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America has clear health care choice

However, Mr. Schackel mistakenly continues with a warning for us to “Be careful what you wish for with government-run healthcare.”…

June 11, 2019

Editorials

That boulder on Highway 145 needs a better name

boulder on Highway 145 needs a better name, don’t you think?

June 11, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Tri-State, accept this coal-buyout offer

Chris Riley, President of Guzman, said they would “finance the early shutdown of (three Tri-State owned) coal plants, giving Tri-State…

June 11, 2019

Ross Douthat

The one-income trap

feminists and conservatives unite around policies that work for families?

June 11, 2019

Robert Samuelson

Trump’s Mexico tariffs would be risky and nasty

For anyone who missed Trump’s announcement, here’s a summary. The president said he would impose a 5% tariff on all…

June 10, 2019

Letters to the Editor

One ignorant punk’s mindless insult

Memories of the incalculable sacrifices endured by American soldiers and Allied forces – the Greatest Generation – are besmirched by…

June 10, 2019

Editorials

Hancock again: The runoff in Denver’s mayor’s race ends with tall orders

runoff in Denver’s mayor’s race ends with tall orders

June 10, 2019

Guest Columns

This podcast perfect for mom-spying

After a bad breakup, the woman, whom the podcast producers were calling Joni, had found a sperm donor and had…

June 10, 2019

Kathleen Parker

And a blind dog shall lead the humans – to love

Thus, today’s column is dedicated to Ollie the Blind Poodle, also affectionately known as Ollie Oops. A toy poodle born…

June 8, 2019

Guest Columns

9-R board, administrators, could learn from you

Those whose parents owed $8 or more were to be given partial meals unless their accounts were paid off, and…

June 8, 2019

Letters to the Editor

It’s not unsightly, it’s lovely recycling

Some people really can re-use an item that another person no longer needs. Is that not called recycling ? A…

June 7, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Chain saws unnecessary in wilderness

Per the rules of the Wilderness Act, we have never used a chain saw. One summer, after the Yellowstone fires,…

June 7, 2019

Editorials

Brat lion’s OK

had a bad couple of days in Walsenburg last fall but he’s free now

June 7, 2019

Letters to the Editor

We need Bennet and Gardner on climate

Gov. Jared Polis points to climate change as a cause – and he’s right. It is estimated that anthropogenic climate…

June 7, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Liberalism and homeless: coincidence?

The homeless situation has escalated as liberalism has increased. Maybe a little practical thinking would be in order? Eileen Wright…

June 6, 2019

Robert Samuelson

The brave and scary new world of trading blocs

Since World War II, the international trading system has operated on the premise of “most favored nation (MFN),” meaning concessions…

June 6, 2019

Editorial Cartoons

Semyon Rosenfeld has gone, and a link to a past stranger than fiction

Rosenfeld, a Jew, was born in 1922 in Ternivka, a village in Ukraine. In 1940, he joined the Red Army…

June 6, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Workers need protection from homeless

Durango city employees see the exact type of mess caused by and left by homeless campers. Our public servants do…

June 5, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Forest Service needs to use chains saws

While certainly possible, the time for this accomplishment was not mentioned, and it is likely that this was accomplished over…

June 5, 2019

Editorials

Ahoy, dog

Animas got bigger than a goose and a collie combined

June 4, 2019

Letters to the Editor

When Kipling met the Trump resistance

Michael Berry Durango

June 4, 2019

Michael Gerson

Harriet Tubman will always have the last laugh

Even so, the Trump administration’s recent snubbing of Harriet Tubman in favor of extending Andrew Jackson’s run as the face…

June 4, 2019

Editorials

A cold morning

75 years ago, allied forces and Lt. Robert Edlin triumphed in Normandy

June 4, 2019

Michael Gerson

Harriet Tubman will always have the last laugh

Even so, the Trump administration’s recent snubbing of Harriet Tubman in favor of extending Andrew Jackson’s run as the face…

June 4, 2019