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Editorials

Take this thing from my paw

A wound, a miracle cure and the legend of Androcles in Three Springs

July 18, 2019

Guest Columns

Immigration policies much worse than Trump’s

She is Carola Rackete, she is 31, and she is the captain of Sea Watch 3, a German NGO-operated ship…

July 17, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Teachers: PERA owns prison shares

It’s important to remember, the more people private prisons incarcerate, the more money they make. Ah! The joys of capitalism!…

July 17, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Call them ‘corporate profiteering plans’

When asking candidates about it, moderator Lester Holt’s words reflected industry bias: “Who here would abolish their private insurance in…

July 17, 2019

Editorials

Colorado ICE protests mirror Trump bluster

Immigration protesters raise Mexico’s colors over Colorado ICE center

July 16, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Somewhere, in a distant galaxy, a train…

Her cousin Sara, then 15, had just returned from a family trip to Durango. She described a breathtaking ride in…

July 16, 2019

Letters to the Editor

More than one factor started 416 Fire

My professor asked: “Does an acorn cause an oak?” After much discussion it was concluded that an acorn was necessary…

July 16, 2019

Frank Bruni

I finally got it: Joe Biden is George W. Bush

I’m referring to Bush’s first presidential bid, in 2000, which is remembered mostly for its surreal climax. To the limited…

July 16, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Hateful rhetoric is directed at president

It is certainly nice to know that you singularly have our complicated foreign policy all figured out. Although I do…

July 15, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Two little words about your climate view

Dear Mr. Boyd: Good grief. Jim Newman Bayfield

July 15, 2019

Editorials

Have we got a deal for you on the border

Democratic candidate has an idea that could solve immigration

July 15, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Derangement Syndrome strikes again

While the Herald’s publishing of this letter certainly supports our First Amendment right, the Herald staff could use a crash…

July 15, 2019

Editorials

Bad marks

and charter schools reveal fault lines for Democrats and unions

July 15, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Heads must roll for cityâ€™s tragic decision

Call the former Council, the city manager and others to task and demand explanations and their resignations. Rick Lane Durango

July 14, 2019

Guest Columns

Some conventional wisdom about college is wrong

Fort Lewis College is weathering all these storms, and, happily, appears to have turned the corner on its particular enrollment…

July 14, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Dear Durango, you’re great. Love, Arizona

Our hostess, the ambitious “Mrs. Caroline Romney,” brought Durango’s history to life in the San Juan historical car on the…

July 13, 2019

Robert Samuelson

Is Vladimir Putin right that liberalism is obsolete?

He yearns, it seems, to be seen as a leading political thinker, respected for his analysis as well as feared…

July 13, 2019

Guest Columns

Jeffrey Epstein is the symbol of plutocratic rot

Her piece painted him as an enigmatic Jay Gatsby type, a boy from a middle-class family in Brooklyn who had…

July 12, 2019

Guest Columns

Listen to nature, not labs with their fake meat

What? As the co-founder of a 100% grass-fed beef restaurant, I am in the business of burgers and food. And…

July 12, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Just who do you think built these roads?

Unless the answer is yes, you depend on roads to receive these goods, which are trucked to Durango. Carol Simmons…

July 12, 2019

Editorials

The ‘Betsy Ross’ flag symbolizes unity

du1-i-syn One flag, however, developed a following. Betsy Ross, whether she designed it or simply sewed it, is credited for…

July 12, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Act now to save our Electoral College

So it applies to the Electoral College. It evens out the representation of everyone. What about the majority? Aren’t they…

July 11, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Opinion is snobby, sloppy, sly and wrong

These 250 words allow us to pick only a few cherries, like the sloppy comparison between a Mark Twain wisecrack…

July 11, 2019

Guest Columns

George Will’s book shows why conservatism failed

For decades, conservatism was a dominant ideology in the West, championed by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Now it has…

July 11, 2019