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Letters to the Editor

Letters: Minkler is not partisan – and that’s good

We know Charly to be an honest man who exhibits integrity. We do not believe Charly to be a partisan…

September 20, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Editorial on BLM shrine is ‘problematic’

BLM is a response to state-sanctioned violence and racism, conceived of as a way to connect Black people from all…

September 19, 2020

Editorials

Endorsements: The word ‘every’ does not need replacing

‘every’ does not need replacing

September 19, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: The old leftist hatreds are reawakening

If you are told directly that you worship to hate or harm specific groups, it becomes a part of your…

September 18, 2020

Editorials

Endorsements: The time has come for popular vote

time has come for popular vote

September 18, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Have you seen the out-of-state plates?

Surely, if it was obvious to me, a mere citizen, then the powers that be must have noticed the out-of-state…

September 18, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Minkler, pleasingly, has no party agenda

His work on the Planning Commission, Homebuilders Association and being a graduate of Leadership La Plata make him the best…

September 18, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Vote for Trump, not just a personality

Don’t cast your vote solely on a personality. Cast your vote on the solid platform of progressive programs and policies…

September 17, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Ignore Herald and say Yes to paid leave

The policy laid out in Proposition 118 is modest, yet the Herald argues 12 weeks is too expensive. Would eight…

September 17, 2020

Editorials

Our view: American caste

Wilkerson’s book takes a fresh look at the country’s oldest problem

September 17, 2020

Guest Columns

Ross Douthat: Let’s talk about what isn’t President Trump’s fault

A few days later, courtesy of Bob Woodward’s omniscient tape recorder, we received a reminder of the president’s culpable failures…

September 16, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Pretend caring about Trump supporters

Trump’s tax cuts performed as they were designed. Adjusted Gross Income gained 5.7% in 2019. But the laughable part is…

September 16, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: I guess we’ll all find out in November

Maybe you don’t think it’s important for him to think POWs are important. I guess we’ll find out in November.…

September 16, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: How can he be sure what Trump said?

I assume Vigil was present when Trump made that statement, or how would he have no doubt? However, there are…

September 16, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Youâ€™re the only news source that forgot

Why in the world would you not have a single word about 9/11? Every other news source in the country…

September 15, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: It’s Lauren Boebert who’s being untrue

She can’t repeal the ACA and protect Coloradans at the same time. And she has not spelled out her health…

September 15, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Unrecycling

reuse of plastic trash isn’t working – but will anyone listen now?

September 15, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: On climate, we can save our future now

The Climate Reality Project summarized the four ways the climate crisis is impacting Colorado: Heat. Colorado temperatures have increased two…

September 14, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Send Sen. Cory Gardner back to Yuma

One bill – the Great America Outdoors Act – does not make him an environmental champion. He opposed limiting the…

September 14, 2020

Editorials

Our view: The accidental president

Theodore Roosevelt, painted by John Singer Sargent, 1903.The White House There is case to be made that such accidental presidents,…

September 14, 2020

Guest Columns

Richard Grossman: ‘Natural’ disasters even more destructive in Africa

Natural variability in weather patterns combined with anthropogenic climate heating have created drought in some places and flooding in others.…

September 13, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Many red flags for proposed RV park

Why are rural residents being asked to accommodate an enormous increase in traffic volume and noise? Why does Southwest Land…

September 13, 2020

Guest Columns

Dave Marston: If the water disappears, the desert comes back in

Drought was hitting the state and much of the West hard, but a local cause was surprising: Water theft. Longtime…

September 12, 2020

Guest Columns

David Brooks: Seeing what must be done when a heart is empty

Their relationship was dying, and, feeling out of sorts, they decided not to go down to the beachfront scuba diving…

September 12, 2020