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Editorials

Our view: Nobody tells us what to do

Americans called to sacrifice business in WWII at first said, ‘No thanks’

August 21, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Bring train departures back to downtown

It seems it would be in everyone’s best interest in Durango to return the train back to downtown where it…

August 21, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Amber Blake should withdraw now and let Council heartily choose Jose Madrigal

Blake should withdraw and let council heartily choose Jose Madrigal

August 20, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Hey, if you want to complain, stay home!

Thank you so much for feeling entitled enough to use someone else’s property without permission and to then write about…

August 20, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: It’s what I needed to hear at BLM rally

I heard things I needed to hear and learned things I needed to learn. The three young women who led…

August 20, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Protesters should be wearing masks

The counterprotesters shouting “USA,” wearing guns on their hips, holding flags, presumably to say, we are the real Americans. Noticeably…

August 20, 2020

Guest Columns

Tom Stritikus: Opening FLC has everything to do with values

We never closed, I thought. While we operated virtually through the early months of the pandemic, this summer we’ve been…

August 20, 2020

Editorials

Our view: What ever happened to fun?

times so tough there’s no place for romantic comedy anymore?

August 20, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Cyclist finds Durango unfriendly, selfish

I took off my helmet and placed it with my empty backpack on a car in the area where I…

August 19, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Police should be enforcing mask order

Perhaps she let her anger get the best of her but there seems to be a disturbing pattern in our…

August 19, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Sad watching Bettin, Youssef on City Council

Sure, there is supposed public comment, but I believe the decision is made given they allowed Blake to be vetted…

August 18, 2020

Editorials

Our view: ‘I went up and hit him in the face because I felt threatened,’ she said

A snake bites because it feels threatened. People use reason

August 18, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Liberals and leftists not at all the same

Liberals say it is insignificant if you are Black, white, Hispanic or Indigenous. They say only a racist would claim…

August 17, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Please, please, where is enforcement?

I would gladly volunteer to hand out flyers and masks to noncomplying visitors. Where is the enforcement? Anybody else out…

August 17, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Is it live or is it music?

du1-i-syn Yet it was still the case, circa 1910, that if one wanted to truly hear music, nothing topped a…

August 17, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Madrigal opponents reveal prejudice

Why is a Hispanic guy from Texas less qualified than anyone else? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve…

August 16, 2020

Guest Columns

Ross Douthat: The ghost of contraception pioneer Margaret Sanger

Under the pressures of the current moment, apparently, that minimization isn’t sustainable anymore. This is an interesting shift from just…

August 15, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Jose Madrigal is best for city manager

Jose Madrigal is a finalist and has a very impressive city government background. He was the deputy city manager for…

August 15, 2020

Guest Columns

Gary Paul Nabhan: The wall with Mexico will come tumbling down

Most of the families I know that live close to the border have arrived at the same conclusion: The monstrous…

August 14, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Just what are Brookie and Bettin up to?

Then Brookie and Bettin lobbied for hiring Greg Caton to be city manager. Caton is a close friend of Ron…

August 14, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Who benefited from the 19th Amendment?

centenary of the 19th Amendment brings questions along with celebration

August 14, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: I can see clearly now – end the rhetoric

We’d also jump smilingly into the fact that we all were created equal and that getting rid of COVID-19 means…

August 14, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: If Trump’s your guy, don’t be surprised

I suppose if one approves of trillions in tax breaks to corporate America, the rich, and the super-rich (did I…

August 13, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Yes on National Popular Vote this fall

In front of every Colorado voter this fall will be an innovative way to expand the voting rights of every…

August 13, 2020