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Opinion/Letters To The Editor

I ache for my country, my ancestors

My heart aches for my country, burdened by the actions of our current president and his unlawful group who are tearing apart our constitutional republic. As a fifth-generation Western Color...

DATE: Mar 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Making mistakes, amends, making calls

Perhaps you voted for Donald Trump. Now 30 days in to his presidency perhaps you’re questioning that decision, feeling confused, uncomfortable, uncertain or more. Rather than beating yourse...

DATE: Mar 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

You cannot support Trump/Musk and the Constitution

Most Republicans in Congress are cowards. They sit by and watch Trump systemically dismantle and destroy our democratic government. Trump clearly wants to replace it with himself as an autho...

DATE: Mar 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

We all want to feel safe again

Who feels safe right now? I don’t. I’m worried about my new business, kids, neighbors and country, and the Ukrainian people. This week, I wondered if others in SW Colorado also feel unsafe? ...

DATE: Mar 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Ongoing lack of veteran support will affect recruitment

Everyone with a functioning brain that is not frozen in a political side understands the goal of some GOP leaders of today. Dismantling the function of government. Which is being done in num...

DATE: Mar 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Please feature right-of-center POV on opinion pages

According to the La Plata County election results, 58% of voters preferred the Democrat candidate for president. Then it stands to reason that 42% of county voters backed the winning candida...

DATE: Mar 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

It takes a weed to know one, Elon

Weeds can be defined as a plant out of place (ex., grass in your tomato garden). Executive Order 13112 (1999) defines invasive species as “an alien species whose introduction does or is like...

DATE: Mar 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

It’s time for the 25th Amendment

Last week, Donald Trump declared that Ukraine should not have invaded Russia. Everybody on the face of the Earth knows that Putin and Russia invaded Ukraine. This display of mental erosion/d...

DATE: Mar 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Hurd’s silence on the dismantling of our government

Awash in a sea of arrogance, lies, threats and plunder. That is what our nation, once the beacon of the world for the ideals of freedom, justice, equality and fairness under the law, has bee...

DATE: Mar 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Buy a newspaper and stand up for America

The definition of tyranny: Cruel, unreasonable or arbitrary use of power or control. Trump stabbed America in the back by releasing his 1,600 fellow traitors and violent criminals. He did th...

DATE: Mar 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

The Herald, an important source for Rep. Hurd’s work

With the current state of chaos in our government, the Herald can provide an important reporting service to residents of CD3. After your endorsement of Jeff Hurd for CD3, I would like you t...

DATE: Mar 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Behaviors, vocabulary of thugs and gangsters

With apologies to Robert Browning, there are so many disagreements I have with the surge of edicts, memos, directives, executive orders and retributions that have come out of the White House...

DATE: Mar 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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