Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Letters: The Democrats encouraged these rioters
Letters to the Editor

Letters: The Democrats encouraged these rioters

June 2, 2020

The preliminary medical examiner’s report says the autopsy “revealed no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation.” In the Democrat-controlled cities, rioters were encouraged until it…

Letters: Now all we need are parking garages
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Now all we need are parking garages

June 2, 2020

Kudos for working to maximize the benefit of Main Avenue to businesses and customers. Add a couple of convenient three-story parking structures, and we could begin to call ourselves “Paris…

Letters: I stand for good jobs, affordable housing
Letters to the Editor

Letters: I stand for good jobs, affordable housing

June 1, 2020

Integrity and my proven leadership experience as a business owner and professional meeting facilitator are what I bring to this race. For 26 years, I have worked with over 100…

America gets failing grades with Trump
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America gets failing grades with Trump

June 1, 2020

On May 11, The New York Times listed numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths as raw data and per 100,000 population for 177 countries or political jurisdictions around the world.…

Letters: It’s Medicare for All to the rural rescue
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Letters: It’s Medicare for All to the rural rescue

June 1, 2020

Hundreds of rural communities are about to lose their local hospitals. Since 2005, 166 rural hospitals have shuttered, with a third of rural hospitals in the danger zone. Bad debt…

Our view: Philip Roth exposed again
Editorials

Our view: Philip Roth exposed again

June 1, 2020

du1-i-syn This problem of what one is to make from warm and secure beginnings seems to have driven Roth through all that writing, over four decades. Much of it was…

Letters: Save our teachers by taking the survey
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Letters: Save our teachers by taking the survey

May 31, 2020

I took it and disagreed with anything having to do with cutting teachers’ salaries, promotions or benefits, while agreeing with any cuts to administration, buildings or anything not directly related…

Letters: Trump is behind lack of a virus plan
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Trump is behind lack of a virus plan

May 31, 2020

At a recent presidential task force press conference, a set of guidelines on how states should go about this was presented. Leave aside for the moment whether these were adequate…

Letters: Porter-Norton – she’ll get things done
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Letters: Porter-Norton – she’ll get things done

May 30, 2020

She has served on many community boards and committees over the years including the county’s Fiscal Needs Committee. If we are fortunate enough to have Marsha working on our behalf…

Letters: A constitutionally obedient candidate
Letters to the Editor

Letters: A constitutionally obedient candidate

May 30, 2020

For the past four decades, I’ve compared what they say to how they voted constitutionally; you know, the Constitution they swore an oath to “serve and defend against enemies foreign…

Letters: Bringing wolves back is democratic
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Letters: Bringing wolves back is democratic

May 30, 2020

Importantly, 79.8% of Western Slope residents said they will vote for wolf restoration, as did 69.5% of those who strongly identified as ranchers and 66.1% of those who strongly identified…

Letters: Such uninformed rants are not productive
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Such uninformed rants are not productive

May 30, 2020

The stimulus check and the additional unemployment benefits are intended to stimulate an economy, thus the moniker used for funds to Americans not working. Of course the recipients are using…

Letters: Ending abortion could be key to virus
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Letters: Ending abortion could be key to virus

May 29, 2020

Terminating 63 million human lives in the womb by a visible enemy, abortion, is an atrocity – yet the news media will never tell you that between 1973 and 2019,…

Letters: Marijuana pays trillions, but not for me
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Letters: Marijuana pays trillions, but not for me

May 29, 2020

They give nothing back. No real health care. Just smoke yourself healthy. Clever. Good idea, hypocrites. I’m starving, I can’t work and if marijuana was illegal again, I could make…

Letters: I’ll spend where you don’t overreach
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Letters: I’ll spend where you don’t overreach

May 29, 2020

As a free American, I will choose to spend my resources where governments do not overreach. I believe that individual business owners should make decisions for their businesses, not mandated…

Letters: That was no Memorial Day story, Herald
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Letters: That was no Memorial Day story, Herald

May 28, 2020

So to fill the gap and help us commemorate this day, the Herald’s lead story was about an artist using her own hair in her paintings (“Local artists’ medium ‘luxurious,…

Letters: Deny hospital treatment to protesters
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Letters: Deny hospital treatment to protesters

May 28, 2020

I propose that these people compose a petition that explains their claims and intentions not to comply with the city’s directive, and to ask those who agree with it to…

Letters: Wash your hands, fight for health care
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Letters: Wash your hands, fight for health care

May 28, 2020

One option is COBRA, whereby laid off employees can opt on to their workplace health plans by paying the full cost of premiums. That is, if the employer still offers…

Letters: Now more than ever, we must shop local
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Letters: Now more than ever, we must shop local

May 28, 2020

I am saddened by the closing of three of my favorite restaurants: Red Snapper; Pura Vida Cafe, in Vallecito; and Eno’s Wine Bar. We all probably recognize that with economic…

Letters: Let’s ease up on the mask judgments
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Letters: Let’s ease up on the mask judgments

May 27, 2020

If I choose to wear a yellow shirt today, it doesn’t impact you. Why do you care if I’m wearing a mask? I am an unapologetic mask wearer. I don’t…

Letters: Council should leave the healthy alone
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Letters: Council should leave the healthy alone

May 26, 2020

So where is the emergency? How long will this City Council mask-wearing order last? When will there be a public hearing before the council acts? If you want to wear…

Letters: Rules counter our constitutional rights
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Letters: Rules counter our constitutional rights

May 26, 2020

The Constitution guarantees all Americans the right to live as they choose. Whether it be running businesses or practicing the religion of our choice, we all have the right to…

Letters: Wearing a mask is effective and patriotic
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Wearing a mask is effective and patriotic

May 25, 2020

Normal speech releases around 200 viral particles/minute. Loud speaking or laughing emits around 1,000. Studies show this micro-spit floats around in a still space for up to eight minutes. Experts…

Our view: You should be in pictures
Editorials

Our view: You should be in pictures

May 25, 2020

A tableau vivant, from the Royal Collection Trust; reprinted by English Heritage, “Bored During Christmas? Try these four festive Victorian things to do,” Dec. 21, 2016.du1-i-syn There are several examples…