Op-Ed - The Durango Herald

Public lands from Colorado to Alaska deserve protection

Like most Coloradans, and as owners of a Colorado outdoor business, we are deeply connected with and passionate about the outdoors and public lands. These lands are where we create memories...

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Op-Ed

When immortals die

Giant sequoias come as close to immortality as living organisms can. Many live over a thousand years, an almost unimaginable span of survival in the face of all of nature’s challenges. So it...

DATE: Jul 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Op-Ed

Declining birth rate is good news, not the worry reported

“U.S. birth rates are declining. This trend is cause for concern, because an aging population puts a strain on the economy.” – Kimberly Amadeo, in “The Balance,” April 29, 2021 The Centers ...

DATE: Jul 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Redistricting: Where’s a little gerrymander when you need one?

As I’m sure you must have noticed, it’s redistricting season in Colorado and also the first time this once-a-decade event will be determined by a nonpartisan commission, with staff doing the...

DATE: Jul 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Op-Ed

Tracy Stone-Manning is the leader we need for public lands

Having a qualified and collaborative director at the Bureau of Land Management has never been more important than it is today. Unprecedented challenges face the 245 million acres of public l...

DATE: Jun 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Op-Ed

White supremacy is metastasizing

Before the pandemic, the world was in trouble. The climate crisis was choking life out of the planet, the racial dynamic between white people and people of color was bad. Now, as the world s...

DATE: Jun 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Op-Ed

When water was plentiful

During his 50 years in rural western Colorado, Jamie Jacobson has seen a lot of flooding. While caretaking a farm in 1974, Jacobson watched 3 acres of its riverfront float away. More recentl...

DATE: Jun 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Op-Ed

African Americans celebrate freedom today, ‘Juneteenth’

This is a short history lesson about freedom. No test will be given at the end of your reading, nor will you have to purchase a textbook. The expanding of your mind is up to you. On July 4, ...

DATE: Jun 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Op-Ed

David Brooks: We’re finally invaded. Guess what happens next.

I was an American history major in college in the 1980s. I’ll be honest with you. I thrilled to the way the American story was told back then. To immigrate to America was to join the luckie...

DATE: Jun 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Op-Ed

Gail Collins: Tell Trump we’re not questioning his manhood?

Have you noticed how almost every other word out of Donald Trump’s mouth lately seems to be some variation on “dominate?” “If you don’t dominate, you’re wasting your time,” he tol...

DATE: Jun 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Op-Ed

We need a legal shift on carbon release

Our Children’s Trust is a group of climate change workers seeking to “elevate the voice of youth to secure the legal right to a stable climate and healthy atmosphere for the benefit of all p...

DATE: Feb 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Op-Ed

We wish all the best to Scott Cooper

I was saddened to read that Dolores schools superintendent Scott Cooper is heading to greener pastures (Journal, May 2). I hope that this move is in his best interest, rather tha...

DATE: May 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Op-Ed