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Bigfoot is job qualification for new AG

WASHINGTON – My colleague Ruth Marcus writes: “The acting attorney general of the United States is a crackpot.” As though that’s a bad thing. Which it isn’t. ...

DATE: Nov 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

Thoughtful and tasty way to thank vets

While I’m sure most people who tell veterans “Thank you for your service” are sincere, the term has been so overused recently that it rings hollow, rather like “Welcome to Walmart and have a...

DATE: Nov 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Yogi says: Leave my city workers alone

Durangoâ€™s city leaders/servers get a lot of anger thrown their way every day, publicly and personally. Especially during voting seasons. Yet by my feeble direct experience throu...

DATE: Nov 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Can we get Al Gore to run for the Dems in 2020?

Time and Donald Trump do interesting things to a man. They make Al Gore glitter. It’s almost impossible not to be thinking of Gore now, with the words “Florida” and “re...

DATE: Nov 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni

Your opinions are divisive, poorly written

The editorial page editor sets the tone for the community. What has happened? We used to have very well-reasoned, educational and thought-provoking editorials, but now find ourse...

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Are we sincere about second chances and voting?

WASHINGTON – Those of us who participated in the 2000 presidential election are getting political PTSD from the current gubernatorial and senatorial recounts in Florida. Presiden...

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Michael Gerson

I’ll fight for your in-state TV

As your next Colorado attorney general, I’ll take your case to the FCC. My office can help. That’s how government should work.

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Animal planet

This month in 1957, a stray dog in a space capsule led us to the moon

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Suspected drunk drivers treated unfairly

Wake Up La Plata County! You have a thing called pre-trial services that provides no service. It is where you are forced to pay the sheriff’s department $50 a month and up to $20 ...

DATE: Nov 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Is the struggle to stay human still relevant today?

I watched Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece “Paths of Glory” last weekend, prompted by all the World War I centenary tributes. Set in the trenches near the end of the war, it’s a movi...

DATE: Nov 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Why is Sen. Gardner silent on acting AG?

President Trump has named to oversee the special counsel’s Russia investigation a political loyalist who has openly disparaged its legitimacy – in ignorance of whatever investigators are pre...

DATE: Nov 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor