Recent surveys by Yale University show growing majorities of Coloradans think that global warming is happening and believe that Congress should do something about it. Sen. Gardner has been a…
Wouldn’t it also be a breath of fresh air if the alleged media actually presented the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? But alas, Trump Derangement Syndrome…
Just when Democrats are primed for single-payer, Pelosi lets them down
New York did pass a late-term abortion law, which allows, and I quote, that “a patient can receive an abortion when, according to the practitioner’s reasonable and good faith professional…
Consider the current moment in American history. Just recently, Americans were divided about climate change, but now 72 percent of Americans say it’s important to them. And everyone wants cheaper…
Under the new calculation,s my taxable income for 2017 (line 43) increased 216.0 percent. My taxes (line 44) increased by 361.9 percent. So much for middle class tax cuts. John…
Supporting the transition to electric vehicles will save Coloradans money and allow us to breathe easier. The lifetime cost of ownership for electric vehicles is already less than that of…
Anyone who attended the Durango Wolf Symposium knows that this scientific meeting was about restoration and stewardship. Extirpation of wolves resulted in near elimination of the most important carnivore in…
The wording of the upcoming April ballot initiative, 1-A, to raise sales tax must be read carefully. The story from City Hall is the new money collected from the tax…
Has the time come to consider reactors as a substitute for burning all this coal?
This gentleman seems to believe that broad-based negative labels and attacks are a productive manner in which to effect change in La Plata County and Durango. Promoting an us-versus-them mentality,…
By most accounts, the Electoral College was a political compromise crafted to reject direct democracy and one-person, one-vote. The original design was envisioned as a corrective – through voting by…
The cause of the Camp Fire in California was found immediately and went bankrupt. What about you, Al Harper? What about your coal-burning train that started the fire during extraordinary…
Somewhere there’s a better world – it might not be on social media
Teens need comprehensive sex ed because most parents aren’t experts and it’s uncomfortable for them to answer our questions. And we have questions that we don’t want to try to…
My recollection is he cost the Durango area several million dollars in the 2013 shutdown. Think about that. Our congressman votes to intentionally hurt his constituents and his district’s economy.…
Some of the Super Bowl ads made us feel lucky to be just where we are
I would urge all readers to call the White House switchboard and demand all troops be withdrawn from Syria. Call Rep. Tipton, Sen. Gardner, and Sen. Bennet, urging them to…
I am a grandmotherly type who, when he asked me to mend his clothes, I did it. When his sink stopped up, we found he had been putting cat hair…
And it becomes somebody’s right to dismember that child and sell its body parts. In celebration of the passage of this disgusting law, New York legislators rose to their feet,…
Socialists claim the U.S. should be more like Norway and Sweden. Oh really?
Maybe there are deer on the road. Maybe the vehicles following that driver should not punch the gas and pass a vehicle braking hard on a highway. Maybe it’s for…
I wonder if she stopped to consider that second homeowners pay the same school taxes as locals and never send kids to our schools? These people pay annual property taxes…
As a candidate for City Council, I would suggest the following information be provided, preferably in a public forum that is videotaped and shared on the city’s website. By answering…
Linguists have long known that the best indication of an author attributing inner life to a character is in making them the subject of mental verbs, such as think, know,…
On Jan. 29, I was quoted $2.734 per gallon from “big fish” propane who bought up my former supplier. They own the tank, they call the shots and it is…
I was Snowdown’s webmaster from 1996 through 2005 and I recall getting an email from the Hill Stompers asking if they could be in the 2004 Light Parade. In those…
As a board member of Consumers for Quality Care, a coalition dedicated to patients and their right to affordable, high-quality health care, I champion any efforts to provide more clarity…
