Newsletter Opinion - The Durango Herald

It’s your House

Democrats, before you unpack, we’d like to have a word about your new mandate

DATE: Nov 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials

This crop of journalists must be purged

The current active campaign against a Republican president by the liberal media has now spiraled totally out of control. We need to renovate and replace the current crop of liberal advocates...

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

Open your eyes: Trump just doesn’t care

The last time I Googled “How many lies has Trump told since taking office,” the number came in as 4,001. That was three weeks ago. The number is, obviously, way more than that now. ...

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

After fire, the forest begins healing itself

U.S. Forest Service guides escorted 20 Durangoans two miles along the Upper Hermosa Trail on a recent bright autumn morning. We had stood in horror as flames licked the ridges this summer. N...

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

Ducking hard questions, we all lost the elections

WASHINGTON – We all lost the fiercely contested midterm elections. They were a referendum on President Donald Trump, which suited both Republicans and Democrats just fine. Democra...

DATE: Nov 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Not hammer time

As our soldiers head south, we worry about just what we’re becoming

DATE: Nov 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Guess what? Trump can rewrite the Constitution

“It was always told to me that you needed a constitutional amendment. Guess what? You don’t. … Now they’re saying I can do it just with an executive order.” – President Trump, exp...

DATE: Nov 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

This foolish amendment could ruin us

Why do both conservative organizations like Club 20 and liberal cities like Boulder oppose Amendment 74? Because it’s a change to the state constitution that will embroil state an...

DATE: Nov 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Let’s pony up for the Durango we enjoy

Several years ago, my wife and I moved to Durango from Texas. Durango charmed us with its friendly people, and the tremendous amenities the city had to offer. However, as we only know too we...

DATE: Nov 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

President Trump keeps disrespecting us

When I think that Trump cannot possibly disrespect our country more, he does. He held a campaign rally on the very night that one of his rabid supporters massacred 11 Jewish worsh...

DATE: Nov 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A vote for Democrats is a vote for chaos

Once we were young and Democrats. My wife and I came from families that had voted for Democratic candidates for three generations. The Democratic Party was once a party of patriotism and tra...

DATE: Nov 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Medicare for all is how we should aim

In his letter to the editor (“Scott Tipton is excellent on healthcare,” Oct. 31),Dr. William G. Plested said that “Scott Tipton’s positions are best for patients and their physicians.” This ...

DATE: Nov 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor