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And then they came for the victim’s dad

I didn’t know how things could possibly get worse for Colorado Republicans after their disastrous showing in the 2018 midterms, but I guess I underestimated them. All it took was ...

DATE: May 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Mike Littwin

It’s us, bear: Brilliant new book shows toll on grizzlies

New book elegantly examines the challenges of living with grizzlies

DATE: May 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

We cannot just let wilderness run wild

The recent Forest Service announcement that chain saws will be allowed very sparingly to help clear trails within the South San Juan and Weminuche wildernesses has been met with both praise ...

DATE: May 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

It’s a start: 9-R board tackles lunch debt

Durango 9-R school board takes up lunch debt and partial meals

DATE: May 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

This war between Trump and Nadler is tawdry

Our system of checks and balances requires that political leaders hold two opposing ideas in their heads simultaneously. If you’re a political leader, the first is that your polit...

DATE: May 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

We have got to stop scaring our children

A photo in the Colorado Independent about the Highlands Ranch STEM school shooting shows a young girl, maybe a first-grader, approaching security personnel with her hands over her head. Are ...

DATE: May 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Little dent: If LA can’t solve homelessness, can we?

Los Angeles is spending big on homelessness with not much to show

DATE: May 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Many economists often don’t know what’s going on

WASHINGTON – The most intriguing thing we have learned about economists in recent decades is that they don’t know nearly as much as they thought they knew. We see this all the tim...

DATE: May 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

On climate change, we can do all this

De-carbonizing our country will be an enormous challenge. The opportunity of that challenge will be in incredible job growth, an economic stimulant. The Brookings Institute just i...

DATE: May 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor