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Now the Herald is taking comics hostage

The new format on the Sunday games page is somewhat of an improvement. I nearly went blind trying to read the crossword definitions before, now they’re the same size as the weekday puzzles. ...

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

Yes, you finally made the puzzles bigger!

Reference is made to a letter sent to your publication by a reader regarding the recent changes made by the Herald, whereby the puzzles were enlarged allowing for easier reading of clues and...

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

The big prizes: Shoe leather for the Pulitzer wins

This year’s Pulitzers recognize skilled reporters as first-responders

DATE: Apr 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Gardner fear-mongering on Green Deal

This headline – “ “The country is a mess,” Trump said, “and only I can fix it.” Two years of total Republican control and they have fixed nothing. Two years of complaining about infrastruct...

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

Welcome to the millionaires club, Sen. Sanders

“I wrote a best-selling book. If you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire, too.” With those words, Bernie Sanders acknowledged that he has joined the ranks of the “...

DATE: Apr 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Oil and gas industry is crying wolf again

The oil patch is at it again. More propaganda commercials to convince you that complying with health, safety and environmental rules will put it out of business. Senate Bill 19-18...

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

Walrus down: It’s time to care about pinnipeds

On 9/11 we asked, Why do they hate us? Now it’s time to ask, Why do we?

DATE: Apr 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Climate inaction is not an option here

The first NASA climate scientist testified before Congress in 1988, stating concern about the cause and effect of warming temperatures and human emissions in the atmosphere. Now, 31 years la...

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

Huntington best choice for LPEA board

I have known Dan Huntington, the incumbent candidate for La Plata Electric Association District 2, for the better part of 20 years, and every encounter I’ve had with him has been polite, hon...

DATE: Apr 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Federal control of education has failed ... Next?

WASHINGTON – You can count on one familiar refrain in the 2020 presidential campaign: Fix the schools. Faith in education is one of the nation’s bedrock values. Better schools wou...

DATE: Apr 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

We need city help with speeders here

Today, April 8, I was out in front of my house on east 32nd Street. A car turned from 32nd onto East Third Avenue and sped excessively from 32nd Street north to the 33rd Street river put-in,...

DATE: Apr 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor