Editorials - The Durango Herald

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‘Durango is not some urban planner’s dream’

DATE: Jul 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Cartoonists deserve Pulitzers

Prestigious prizes are awarded annually to cartoonists and illustrators for journalism excellence, and the Pulitzer Prize is as distinguished as they come. It’s the highest honor, the crowni...

DATE: Jul 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: One-liners we embrace without 600 words

DATE: Jul 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: ‘Lost sense of safety in numbers’

A reader recently reached out to say the freedom to own assault weapons and recent mass shootings have left him noting the exits while shopping at City Market. Point taken. Lately, we’re fee...

DATE: Jul 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Cheney shines light on the lie

Like a must-see binge-worthy TV series, we’re anxious to tune in to upcoming House Select Committee hearings and hear what former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone has to say about his forme...

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Dropping f-bombs in testimonies

So much has come out of the Jan. 6 hearings. Shattered White House china. Ketchup splattered on a wall. President Trump lunging for the wheel of a car in motion. The nonchalance of former Ch...

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Boebert far off on church, state

In fairness to U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, we imagine she says what people are thinking. Her conservative base, that is. In this case, it was her comment on Sunday to worshippers that she is “...

DATE: Jul 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

High voter turnout answer to troubled times

La Plata County voters are responding to current events in a healthy fashion. Whether the goal is to preserve what is good or to change what is not, the most profound power in this country i...

DATE: Jul 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Roe reversal hard hit to science

It’s open season on fundamental rights, now that the Supreme Court has reversed Roe v. Wade and other landmark abortion rights cases, despite more than 60% of Americans saying abortion shoul...

DATE: Jun 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Time for homegrown investments in workforce

People move to a new place for one reason, dig in and stay for another, and leave for something else entirely. It’s painfully clear why our workforce leaves. The Durango-area is unaffordable...

DATE: Jun 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Workforce housing

Why should taxpayers pay for this?

DATE: Jun 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Election deniers threaten democracy

When we think of cringy things our dads do, who could top what it must have been like for Ivanka Trump? She stood near her father while his inner circle repeatedly told the former president ...

DATE: Jun 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion