Newsletter Opinion

Socialism not the answer to anything

“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing…

February 23, 2019

Frank Bruni

The Vatican’s gay overlords

book opens closets but could fuel fires

February 23, 2019

Population Matters

Fight over-population denial

They supported their claim that there was no population problem with the statement that all the world’s people could fit…

February 23, 2019

Direct popular vote for president, yes!

Democrats are certainly not the enemy of the republic and it’s too bad Neds takes such a hateful approach to…

Why is city doing this with our taxes?

This trail is poorly designed and expensive. It involves an awkward and dangerous railroad crossing at 36th Street that may…

This city needs to discover real ethics

Another thing that concerns me about the city is that its Board of Ethics, the board that is supposed to…

Guest Columns

Time for new city funding to keep the paint fresh

In Durango, Ballot Question 2A combined property and sales tax increases to fund fire and rescue, and street maintenance. While…

Editorials

Hear Churchill roar

biography fleshes out the mercurial and irreplaceable Winston Churchill

Today is finally Skip the Straw Day

National Skip the Straw Day falls on Friday, Feb. 22 this year. I am skipping the straw on Friday because…

Fareed Zakaria

Anti-Semitism is like cancer in the Islamic world

Their tweets and comments have been portrayed by some as evidence of a rising tide of anti-Semitism on the left.…

February 21, 2019

Herald fails readers on news about city

So I was sorry to see “John Simpson led fight against Durango’s proposed tax increase” (Feb. 18) reverse course on…

February 21, 2019

Editorials

To the barricades: Blue states, including ours, take on Trump

Colorado has joined 15 states in a suit against the president. Is it a gimmick?

February 21, 2019

Democrats are enemies of the republic

They would not even be considering it if the urban population centers in L.A. and New York tended to vote…

February 20, 2019

Get mom to join #metoo, make us great

In the 2016 election, and it is now clear, college-educated white women were the real edge that defeated Hilary Clinton.…

February 20, 2019

Let’s make it illegal for Trump to lie

Our first president was renowned for his inability to lie. Our 16th president’s nickname included the word “honest.” Our current…

David Brooks

How the American left fell in love with elitism

Over the past 10 years, American capitalism has produced 20 million new jobs. The productive dynamism of capitalism is truly…

Editorials

Nice work: City, county find prudent flight path

ticket fees to expand the airport is a wise and responsible endeavor

Lives are more important than hurries

As a sixth-grader, I was good friends with Harl Kendrick at Florida Elementary School and after his accident I traveled…

Love my electric car, can’t wait for more

The technology is there, the majority of Coloradans want it, the time is now. I bought my Nissan Leaf in…

David Leonhardt

How words become weapons, forms of cowardice

Billionaire was a neutral word, grounded in math: Such a person could spend $10 million a year for 100 years…

February 18, 2019

Aspen throws shade on slushy Durango

Why did a plow not come down the lane for 12 hours after the heavy snow began? Can Durango do…

February 18, 2019