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Letters: Leftism more dangerous than COVID-19

Symptoms of leftism include: hating America; feeling justified in rioting, looting, stealing and killing of innocent people in the name…

June 28, 2020

Letters: Beware white nationalist internet hoaxes

Threats of violence aimed at protesters began to appear on social media and men wielding firearms intimidated a protest organized…

June 28, 2020

Letters: Like it or not, this is not all about you

He also appears to live in his own bubble. The medical staff who helped him heal don’t have those options.…

June 27, 2020

Letters: Our back to school could look like this

Here’s what I think it could look like: There could be an a.m. session and a p.m. session. The morning…

June 27, 2020

Guest Columns

David Brooks: How moderates have failed African Americans

This formula has not worked for many African Americans. Over generations, great gains have been made in improving Black students’…

Letters: Police should check for masks in stores

When I asked the clerk about enforcement, she said the chain’s owner doesn’t believe they are necessary and that the…

Letters: They are whom we really need to thank

To the contrary, our local nonprofit hospital, Mercy, drastically reduced business and is now in need of patients. Who we…

Letters: Please keep posting the COVID statistics

They are willing to sacrifice the vulnerable because it inconveniences them. Sure, it’s inconvenient to wear a mask for 10…

Letters: Why does Durango honor Columbus?

He did not discover America. His arrival to the Caribbean and North America began an abomination of massacres, torture, rape,…

Letters: ‘Chief’ offends a lot of us – take it down

Co-owner of Toh-Atin Antonia Clark was quoted in the Herald saying, “He looks like a lot of the people we…

Letters: Elway could carry Kaepernick’s message

At what point will former San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick be forgiven for taking a knee to protest police…

Letters: White opinions about sign do not count

Your previous article about the Toh-Atin Gallery “chief” sign limited its inquiry about whether the statue should be taken down…

Letters: Sign stands for artistic uplift, not racism

As a young man,I worked in close proximity to Clark over a period of several years. I also came to…

Our view: Done with Oñate

2020, praising Custer makes as much sense as ... celebrating Juan de Oñate

Guest Columns

Ernest House and Tom Stritikus: Caricatures of Natives do not fit with our values

When visitors and students walk through it, they are greeted by images that stand in stark contrast to who we…

Letters: Grandfather hot springs into its glory

Now I read the local bureaucracy is trying to stifle and micromanage a historical and wonderful spot in your town…

Letters: The city should be lowering water rates

Councilor Chris Bettin is committed to high rates and had the audacity to contend that council is doing a disservice…

Our view: We support the mask rule

to wear a mask at some times in some places is not the end of liberty

Letters: Scott Tipton doesn’t care about our kids

This is when 20 little kids were slaughtered in the Sandy Hook shooting. Although I’m a long time elk hunter,…

June 23, 2020

Our view: ‘Chief’ had his day

It’s high time to address this gallery sign – and, we hope, retire it

June 23, 2020

Our view: You say you want a revolution

Jacques Mallet du Pan, 1799.James Heath, John Francis Rigaud/Bibliothèque Nationale de France This is so often repeated and apparently shown…

June 22, 2020