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Most nonsensical garbage from Dems

Caller: “Is this the Trump campaign? I have information on Joe Biden you’re going to want to hear.” Campaign HQ:…

That old magic: Bob Dylan is timelessly alive

Dylan is back in a new movie with a few pointed things to take away

Guest Columns

The worst president hails the greatest generation

It’s not a rhetorical question. The event is more distant to us than Custer’s Last Stand was to the men…

Report shady law enforcement to police

Many have asked what to do when they observe persons detaining Hispanics without presenting either warrants or their credentials or…

June 16, 2019

Mike Littwin

A textbook case of Colorado political ineptitude

The idea was not simply wrong-headed, but also a textbook case of political ineptitude. We can sum up the ineptitude…

June 16, 2019

City was shortsighted at whitewater park

Instead of the local rafting companies being able to take passengers on our excellent town run, in a year when…

June 15, 2019

Guest Columns

The other D-Day: 75 years ago, it lit up the Pacific

Two and a half years after being battered at Pearl Harbor, the United States had the power to conduct two…

June 15, 2019

The people who thanked the firefighters

We remembered the words around town, written on car windows, displayed in storefronts, planted in yards – improvised, it always…

June 15, 2019

Colorado fast becoming California lite

Colorado is fast becoming California lite as new residents pour in from failing blue states. If I didn’t know better,…

Guest Columns

I’m still not a socialist – don’t believe the hype

This has been standard procedure from Republicans for a very long time. Here’s what then-President Harry Truman said about it…

The waiting game

Sitting in Front Range traffic, life and scenery flash before your eyes

How they voted

Homeless not a liberal or political issue

Homelessness is not a political issue. Try to think logically. Most cities are more liberal than small towns. Homeless people…

David Brooks

Witches, astrology speak to resistance, disruption

The first is astrology. According to a 2018 Pew poll, 29% of Americans say they believe in astrology. That’s more…

Homeless are result of income inequality

Is it just a coincidence in Durango and all over America that the more conservative they become, the more major…

June 13, 2019

Fewer labels and more compassion help

Labels divide, reducing solutions. We could aptly say that since Trump has come into office, homelessness has increased so it’s…

June 13, 2019

Democratic candidates talk – and talk – about climate change

Democratic candidates are talking plenty about climate change

June 13, 2019

Look for a CBD company (like ours)

With all of the buzz around CBD lately, you should! The popularity and incredible growth of cannabidiol products, or CBD,…

June 12, 2019

Michael Gerson

Civility doesn’t just work, it also makes us noble

Seated next to Neuhaus was a clean-cut, nicely dressed, well-spoken young man. Following the speech, the young man said of…

June 12, 2019

Editorial Cartoons

Editorial cartoons

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June 11, 2019