark for Russian interference

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the G-20 meeting recently and someone took a video of them showing Trump, grinning, as he told Putin not to meddle in our election...

DATE: Jul 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bennet’s book

Colorado’s senator takes a hard look at where the country has gone wrong

DATE: Jul 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

We don’t know about a sick joke, but ‘sick’ sure fits this callous act

A video made the rounds of social media last week that is painful. It began as an Instagram post labeled “big game kill” and it was hard to know how facetious that was; Michael Garcia of An...

DATE: Jul 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Democrats don’t support open borders

In response to Eileen Wright’s letter (“ Democrats have tried many times to work with Republicans on comprehensive immigration reform, but Trump has thrown a wrench in the works. ...

DATE: Jul 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

What does it mean to be the world’s smartest dog, and have to say goodbye?

DATE: Jul 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Fix homelessness, ignore the experts

I propose the following to address the homelessness and transient problem in Durango: 1. The City should work with liquor stores to identify and refuse sales to the transient and ...

DATE: Jul 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor