Opinion & Letters to the Editor

There aren’t two sides to this debate, y’all
Letters to the Editor

There aren’t two sides to this debate, y’all

November 15, 2020

It is not unsettled, y’all. It is not a political issue, y’all. There is no “other side of the debate,” y’all. The only thing the author does get right is…

Letters: Can you please help with mask-wearing?
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Can you please help with mask-wearing?

November 14, 2020

With so much evolving and sometimes misleading information floating around about masks, I appeal to the Herald to help educate our community on the appropriate use of masks. Would you…

Letters: Treat 9-R super with deserved respect
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Treat 9-R super with deserved respect

November 13, 2020

Stephanie MoranDurango(The author served on the Durango School District 9-R board. Her letter was submitted before Dan Snowberger announced his resignation.)

Letters: These were my mentors – who are yours?
Letters to the Editor

Letters: These were my mentors – who are yours?

November 13, 2020

During World War II, Anne was a mechanic in the California airplane industry, earning commendations while planning her return to farming in La Plata County. Reid was an officer aboard…

Letters: Keep climate change denial to yourself
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Keep climate change denial to yourself

November 11, 2020

Denial of climate change has been a PR stunt perpetrated by the fossil fuel industry. Fracking may be an efficient way to retrieve oil and natural gas, but that process…

Letters: How do you define ‘breaking news’?
Letters to the Editor

Letters: How do you define ‘breaking news’?

November 11, 2020

The entire town of Estes Park was evacuated because the second largest fire in the state had grown by somewhere around 140,000 acres in 24 hours and was threatening the…

Letters: How could you have been so duped?
Letters to the Editor

Letters: How could you have been so duped?

November 10, 2020

You used to be the party of values and principles. Remember? You were hijacked by President Trump, who shared none of your principles and does not care about you. How…

On this day: A villainous veep is born
Editorials

On this day: A villainous veep is born

November 9, 2020

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew congratulates NASA personnel after the successful launch of Apollo 17, 1972. (NASA)du1-i-syn The family did well in the 1920s, with Theo acquiring a larger Baltimore…

Letters: They use the virus to divide and weaken us
Letters to the Editor

Letters: They use the virus to divide and weaken us

November 7, 2020

Basketball and football are all-American sports, but two-thirds of the players are anti-American meanwhile making their riches. They need to find their own sport and get their pro-criminal racist organization,…

Letters: The coming mandatory vaccine debate
Letters to the Editor

Letters: The coming mandatory vaccine debate

November 6, 2020

Much of the public believes vaccines are medicinal and therapeutic. The CDC, however, confirms that “some vaccines contain only a part of the disease germ,” such as the MMR vaccine…