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Early bird special: There’s a way to make Snowdown even better

Snowdown parade is a signature event – so let’s start it at 5 p.m., not 6

January 15, 2019

This is what actual border security looks like

Since President Donald Trump thinks border security is the issue of our time, it’s worth considering how Israel – with…

School board: time to ditch Snowberger

As a graduate of 9-R schools and as a parent of a 9-R pupil, I am unimpressed by the actions…

Women’s march supports justice for all

No matter from where it originates, we must commit ourselves to confronting and resisting bias and discrimination if we are…

Sunny days ahead: Positive Colorado numbers on 2019 economy

Economic forecast shows Southwest Colorado positioned for coming year

Great Wall of China was a failure, too

A stalemate over $5 billion for a border wall, which may vastly underestimate the actual cost. If you feel that…

Action on climate change needed now

Our rivers are dry, forests are burning, recreational opportunities are diminished and our rural and agricultural way of life is…

Mike Littwin

My best books of 2018 are only indirectly about Trump

Not the Wolff book (although I did read the excerpts), not the Woodward book (OK, I did read part of…

January 13, 2019

Paul Krugman

Soaking the very rich makes good economic sense

The thought of having a young, telegenic nonwhite woman serve is driving many on the right mad – and in…

January 13, 2019

I hope state legislators remember bipartisanship

For me, the campaign is ongoing, and until the complaints that were filed against me and Unite Colorado are resolved,…

January 13, 2019

County’s district planning process is just a sham

It helps other people and it helps you. There are so many needs in this area and if you have…

January 12, 2019

From the State House

Place, not party, defines my service

I am in my ninth year in this body. I have spent my first years and years six through eight…

January 12, 2019

Half a loaf: State will defend Masterpiece Cake suit

Colorado may be in a worse jam with the second baker case – is there a fix?

January 11, 2019

This is one caring (and delicious) town

They ask or say “It’s just a cowboy town.” But what about the cowboy poets? As visitors become better acquainted…

January 11, 2019

Democrats have golden choices now for president

I’m financially disorganized at the best of times, and with a baby and a toddler, I was barely trying to…

Homeless, immigration debates similar

There are many similarities. Both groups stir up quite a debate. Supporters of either feel an obligation to help. Opponents…

Our crisis in early child care in Durango

I am one of many mothers searching for early childhood care and have run into the same problem over and…

Minister of hate: Why can’t national Women’s March leaders quit him?

Persecuting Jews should have no home in America on the left or the right

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The “other people” in dire need, that we do not know personally, are here in the U.S., caravan asylum-seekers, and…

January 9, 2019

City does great with code enforcement

I spent my career managing construction and infrastructure, and have lived in small, medium and large cities; Iâ€™ve seen the…

January 9, 2019

We need help finding our father’s killer

Every day it’s hard to know that he was robbed of his life. And I pray every day that someone…

January 9, 2019