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Letter: Charges against WikiLeaks founder should be dropped

On Jan. 4, 2021, a London magistrate will hand down her decision on whether to extradite WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange – an Australian citizen – to the United States. The U....

DATE: Dec 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Mercy should share data on COVID care with public

It is the first week of December 2020 and the COVID-19 outlook in the United States for the next several months is looking very grim pending widespread vaccinations. Overall, the number of h...

DATE: Dec 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Michelle Goldberg: The MAGA Revolution Devours Its Own

Gabriel Sterling, a Georgia election official and longtime Republican, held a news conference this week in which he excoriated Donald Trump’s lies about voter fraud and the threats of violen...

DATE: Dec 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our View: Despite district’s best efforts, some students are falling behind

Despite district’s best efforts, some students need more help to catch up

DATE: Dec 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Biden needs to rollback the rollbacks on the environment

In early 2017, not long after President Donald Trump moved into the White House, his chief adviser, Steve Bannon, said the administration’s aim was the “deconstruction of the administrative ...

DATE: Dec 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Thomas Friedman: Dear Joe, Iran is not about the nukes anymore

With the assassination by Israel of Iran’s top nuclear warhead designer, the Middle East is promising to complicate Joe Biden’s job from Day One. President-elect Biden knows the region well,...

DATE: Dec 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our View: Good reasons to celebrate (safely) in Durango this weekend

Demons football, Polar Express provide two good reasons to make merry (safely)

DATE: Dec 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: COVID-19 vaccines should be free

We’ve heard a lot of good news about coronavirus vaccines lately. From the Moderna vaccine to the Pfizer vaccine to the Oxford vaccine, science is working, and help is on the way. ...

DATE: Dec 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our View: Surveillance success or Orwell come to pass?

City surveillance cameras catch girls, but do we want an Orwellian world?

DATE: Dec 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Bayfield schools’ COVID policies are unsafe

Bayfield School District Superintendent Kevin Aten and I agree that teachers believe kids learn best in person. However, what was missing from Aten’s recent Bayfield School Distri...

DATE: Dec 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our View: Council correct on mask ordinance

Council makes the courageous choice to protect the public from COVID-19

DATE: Nov 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Mercy Family Medicine rises to the top

The Mercy Patient and Family Advisory Council brings the patient’s perspective to Mercy Family Medicine. We are dedicated to making Mercy Family Medicine one of the premier family practices....

DATE: Nov 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor