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Thoughtful and tasty way to thank vets

So I was pleasantly surprised, in fact blown away, when I stopped by CJ’s Diner for brunch last Monday to…

November 17, 2018

Yogi says: Leave my city workers alone

Yet by my feeble direct experience through my pioneering and wildly embraced Durango city employee yoga classes, I know by…

November 17, 2018

Frank Bruni

Can we get Al Gore to run for the Dems in 2020?

They make Al Gore glitter. It’s almost impossible not to be thinking of Gore now, with the words “Florida” and…

November 17, 2018

Your opinions are divisive, poorly written

We used to have very well-reasoned, educational and thought-provoking editorials, but now find ourselves assaulted with poorly written, short-sighted screeds…

Michael Gerson

Are we sincere about second chances and voting?

President George W. Bush was eventually declared the winner in the Sunshine State (and thus the election) by 537 votes…

Guest Columns

I’ll fight for your in-state TV

your next Colorado attorney general, I’ll take your case to the FCC. My office can help. That’s how government should…

Editorials

Animal planet

month in 1957, a stray dog in a space capsule led us to the moon

Suspected drunk drivers treated unfairly

It is where you are forced to pay the sheriff’s department $50 a month and up to $20 twice a…

David Brooks

Is the struggle to stay human still relevant today?

Set in the trenches near the end of the war, it’s a movie about a man who tries to maintain…

Why is Sen. Gardner silent on acting AG?

The kind of bias already displayed by Matthew Whitaker would have disqualified him to serve as an ordinary juror, much…

Editorials

You can bank on it

bad as the divisions in our politics may seem now, they have been worse

Emissions rule could happen Thursday

The smoke from these fires has had catastrophic public health effects, making Coloradans sick and threatening the lives of vulnerable…

Hooray for increased emissions standard

In the Four Corners, we live under the largest methane cloud in the country because of all the fracking. In…

How can you overlook band’s misogyny?

Whether they chose this name to be humorous, confrontational or aspirational, as a father and grandfather to intelligent, independent women,…

I miss seeing Mike Jones at the hospital

He had worked there for the past several years. Mike never failed to lift up my spirits, making me feel…

Herald doesn’t ennoble real fire victims

Meanwhile, there are ordinary, citizens who have borne a huge price as a consequence of the flooding in the aftermath…

Bayfield Library is rebuked by the selfish

I moved to this area a little over a year ago, and for a short period as a homeowner was…

Robert Samuelson

It’s no longer the economy, stupid – so what is it?

This is unfamiliar. Economic progress has been a routine part of our election narratives. The presumption is that a strong…

Editorials

Inside government

workings of federal agencies may elude the president, and that’s a shame

City: instead of asking us to pay more…

The first multi-modal projects funded with this tax are: A design destroying the scenic rural road feel of Roosa Avenue…

We’re ready for Colorado news now too

How can we obtain similar media north of Bayfield? Currently we have Dish, and, for internet, a tower on the…

Guest Columns

China’s strategy no surprise to uranium producers

Using trade and policy programs, they target natural resources industries to gain a military and economic edge. Approaches have varied,…

Guest Columns

The Resistance couldn’t convert votes into seats

In a word: meh. Are you interested in seeing Donald Trump voted out of office in two years? I hope…