Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Letter: We must rise to the challenges of the decade
Letters to the Editor

Letter: We must rise to the challenges of the decade

January 26, 2021

We have become self-centered and gave excuses against masks and social distancing instead of considering the health and welfare of humanity. Anyone who does their part and wears a mask…

Letter: Who is the real Lauren Boebert?
Letters to the Editor

Letter: Who is the real Lauren Boebert?

January 26, 2021

Frankly, I can’t agree with any of Boebert’s comments or actions. But I believe in second chances, so let’s give the new representative an opportunity for more nutty behavior and…

Letter: Calling Boebert a “dropout” is petty denigration
Letters to the Editor

Letter: Calling Boebert a “dropout” is petty denigration

January 25, 2021

Why was this information relevant to the story? While readers might be served by a thoughtful review of a candidate’s educational background during an election year – with surrounding circumstances…

Letter: Setting the record straight on identity
Letters to the Editor

Letter: Setting the record straight on identity

January 22, 2021

I worked at Mercy Hospital as an ambulance driver and orderly for five years. I then spent the next 25 years working as a firefighter and captain for Durango Fire…

Letter: Climate simulator game is free, informative
Letters to the Editor

Letter: Climate simulator game is free, informative

January 22, 2021

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s En-ROADS simulator pits such a fee against countless other proposals intended to address the climate problem and corroborates it as by far the fastest and most…

Letter: Reject authoritarianism to promote democracy
Letters to the Editor

Letter: Reject authoritarianism to promote democracy

January 21, 2021

Former White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelley described Trump as a deeply flawed human being. In the 2016 primaries, Trump’s treatment of fellow Republicans was repulsive; yet Americans…

Letter: 1787 is the proper date to claim, not 1776
Letters to the Editor

Letter: 1787 is the proper date to claim, not 1776

January 15, 2021

I believe the date that every American should reach for in times of disagreement and crisis is 1787. This, and not 1776, was when the true and everlasting brilliance of…

Letter: Kentuckian commiserates about Boebert
Letters to the Editor

Letter: Kentuckian commiserates about Boebert

January 14, 2021

But I think that honor now goes to the 3rd district of Colorado. Are the honorable citizens of this district truly proud of their new representative? You probably think I…