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Editorials

Democrat decision: Three candidates vie to try and unseat Rep. Tipton

du1-i-syn Tipton is seeking a fourth term, and an incumbent, even one from an a party in disorder in Washington,…

June 5, 2018

Dana Milbank

Milbank: Bill Clinton sowed the seeds for Donald Trump

Dana Milbank of The Washington Postdu1-i-syn With 20 years of hindsight, it is clear. To see the former president –…

June 5, 2018

Guest Columns

Blow: Trump leading Republican Party to ruin

Blowdu1-i-syn Among most of the people who we used to call Republicans, among the people who like Trump or at…

June 5, 2018

Kathleen Parker

Parker: Ivanka Trump advises daddy, collects trademarks

Parkerdu1-i-syn In the following order, I want her wardrobe, hair, makeup, private transportation and height (5’11”). And all of her…

June 4, 2018

Editorials

City Council’s new limit on speaking should be accepted, with caution

Council’s new limit on speaking should be accepted, with caution

June 4, 2018

Guest Columns

Hunters and gun owners must speak out for common sense

National Rifle Association spokesman Wayne LaPierre, who tends to blame school shootings on rap music, has accused the government, aided…

June 2, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Karl Hanlon has values we need in D.C.

If Congressman Scott Tipton ever shows up for an in-person town hall meeting with constituents, hopefully someone will ask him…

June 2, 2018

Editorials

Dems on the ballot

Associated Press filedu1-i-syn As a State Senator, Mike Johnston made a specialty of advocating for improving pre-K through 12 education,…

June 2, 2018

Editorials

GOP hopefuls

Stapleton’s experience as treasurer sets him apart as the better candidate

June 2, 2018

From the Chair

Get involved in land use planning in La Plata County

We want to give you an overview of how the various long-range planning tools – comprehensive plans, district plans and…

June 2, 2018

Editorials

Happy Horse

Horse organizers and volunteers stage another classic bike holiday

June 1, 2018

Letters to the Editor

NFL doesn’t get what the flag stands for

Whitey Powers Durango

June 1, 2018

David Brooks

Brooks: The strange failure of the educated elite

Brooksdu1-i-syn Then we smashed all that. We replaced a system based on birth with a fairer system based on talent.…

June 1, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Vote for a proven leader on gun safety

So why not vote for Diane Mitsch Bush? She’s the only candidate in the race that has actually stood up…

May 31, 2018

Mike Littwin

Littwin: Toddlergate and a president who can say anything

Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet, though appalling, was hardly surprising to anyone who has paid minimal attention to her career. Disney,…

May 31, 2018

Editorials

Culture of secrecy

(AP Photo/Carla K. Johnson) Environmental Protection Agency employees and environmental activists protest the nomination of Scott Pruitt for administrator of…

May 30, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Time to turn silence, inaction out of office

President Trump recently crossed into extraordinarily dangerous territory by “demanding” that the Justice Department investigate itself about a laughable “conspiracy”…

May 30, 2018

Michael Gerson

Gerson: Our political, moral and religious failure

Gersondu1-i-syn Ryan went on to talk about Catholic social doctrine, with its emphasis on “solidarity” with the poor and weak,…

May 30, 2018

Frank Bruni

Bruni: Artistotle’s wrongful death as college majors shift

I’m talking about college majors, and talk about college majors is loud and contentious these days. There’s concern about whether…

May 29, 2018

Editorials

Remember Me: Veteran Bob Harms commemorates the Memorial Day holiday in verse

Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald – John Jarrett, Chaplian at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4031 reflected in the Veterans Memorial…

May 28, 2018

Guest Columns

Harney: Racial disparities notable in mortgage rejections

Harneydu1-i-syn Surprisingly, large numbers of loan applications don’t make it. About one of every nine loan applications (10.8 percent) to…

May 28, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Revive plans for a Three Springs park

In 2007, City Council abandoned all planning and grant-writing for construction of the Durango Community Park, as the “area has…

May 26, 2018

Guest Columns

McQuade: Time to ignore pundits and act like Americans

I traveled to Qatar recently. Over my 10-day visit, I witnessed a remarkable sense of national pride in that tiny,…

May 26, 2018

On Education

Macon: Art is key to developing problem-solving skills

du1-i-syn Yet many schools limit art class time for children, or they go about project work in a way that…

May 26, 2018