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Don’t even: Lessons need to be learned from 2A defeat

City leaders are eying another tax-hike request, in April – they shouldn’t

DATE: Jan 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Inexcusable act in the funeral industry

In response to the article “Woman’s lawsuit accuses funeral home of illegally harvesting mother’s body parts” (Jan. 7), I would like to express my abhorrence with the alleged actions of the ...

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

Farrakhan has done good things, too

The Herald’s Saturday editorial (“ Media outlets have noted that Tamika Mallory, the co-president of the Women’s March, was present at a speech Farrakhan gave before the Nation of Islam whe...

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

We need to make our free markets moral again

Suddenly economic populism is all the rage. In his now famous monologue on Fox News, Tucker Carlson argued that American elites are using ruthless market forces to enrich themselv...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Early bird special: There’s a way to make Snowdown even better

Snowdown parade is a signature event – so let’s start it at 5 p.m., not 6

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

This is what actual border security looks like

ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER – Other than the Korean Peninsula’s DMZ, there’s probably no border in the world as fraught with the potential for sudden violence as this one, known locally as ...

DATE: Jan 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

School board: time to ditch Snowberger

I don’t trust Dan Snowberger. He blatantly lied about the Needham Elementary School incident and continues to make irrational decisions by letting his personal beliefs bleed into the actions...

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

Women’s march supports justice for all

The Herald is right to remain alert to signs and instances of prejudice and injustice (“ No matter from where it originates, we must commit ourselves to confronting and resisting bias and d...

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

Sunny days ahead: Positive Colorado numbers on 2019 economy

Economic forecast shows Southwest Colorado positioned for coming year

DATE: Jan 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Great Wall of China was a failure, too

As parts of our government are shut down and employees aren’t receiving paychecks, let’s ponder the issue. A stalemate over $5 billion for a border wall, which may vastly underest...

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

Action on climate change needed now

We are in the middle of the most drought-stricken area in the U.S. Our rivers are dry, forests are burning, recreational opportunities are diminished and our rural and agricultura...

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

My best books of 2018 are only indirectly about Trump

As we bid goodbye to 2018, the year of the oh-so-many Trump books, I proudly admit I have read exactly none of them. Not the Wolff book (although I did read the excerpts), not the...

DATE: Jan 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Mike Littwin