Editorials - The Durango Herald

In climate of malevolence, simple act of competence offers perspective

This week should be a trying experience for anyone who respects the mechanics – let alone the underlying premise – of our democracy. With its promise of an unrelenting barrage of bombast, bu...

DATE: Jul 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Public hearing airs sensible changes to Durango’s marijuana laws

Durango’s City Council is hosting a public hearing on Tuesday to consider expanding marijuana retail and operational rules within the city limits, and we expect the comments to be favorable....

DATE: Jul 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Solution to student absenteeism must be a cooperative effort

La Plata County students are accustomed to excelling – in academics, the arts and athletics, which is why it is so concerning to learn that the absentee rate among county youths is so high (...

DATE: Jul 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Cascade Creek should be considered closed to trespassing and jumping

Descriptions of the gorge that Cascade Creek has carved into the bedrock north of Durango always include poetic adjectives like gorgeous and stunning. And because leaping into the narrows an...

DATE: Jul 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

2016 Music in the Mountains well underway with highlights to come

For three decades, Music in the Mountains has been a key part of what summer means to Southwest Colorado. With the musical event into its 2016 season, this year should be all it is reputed t...

DATE: Jul 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Bears Ears may finally get the protection it so clearly deserves

Cedar Mesa, Dark Canyon, Grand Gulch and Valley of the Gods are all places with names that evoke the almost mythical natural landscape familiar to many residents and visitors of the Four Cor...

DATE: Jul 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Cure for political pessimism is more, better involvement with democracy

A major theme this election year has been dissatisfaction with incumbent candidates, and frustration with the gridlock on both the national and state levels. The more cynical citizens among ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Former U.S. Sen. Bill Armstrong remembered for approachability, civility

At a time when everyone is speculating as to how Congress became so dysfunctional, with both parties refusing to communicate and to compromise on almost every issue, we can remember politica...

DATE: Jul 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

FBI: Investigation found no basis for charges against Clinton

FBI Director James B. Comey said Tuesday that the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state turned up nothing to warrant criminal charges. A...

DATE: Jul 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Elie Wiesel’s life, goal should not be forgotten

Elie Wiesel died Saturday at the age of 87. He was a prolific author, a Nobel laureate and, most famously, a survivor of the Holocaust. He deserves to be remembered. Of far more i...

DATE: Jul 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Independence Day a fitting time to celebrate being American

Most holidays have both a celebratory quality and a deeper meaning. But while imbued with historical meaning, the Fourth of July need not be more than it is – a celebration of the United Sta...

DATE: Jul 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Panic presumes that Brexit is a done deal

The news has been full of frightful, even panicked, talk of the effects of the British vote to take that nation out of the European Union – a British exit or Brexit. Much seems to presume th...

DATE: Jun 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials