Newsletter Opinion - The Durango Herald

Making criminals out of the homeless won’t work

Henry Ford observed, “Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than trying to solve them.” Homelessness is a problem. It is a complicated problem. The Homeless...

DATE: Dec 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Conservation fund needs to be revived, saved, now

Considering the amount of time I spend on public lands fishing, communing with wildlife, hiking, mountain biking, and spending time with friends and family, I figured it was time for me to e...

DATE: Dec 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

No mystery in the failure of that city tax increase

I have opted to write an open letter to Durango City Council instead of attending one of its scheduled community sessions, in hopes of directly sharing my thoughts and perspectives about bud...

DATE: Dec 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

City, Herald, trying to fool us on roads

I find this story about the streets in Durango going to pot an absolute joke (“What’s it like to live or work on a ‘very poor’ street?,” Nov. 28). We have problems, but this story...

DATE: Dec 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Colorado deer, elk are safe for now

Much ink has been spilled about Chronic Wasting Disease, which affects deer. CWD has slowly spread over the last few decades, and some hunters are worried it will decimate deer po...

DATE: Dec 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

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DATE: Dec 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

The real China challenge: managing its decline

In 2009, The Economist wrote about an up-and-coming global power: Brazil. Its economy, the magazine suggested, would soon overtake that of France or the U.K. as the world’s fifth ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Herald, admit Dems want open borders

The editorial in the Nov. 30 edition of the Herald (“ Yet, the fact that the current administration used tear gas now qualifies critics to call us weak. The Reagan administration...

DATE: Dec 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Durango! I have our next police chief

I believe that Dave Peterson has the experience, knowledge, and common sense to be the next Durango police chief. He has been employed by the city of Durango longer than any other...

DATE: Dec 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The unmaking

Wrangle over Bears Ears asks whether president has the power of reduction

DATE: Dec 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials

H.W. Bush and the maddening wars over his legacy

On Twitter over the weekend, the television writer Bryan Behar did something unconscionable. He praised George H.W. Bush. The former president had just died. In Behar’s...

DATE: Dec 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni

We do have room for wolves in Colorado

When wolves come into a state either through natural migration or relocation, there is a similar pattern of fear and misinformation. I have worked as a veterinarian for 28 years, ...

DATE: Dec 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor