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DATE: Jul 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Act now to save our Electoral College

Club 20 in Colorado was formed to protect the interests of the 20-plus Western Slope counties. These counties have natural resources that supplement and sustain the needs and growth of the E...

DATE: Jul 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Opinion is snobby, sloppy, sly and wrong

The Durango Herald editorial, “ These 250 words allow us to pick only a few cherries, like the sloppy comparison between a Mark Twain wisecrack and a municipal comprehensive land-use plan. ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

George Will’s book shows why conservatism failed

NEW YORK – Today’s crisis of conservatism has produced surprisingly few books that try to understand what exactly has happened to the venerable creed. For decades, conservatism wa...

DATE: Jul 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

About those Bayfield flags

Does a Confederate banner belong in a Fourth of July parade? No

DATE: Jul 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Polis, Dems trying to steal your vote

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is how the Democratsâ€™ circumvention of the Constitution and its provision for an Electoral College would work. Instead of abolishing the Colleg...

DATE: Jul 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Moderates have a different story, and it’s better

American progressives have a story to tell, and they are not afraid to tell it. In this story, global capitalism is a war zone. Free trade is a racket. Big business and Big Pharma are rapaci...

DATE: Jul 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Trash receptacles needed for homeless

In a recent city study session, some learned of the costly burden on taxpayers with city staff cleaning up trash allegedly left by homeless people. It’s a common problem throughout the count...

DATE: Jul 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Feed the meter for trail amenities

No, those aren’t parking meters going up at area trails – they’re trail meters, and they offer a new way to donate to maintain Yampa Valley trails,” The re-purposed, credit card-compatible...

DATE: Jul 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

White House has point about excessive regulation

WASHINGTON – The most obscure part of President Trump’s economic agenda is deregulation. This is not because anyone is hiding it. The real reason is more mundane: Deregulation is ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Trumpâ€™s war on Iran will be ugly first

If Trump draws America into a war with Iran, I hope our military leaders will ignore this command. This will not be a just war but a war he will wage to support his murderous frie...

DATE: Jul 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor