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Thanks, governor. I love my electric car.

Thank you, Gov. Polis, for making one of your first actions as governor to address clean air and climate change in Colorado. Supporting the transition to electric vehicles will sa...

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

Let’s clear up some confusion over sex ed bill

There has been lots of conversation on House Bill 19-1032, Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education. I have been asked, why in the world would you sponsor such a bill? The answer i...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the State House

Not the best of all possible worlds – but close

NEW YORK – This year’s World Economic Forum, more than usual, prompted a spirited round of elite-bashing, which has now become the trendy political posture on both right and left. ...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Fareed Zakaria

The Trump Doctrine

On foreign policy, like it or not, this administration is exceeding expectations

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

County needs to surmount big challenges

The beginning of the year is always a time of high activity and change at La Plata County, and 2019 is delivering large doses of both. In January, we said goodbye to County Manage...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Chair

We need wolves now more than ever

Whenever we try to play God, we inevitably get it wrong. Examples abound including fire suppression that is resulting in catastrophic fires, trans-basin diversions that de-water streams and ...

DATE: Feb 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City’s tax is bait-and-switch proposal

Last November, voters clearly told City Council that we were not interested in a tax increase unless it was specific and left no wiggle room for city staff to bait and switch. The...

DATE: Feb 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Maybe nukes: A bold plan to get to zero emissions

Has the time come to consider reactors as a substitute for burning all this coal?

DATE: Feb 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Feeling negative? Think of John McCain

Over the past couple of months, the Opinion page has been publishing the rants, rages and attacks by a particular Bayfield resident. This gentleman seems to believe that broad-bas...

DATE: Feb 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The Electoral College has had its day

The Herald editorial of Jan. 30 (“ By most accounts, the Electoral College was a political compromise crafted to reject direct democracy and one-person, one-vote. The original design was en...

DATE: Feb 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

GOP must stand up to Trump on immigration

Another government shutdown is looming. Rather than quietly admitting defeat on his border wall stand, President Trump has punted the issue to a bipartisan group of lawmakers. He ...

DATE: Feb 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Why so long to determine fire’s cause?

Why does it take so many months (since June) for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad to be found to have been the cause of the 416 Fire in Durango last summer based on pro-train ey...

DATE: Feb 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor