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Letters to the Editor

Be imaginative about Medicare for all

Yet, instead of trying to improve it or crafting a better plan, Republicans have undermined the ACA expressly to make…

September 19, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Serena Williams’ behavior is disgusting

Serena should have been escorted off the court, by present USTA rules and regulations, but she got to finish with…

September 18, 2018

Editorials

Precious and free

an Alex Jones should not be banned from social media platforms

September 18, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Expensive misadventure in horticulture

It is nothing remotely resembling a true arboretum, which represents several kinds of trees and shrubs in multiple groups. Its…

September 18, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Why Sean Smith gets my vote for sheriff

His excellent record of fiscal responsibility: Having the largest budget of any county agency, he has saved $2 million over…

September 18, 2018

Frank Bruni

Bruni: The most contrarian college in America

Let your collegiate peers elsewhere design their own majors and frolic with Kerouac. For you, it’s Kant. You have no…

September 17, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Please be a voice for Havasupai horses

If you are not familiar with the plight of the Havasupai horses, please educate yourself by going to www.havasupaihorses.org to…

September 17, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Medicare for all another bad Dem idea

Put new people into the system who have not paid life-long? CRASH! Medicare payments do not cover the cost of…

September 17, 2018

Letters to the Editor

It takes a deplorable to see deplorable

And, isn’t it funny that when I saw the same cartoon as Mr. Flautt, I immediately emailed a copy of…

September 17, 2018

Letters to the Editor

We need Smith to continue as sheriff

Sheriff Sean Smith, the incumbent, has a bachelor’s degree in public safety administration and previous experience in the Army and…

September 16, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Cancer patient’s story is inspiring

Tom Riesing’s approach to dealing with his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is truly inspirational. It is unfortunate that many of…

September 16, 2018

Paul Krugman

GOP leaders never really cared about deficits

Still, we didn’t experience a full replay of the Great Depression, and some have argued that the system worked, in…

September 16, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Now they’re all Trumplicans, like Tipton

I remember the Republican Party’s cynical co-option of Christianity and the creation of the Moral Majority in the 1980s I…

September 16, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Planet depends on vote for Mitsch Bush

These three corporations are involved, one way or another, in the oil and gas business. Check out their websites; descriptions…

September 15, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Opinion pages fail to support Trump

Judging by Mr. Meyerowitz’s choice of editorial cartoons and syndicated columnists since his arrival, the Herald editorial page continues to…

September 15, 2018

Letters to the Editor

The time has come to thwart Russia

There are two reasons that the United States and NATO should intervene in this unending tragedy in Syria. Humanitarian: Many…

September 15, 2018

Guest Columns

We need the Antiquities Act Established in 1906, the act is by no means obsolete

In July, I sent him a request to sign on as a co-sponsor to a bill, S.2354, the Antiquities Act…

September 15, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Trainâ€™s role in fire, lawsuit are regrettable

Now, a group of impacted citizens and businesses have filed suit against the train, alleging the same thing. I cannot…

September 15, 2018

Joyce Rankin

Rankin: Our schools are moving in the right direction

Preliminary results from the 2018 assessments were revealed to the public in August. All of the school and district scores…

September 14, 2018

Guest Columns

Iran’s gambit in Syria can still be stopped by U.S.

That gambit is the reconquest, by Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and his Iranian and Russian allies, of Idlib province, the…

September 14, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Sean Smith is doing an outstanding job

We attended one of the first community information meetings held in Durango and were extremely impressed listening to Sheriff Sean…

September 14, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Republicans: Please vote Democratic

We must talk about democracy, citizenship, responsibility, ethics, and most of all, about decency and morality. We’ve discussed politics. Sometimes…

September 14, 2018

Editorials

Our endorsements

Initiatives on campaign cash and oil and gas setbacks are extreme bids

September 14, 2018

Editorials

Bliss Bruen’s sudden death stuns us all

Durango loses a passionate volunteer who built a stronger community

September 13, 2018