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Biologist goes bad

U.S. Fish and Wildlife worker pleads guilty to a skin trade conspiracy

May 21, 2019

We get why, Alabama – but should the messenger be our secretary of state?

get why, Alabama – but should the messenger be our secretary of state?

Ballot wrong place for Electoral College

Article II, section 1 of the U.S. Constitution states, “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof…

Guest Columns

No endgame for rivalry with nefarious China

“It is this: We win and they lose. What do you think of that?” As the U.S. now girds for…

Carbon dividend bill is what’s needed

Problem is, individual actions are not enough. We need industry and businesses to participate. We need a national policy change…

Ross Douthat

When possible, U.S. must fight one war at a time

That thing is war with Iran, which Donald Trump doesn’t want, and which he will probably avoid. But since the…

Welcome to logic in the age of Trump

A president cannot be indicted while he’s in office; The attorney general’s decision to exonerate the president is not subject…

May 19, 2019

Guest Columns

Dems will lose again if they run against prosperity

None of these arguments is tenable. Anyone seriously interested in defeating Trump should stop making them. Reality was neatly captured…

May 19, 2019

There are no conspiracies in this county!

Colorado requires all county assessors to re-value the property in their county every two years. For tax years 2020 and…

May 18, 2019

Frank Bruni

Mysteries of Kamala Harris

could be the best candidate to take on Trump – but will America listen?

May 18, 2019

Guest Columns

There is just no way to avoid a county tax increase

The LTFC is a non-partisan committee, comprising volunteers appointed by commissioners to advise on fiscal sustainability. Our members have extensive…

May 18, 2019

Editorial Cartoons

Editorial cartoons

du1-i-syn

The citizens are letting the county down

The citizens of La Plata County are if anything under-taxed with regard to property taxes, and I, for one, would…

Mike Littwin

And then they came for the victim’s dad

All it took was a bad case of recall fever and before you knew it, the GOP was teaming up…

It’s us, bear: Brilliant new book shows toll on grizzlies

book elegantly examines the challenges of living with grizzlies

We cannot just let wilderness run wild

The value of Wilderness goes beyond recreation. Of great importance is wildlife habitat, watersheds and the preservation of pristine ecosystems…

It’s a start: 9-R board tackles lunch debt

Durango 9-R school board takes up lunch debt and partial meals

David Brooks

This war between Trump and Nadler is tawdry

If you’re a political leader, the first is that your political opponents are wrong about many things and should be…

We have got to stop scaring our children

Somebody probably thought she might have an AK-47 stuck in her little pocket. What should American society do about gun…

Little dent: If LA can’t solve homelessness, can we?

Angeles is spending big on homelessness with not much to show