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There aren’t two sides to this debate, y’all

It is not unsettled, y’all. It is not a political issue, y’all. There is no “other side of the debate,”…

November 15, 2020

Letters: Can you please help with mask-wearing?

With so much evolving and sometimes misleading information floating around about masks, I appeal to the Herald to help educate…

November 14, 2020

Letters: Thanks, I will always be available for you

Barbara Hall McLachlanDurango

November 14, 2020

Guest Columns

Bret Stephens: On the compromises that are fatal to liberalism

“Why is a career like that of Christopher Hitchens not only unlikely but almost unimaginable?” Packer asked. “Put another way:…

Letters: Treat 9-R super with deserved respect

Stephanie MoranDurango(The author served on the Durango School District 9-R board. Her letter was submitted before Dan Snowberger announced his…

Letters: These were my mentors â€“ who are yours?

During World War II, Anne was a mechanic in the California airplane industry, earning commendations while planning her return to…

Our view: Why not reparations?

Compensating its victims for slavery is an idea whose time has always come

Letters: Please stop with the cultural awareness

Tyler SmithTopeka, Kansas

Letters: Why don’t we check IDs at restaurants?

Ronald Lee CorneliusDurango

Letters: What if police ignored the drunk driver?

Roy IgoDurango

Our view: Lessons learned from Jimmy Carter

still have lessons to learn from the presidency of Jimmy Carter

Letters: Keep climate change denial to yourself

Denial of climate change has been a PR stunt perpetrated by the fossil fuel industry. Fracking may be an efficient…

November 11, 2020

Letters: Help needed about Manzanares family

Chris NoelBoulder

November 11, 2020

Letters: How do you define ‘breaking news’?

The entire town of Estes Park was evacuated because the second largest fire in the state had grown by somewhere…

November 11, 2020

Letters: How could you have been so duped?

You used to be the party of values and principles. Remember? You were hijacked by President Trump, who shared none…

November 10, 2020

Letters: Enough bullying – we’re all Americans

You serve in the military if need be. You pay your taxes and you work hard and do it as…

November 10, 2020

Our view: What to do with the eugenicists?

America’s dalliance with eugenics

November 10, 2020

Letters: How can you think about sports now?

Ed LehnerDurango

November 9, 2020

On this day: A villainous veep is born

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew congratulates NASA personnel after the successful launch of Apollo 17, 1972. (NASA)du1-i-syn The family did…

November 9, 2020

Letters: Shelley Walchak’s rewarding career

Mary OswaldDurango

November 9, 2020

Letters: Wait a sec – who’s judging the judges?

Chris ForsythWheat Ridge

November 8, 2020