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The worst president hails the greatest generation

Why do we still commemorate D-Day? It’s not a rhetorical question. The event is more distant to us than Custer’s Last Stand was to the men who stormed the Normandy shore. Those me...

Report shady law enforcement to police

There is some confusion these days about Federal agents’ pursuit and deportation of undocumented people. Many have asked what to do when they observe persons detaining Hispanics w...

A textbook case of Colorado political ineptitude

For those who wonder why Republicans keep losing in Colorado, we give you the latest GOP fail, in which Kristi Burton Brown, vice-chair of the state Republican Party, officially ended her do...

City was shortsighted at whitewater park

It’s truly a shame that in the rare year when the Animas River is at high flows at the same time as nice hot weather, the city has, by its unnecessary stream bed construction work, made ra...

The other D-Day: 75 years ago, it lit up the Pacific

As allied troops crossed the English Channel to invade northern France on June 6, 1944, 600 U.S. Navy ships were converging on the Mariana Islands, Japanese territory only 1,200 miles from t...

The people who thanked the firefighters

We heard La Plata County Manager Chuck Stevens at a Durango Chamber of Commerce breakfast last week talking about the 416 Fire. It was a cool, sunny morning. The air was fresh and clear. Ste...

Colorado fast becoming California lite

The editorial in the June 10 edition regarding the Denver mayor’s election is spot-on (“ Colorado is fast becoming California lite as new residents pour in from failing blue states. ...

I’m still not a socialist – don’t believe the hype

Once again, Rep. Scott Tipton is labeling me a “Socialist” (“ This has been standard procedure from Republicans for a very long time. Here’s what then-President Harry Truman said about it i...

The waiting game

Sitting in Front Range traffic, life and scenery flash before your eyes

Homeless not a liberal or political issue

I’m responding to Eileen Wright’s letter (“ Homelessness is not a political issue. Try to think logically. Most cities are more liberal than small towns. Ho...

Witches, astrology speak to resistance, disruption

We’re living in the middle of a religious revival; it’s just that the movements are not what we normally call “religion.” The first is astrology. According to a 2018 Pew poll, 29%...

Homeless are result of income inequality

Income inequality and homeless: a coincidence? (“ Is it just a coincidence in Durango and all over America that the more conservative they become, the more major crises they are facing? ...