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Letters to the Editor

Letters: Dems gave me pizza, tried to trick me

I was expecting to hear a two-sided discussion of the pros and cons of the issue. Instead, I was met…

December 12, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Letters: If you know so much, bust the president

Everyone who watches CNN or MSNBC knows that Congressman Adam Schiff has had irrefutable proof since Nov. 8, 2016 that…

December 11, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Letters: The time has come to pave everything

Mountain trail travel by humans is totally incompatible with nature as it originally existed and even the health of the…

December 11, 2019

Guest Columns

Michelle Goldberg: The thrilling shock of the movie ‘Queen & Slim’

“Queen & Slim” is about a black man and a black woman – we don’t learn their real names until…

December 11, 2019

Editorials

Our view: Pity the poor voters

British go to the polls this week with little hope of change for the better

December 10, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Letters: 32nd Street crossing is a city boondoggle

She fails to mention the ridiculous cost of this monstrosity at an estimated $4,100,000. Ya, that’s right, $4 million. The…

December 10, 2019

Guest Columns

Trish Pegram; The 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage arrives

As originally written, our Constitution gave most of the decision on who could vote to state legislators. In our early…

December 9, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Letters: This impeachment process is so bad, itâ€™s funny

I can only laugh at Reps. Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, Eric Swalwell and Nancy Pelosi. We are truly witnessing the…

December 9, 2019

Editorials

Our view: Socialism still riles our Democratic candidates

’Tis the season to litigate political ideas and work out our socialist kinks

December 9, 2019

Frank Bruni

Frank Bruni: Thinking of building a wall? Jared is on the case!

Josh Dawsey and Nick Miroff of The Washington Post broke the news, and when I read it, I realized that…

December 8, 2019

Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat: At least a President Sanders might leave us alone

Meanwhile, several seemingly electable alternatives have failed to catch fire; the party establishment is casting about for other options; and…

December 7, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Letters: The time has come to think for yourselves!

Thoreau wrote it during the time of the Mexican-American War, and critiqued the soldiers for being blind followers. He resented…

December 7, 2019

Guest Columns

Katie Farnan: Find your own candidate in the Senate primary race

Grassroots groups, like those aligned with the Indivisible movement, have surged across the country, creating thousands of chapters run by…

December 6, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Why do you publish this mindless rubbish?

He claimed that the AR-15, the fully automatic version of a weapon often used by America’s mass shooters, was “produced…

December 6, 2019

Editorials

Our view: ‘The Report’ lays bare our national soul

A movie about bureaucratic infighting dryly lays bare our national soul

December 6, 2019

David Brooks

David Brooks: What you feel changes what you sense

So it’s interesting how many scientists are focusing on the thinking that happens not in your brain but your gut.…

December 6, 2019

Editorials

Our view: These city ‘errors’ are whoppers

good news is that council cut the budget – but we still would like answers

December 5, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Just being there makes a big difference

I witnessed each council member pleasantly moved by this indigenous youthâ€™s plea to create a cultural forum and exchange. I…

December 5, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Letters: These Cortez mountain biking trails are world-class

The year-old BLM parking lot was almost full of cyclists from around the region – young, old, families. Build it…

December 4, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Letters: You’re no good, baby, you’re just no good

racist cruel crude boastful bullying wantonly capricious vengeful exemplifies extreme narcissism juvenile aspires to autocratic rule ignorant of history contempt…

December 4, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Letters: I don’t want to see any New Mexico news

Now we are subjected to New Mexico news in the Herald. What’s with that? There are so many interesting things…

December 4, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Letters: No, you can’t put homeless in Three Springs

I would love to know where Robin lives so that I can offer her neighborhood also. While Three Springs may…

December 3, 2019

Editorials

Our view: Presidents can’t withhold aid Congress appropriates. Blame Nixon.

Presidents can’t withhold aid Congress appropriates – blame Richard Nixon

December 3, 2019

Editorials

Our view: On climate, hope’s death has been exaggerated

Diringer quickly ceded that the U.N.’s Emissions Gap Report is a wake-up call. Another wake-up call. The end of snooze.…

December 2, 2019