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Brake for car braking ahead of you

Maybe there are deer on the road. Maybe the vehicles following that driver should not punch the gas and pass…

February 4, 2019

Second homeowners deserve a break

I wonder if she stopped to consider that second homeowners pay the same school taxes as locals and never send…

February 3, 2019

Thomas Friedman

More schools, fewer tanks

the Mideast needs from the U.S. now is not force but education

February 3, 2019

Editorial Cartoons

Editorial cartoons

Gary Marksteindu1-i-syn

City should answer these five questions

As a candidate for City Council, I would suggest the following information be provided, preferably in a public forum that…

Before Hamlet, we did know our minds

Linguists have long known that the best indication of an author attributing inner life to a character is in making…

Why are we being gouged for propane?

On Jan. 29, I was quoted $2.734 per gallon from “big fish” propane who bought up my former supplier. They…

Guest Columns

Major Powell’s big brain needs another adventure

He was first through the Grand Canyon in 1869. There are many celebrations and events planned, but as a river…

From the State House

Shutdown’s effects hit too close to home

She was serving hors d’oeuvres at a party. A federal employee with a doctoral degree, she works to support her…

Frank Bruni

The Super Bowl that a broken America deserves

Sure, a bunch of people will make a boatload of money, tens of millions of us will reflexively tune in…

Hill Stompers summon sweet memories

I was Snowdown’s webmaster from 1996 through 2005 and I recall getting an email from the Hill Stompers asking if…

Hospitals should give us useful info

As a board member of Consumers for Quality Care, a coalition dedicated to patients and their right to affordable, high-quality…

Herald should not publish Trump-bashing

This was not a rational letter. It was a hate piece, bashing our president, spewing lies and not worthy of…

Editorials

And they’re back:

could be a one-year fluke, but for now, butterflies have returned to Mexico

Editorial Cartoons

Editorial cartoons

Judith Reynoldsdu1-i-syn

Mistake shouldn’t define Snowberger

Obviously, Mr. Fredrickson is an anomaly. Evidently, Mr. Fredrickson has never made a mistake. One mistake does not define a…

Welcome to Durango in Three Springs

Durango city limits are right at the corner of Three Springs Boulevard and U.S. 160. With the development of Hope…

City must accommodate cars, not bikes

I also find the proposal objectionable because it taxes us just outside the city limits, but we can’t vote on…

Dana Milbank

Labor’s death reports were greatly exaggerated

When Justice Samuel Alito and his anti-labor colleagues on the Supreme Court handed down the Janus vs. AFSCME decision last…