Newsletter Opinion - The Durango Herald

Liberal parents, radical children – once again

When I meet someone who runs an organization in a blue state, I often ask: Do you have a generation gap where you work? The answer – whether the person leads a college, a nonprofi...

DATE: Nov 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Good cop, bad cop

When a Sheriff’s lieutenant lost his job due to a small theft, was it too much?

DATE: Nov 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials

LPEA is striving to be transparent

I appreciated Sara Ferrell’s letter to the editor (“ I also appreciate that she attends most board meetings and is engaged in her cooperative. I feel I need to make a few comment...

DATE: Nov 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We look weak

There is nothing great or American about tear-gassing asylum seekers

DATE: Nov 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Smash ethanol before it smashes you

One of the many benefits of living in Durango is that we can purchase ethanol-free gas. Pure-gas.org lists 13,800 North America gas stations that sell it; six are in Durango. ...

DATE: Nov 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Where is outrage about mass shootings?

Recently, there was a segment on the news about gun drills in preschools. When I grew up, there were only fire drills. One would think the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting was enough to get sensible...

DATE: Nov 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Denver hearing showed danger we’re in

On Nov. 14, the Environmental Protection Agency held public hearings in Denver regarding the Trump administration’s proposed rollback of the EPA’s New Source Performance Standards. ...

DATE: Nov 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Who wants to play Monopoly? America, do you?

The popular telling of the Boston Tea Party gets something wrong. The colonists were not responding to a tax increase. They were responding to the Tea Act of 1773, which granted a...

DATE: Nov 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Leonhardt

Appeal to Rep. Scott Tipton on climate

I appreciate your work as a legislator to address problems that affect us nationally and locally in Southwest Colorado. I appreciate your insight and campaign promises to address key issues ...

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

Transition choice

Gov.-elect Jared Polis rattles teachers, union supporters with team selections

DATE: Nov 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Bashing millionaires counterproductive

Marilyn Sandstrom’s letter (“ Maybe she doesn’t realize that one’s financial statement is not all disposable income. Who would take a train engine as payment for a car, and if th...

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

The Establishment will save the working classes

What should we do during the next two years of divided government? We could spend them as we’ve spent the last two: Express daily contempt from within the safety of our political ...

DATE: Nov 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks