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Scott Tipton must get tough with Trump

I hope Rep. Scott Tipton has spent the hours I have today reading for himself the Mueller Report. No reasonable person can deny the Russians did not just “try to meddle in the 2016 election,...

DATE: Apr 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Gardner is deluded on Green New Deal

Few statements are more revealing than when someone in Sen. Cory Gardner’s position submits a wandering diatribe slamming everything from the Green New Deal to recent Colorado legislation fo...

DATE: Apr 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The Troubles: When David and Goliath switch places

Shooting shows how they linger; popular sitcom shows how they die

DATE: Apr 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

It was an honor being your city councilor

I have been honored to serve Durango on the City Council for the last eight year and I want to thank many people, first of all, the voters who trusted me to make thoughtful decisions for the...

DATE: Apr 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Apr 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Congress must hold Trump accountable

History in many ways began with the incompletely released Mueller report. While I personally cannot wait for the full, unredacted version, the one released shows a shameful presid...

DATE: Apr 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tri-State must stop misusing our money

Press reports have surfaced recently showing that Tri-State Generation and Transmission and other coal-burning power companies have funneled large sums – $7.8 million in 2017 and up to $8.8 ...

DATE: Apr 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We do need a wall – and a bigger, smarter gate

SAN DIEGO – On April 12, I toured the busiest border crossing between America and Mexico – the San Ysidro Port of Entry, in San Diego – and the walls being built around it. Guided...

DATE: Apr 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Don’t be fooled about Medicare for all

Let’s put public health above corporate wealth and get behind the improved Medicare for All Act just introduced in the U.S. Senate. Imagine no more premiums, deductibles, co-pays ...

DATE: Apr 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Winning the black vote

It helps to start by knowing African-Americans are not one bloc

DATE: Apr 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

This is modern natural family planning

In 1965, I visited a medical meeting where an Australian couple, both physicians, advocated a new natural family planning method. The Doctors Billings claimed their method was ver...

DATE: Apr 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Blame climate change, not polar bears

It’s been a long time, but I just couldn’t pass up a chance to respond to Mike Sigman’s letter regarding walruses plunging to their deaths (“ It is completely obvious that Sigman has not se...

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