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DATE: Jan 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Letter: Lady Gaga offered a dramatic, inspiring example

V.L. Nielsen’s letter concerning Lady Gaga getting the national anthem “wrong” at President Biden’s inauguration got me thinking. It seems to me that the lyrics of the national a...

DATE: Jan 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Calling Boebert a “dropout” is petty denigration

Colorado Sun writer Nancy Lofholm, for unclear reasons, saw fit to label U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert as a “high school dropout” in her Jan. 15 article (“boebert vowed to shaek things up – she d...

DATE: Jan 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Purgatory needs stricter mask enforcement

Our recent visit to Purgatory Ski area was a sad statement of Purgatory Ski Resort choosing to let guests “self discipline” and not be out front, asking skiers to please comply with the Stat...

DATE: Jan 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Feminine qualities can help us achieve freedom from suffering

If as individuals we want true freedom from our suffering, in this present time of great change, we as individuals must simply change that which no longer serves us. ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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DATE: Jan 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Sen. Don Coram: State legislature gets underway ... sort of

The 73rd Colorado General Assembly is in session. Well maybe. On Jan. 13 at 10 a.m., the session was called to order, roll call was taken, we heard the usual opening-day speeches from the ma...

DATE: Jan 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Henry Olsen: Why unity is so difficult to achieve

Many Americans, if not most, want some type of national unity after the horrifying and despicable events of Jan. 6. But even if that’s what a majority of Americans want, accomplishing it wil...

DATE: Jan 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: Setting the record straight on identity

I am John Dunn and a native of Durango. I worked at Mercy Hospital as an ambulance driver and orderly for five years. I then spent the next 25 years working as a firefighter and ...

DATE: Jan 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Climate simulator game is free, informative

I wish to compliment Gail Harriss’ Jan. 19 letter (“Carbon fee, dividend offer a climate change solution”) underscoring the devastating economic downside of climate catastrophe ... and the p...

DATE: Jan 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Lady Gaga got the anthem wrong

Lady Gaga’s rendition of the national anthem at the presidential inauguration should not require adding or deleting notes. For example, the word “banner” was written by Frances Scott Key...

DATE: Jan 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor