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On streets, Durango is already ahead of the game

Can summer really be this far along already? I hope you are enjoying each and every day! In my column last month, I wrote about the Animas River Trail and how it connects our comm...

DATE: Jul 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

You can help save the planet in an electric car

Last month, I wrote about the car accident that changed my wife Gail’s and my lives. I want to thank the engineers who designed the Prius; it gave up its life to save ours. We wer...

DATE: Jul 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Herald basically promoting Nazism now

Thank you, Durango Herald, for taking a brave stand and deciding to promote the Betsy Ross flag on your editorial page as a symbol of unity. Other groups may be warping its original meaning ...

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

Let it wash you

Fantastic nomads can’t be stopped by xenophobic ignoramuses – we hope

DATE: Jul 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Time to stop debating global warming

Mr. Boyd asks what will happen if we eliminate CO2 (“ We all learn about the carbon cycle and photosynthesis in grade school, so its role is not mysterious. It should not come as a surpris...

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

Democrats intent on creating problems

So now that the Democratic Party has proved themselves to be the party for illegal immigrants, what all can we expect our tax dollars to be wasted on? First, we can count on hundr...

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

Here’s how the internet’s tentacles grabbed me

WASHINGTON – I got hacked. It was scary. In this age of cybereverything, we all live in dread that we’re going to be attacked by the internet. Nearly everyone seems vulnerable. Th...

DATE: Jul 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Jul 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

And then Boris Johnson blew it up

Watching British politics play out from America makes for black theater

DATE: Jul 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

The cancerous consensus in today’s Washington

You often hear that in these polarized times, Republicans and Democrats are deadlocked on almost everything. But the real scandal is what both sides agree on. The best example of ...

DATE: Jul 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Fareed Zakaria

Denver makes our problems look puny

So, Shane Dawson said “We’re a little behind the Denver area.” (“ After moving to Denver from Durango in 2012, it didn’t take long to see the cancer of over-development affecting the qualit...

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

About these city sewer rates: They stink!

I live 0.6 miles north of the city limit and I pay $105 per month for sewer only. My neighbor lives in a modular trailer with no land and pays $156 a month for sewer only. Per the Durango go...

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