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Where is all this water coming from?

I found myself thirsty after reading “ There’s a 400-home subdivision planned for east of Bayfield. At Three Springs, they’re talking 2,300 homes, and in Twin Buttes, up to 655. In Edgemon...

DATE: Dec 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We’re out of there

All bad things must come to an end, such as Mideast military involvement

DATE: Dec 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials

You look just like an ostrich on climate

In response to Robert Goodrich’s letter, “ I realize head-in-the-sand denialism is one way to deal with the realization that we are all responsible. But to dream up the conspiracy that “eli...

DATE: Dec 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Math shows that Council is reasonable

In this weekend edition there was Actually, an increase of 159 percent in 16 years is about an annual increase of 3 percent; an annual increase of 10 percent per year for 16 years would be...

DATE: Dec 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

America! Here is your case for practical socialism

I’ve had several interviews lately in which I was asked whether capitalism had reached a dead end, and needed to be replaced with something else. I’m never sure what the interview...

DATE: Dec 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Paul Krugman

Media is deceiving public on sandwiches

Merriam-Webster defines a sandwich as “two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between.” The definition clearly states “bread,” which would seemingly disqualify the n...

DATE: Dec 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Free money

If the government paid you whether or not you worked, who would object?

DATE: Dec 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Let’s end domestic and sexual violence

In 2017 alone, Sexual Assault Services Organization responded to 173 individuals who called the sexual assault hotline. Alternative Horizons responded to 539 individuals experienc...

DATE: Dec 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Pssst: Free advice, Mister President

How to build and fund a border wall: First, deal with prison reform, making it possible to use prison labor to build the wall. Then pull troops out of Syria and use that unnecessa...

DATE: Dec 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Make Durango safe, secure for everyone

Homelessness was identified as one of the top three issues for our city over the next five years by city residents in Durangoâ€™s Community Satisfaction Survey. The City needs to ...

DATE: Dec 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Give of yourself

It’s the season for gifts, charity, and the warmth of personal connections

DATE: Dec 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Good tidings: There’s a new center being born

Are you optimistic or pessimistic about America’s future? I’m optimistic. I say that because there have been many moments in our history when old ideas and old arrangements stoppe...

DATE: Dec 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks