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Why don’t these train critics just move?

My suggestion is, once they have exhausted themselves, move to the end of an airport runway and start over again.…

September 4, 2019

We need CORE act; accept no substitute

Because of my appreciation for these lands, I feel as though I also have a duty to protect them. I…

September 4, 2019

Guest Columns

In Hong Kong, playing tennis with gas grenades

Yet even when chaos reigns during clashes with the police, protesters clean up litter from the battlefield. Medics stand by…

We need a proper sculpture over here

Isnâ€™t it time that we consider a sculpture that reflects the indigenous history of the Four Corners area? The early…

‘Do-gooders’ let the homeless take over

May they lie on the sidewalk in front of businesses or residences? May they scatter trash and excrement anywhere they…

Editorials

Round the world

years ago, Nixon went to Russia and the Herald was in on the action

Health care: We need to demand more

A uniquely American scenario. In America, 62% of bankruptcies are due to medical bills. Over one million Americans go medically…

Another piece of our paradise vanishes

Like the Icelandic glacier the Herald cited in “So long, old ice” (Aug. 21), another piece of our paradise is…

Why do you gripe about these editorials?

Recent complaints about “irrelevant” editorials are a thinly disguised request for the Herald to return to strident, snarky, political screeds…

September 2, 2019

Iâ€™ll be deciding what matters, thank you

We can get national and world news other places. So many of the editorial columns are nonsensical and rambling about…

September 2, 2019

Editorials

That’s the spirit

Michael Bennet vows to hang on

September 2, 2019

Merciless policies imposed on hospital

I was aghast, as I have been to Mercy many times over the last 15 years and have never been…

September 1, 2019

Frank Bruni

A surprising path from Zimbabwe to Ivy League

Before Wadzi, 19, arrived at Columbia University last month for a summer bridge program to prepare for her first year,…

September 1, 2019

Guest Columns

Opioids here not the huge problem you may think

I have been working in this community doing opioid-specific education, Naloxone trainings and general substance use prevention for the past…

August 31, 2019

Do it for the bees – and for us – Scott

We have seen the largest die-off of natural pollinators in the year 2019 than in any previous year recorded. We…

August 31, 2019

Guest Columns

Nostalgia breeds derangement. Let’s move on.

The book has enjoyed a new life among people struggling to make sense of the dual shocks of Brexit and…

One airport cancellation was too many

The article said they realize this is frustrating to customers, but to us it was far more than frustrating. We…

Lock up the U.S. Senate majority leader

So a while ago, our president, ever mindful of Russian needs, proposed lifting these U.S. imposed sanctions, including the Deripaska…

That train whistle is a matter of law

The Federal Railroad Administration requires the use of horns or whistles in addition to the bell at all road crossings.…

Editorials

Houses, meet pox

president’s allies and some press figures seem to have lost their marbles

Republicans are going to pay for this

He disgraces the United States. Those who support him disgrace themselves. By allowing him to remain in office, Republicans render…

When we wave our arms, they flip us off

It used to be fine, but now we hear its noise in our house and neighbors are throwing their hands…

Tourist train belongs on a scrap heap

I don’t believe the current tourist train and its owner are worthy of such honor and distinction. A museum is…