That’s Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, from Jan. 2010, referring to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The senator continued, “ … that’s not the way to operate…the president ought to…
The Trump administration is hell bent on reversing Obama-era rulings, and with that is carving the wrong areas of government expenditure. We should be focusing on national monuments, forests, parks…
This (Herald, June 28) is an atrocity to local public opinion. The Zinks and the predominantly aging e-bikers who advocated for this have no right to go 20 miles per…
du1-i-syn Health care consumes approximately 17 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, and is growing. A third of the cost of insurance is in administrative fees, and a third…
That’s what appears to be happening if you are someone trying to find a place to rent in Durango. It’s absolutely insane. Greed at its ugliest! If someone can afford…
That’s a lot of losers. Mostly the losses would be to Medicaid recipients – folks with disabilities, low-income seniors, pregnant women and single mothers – and to those who can…
System a proven failure on U.S. 160, but so is our unwillingness to slow down
Not renewing the lease for the Bayfield title and registration office is offensive to those of us who call Bayfield home. I purposefully chose to live out here; I choose…
The root problem stems from the catastrophic flooding of the mine, leading to flooding of the tunnel on Sunday afternoon, June 4, 1978. At that time the bottom of Lake…
The basic fact is that drug companies set the price of the drug. They can charge whatever they feel the market will bear. To combat these massive price hikes, benefit…
Given the fact that Colorado now has an estimated 834 million dead trees, due to the ongoing mountain pine beetle and spruce beetle epidemics, there is a lot of work…
du1-i-syn Both of Colorado’s U.S. senators, plus Rep. Scott Tipton, whose congressional district includes the monument, urged Zinke to leave CANM alone. The Cortez City Council also weighed in, recommending…
No area of the world is untouched by this cancerous beast. He toys with the American people like we’re part of his reality TV show. He thrives on chaos and…
I remember one of Smith’s campaign promises being that he would do away with the “good ole’ boy” mentality. I believe there isn’t a greater example of “good ole’ boy”…
If the Affordable Care Act is replaced, our family’s health insurance is likely to become even less affordable. My wife and I each own a small business. Provisions in the…
Our community responds, in good times and after tragedy, to help those in need
Recently, Adult Day Care at “Our Place,” a local agency that provides daily respite care for Alzheimer’s and dementia clients, was engaged in an annual fund raising event. Much like…
I do not know about the disagreement that arose between Steve and our city manager. But given Steve’s outstanding work for our community, his concerns merit public inquiry. I am,…
Dooley (a peregrine falcon deemed unreleasable because of injuries suffered as young bird), who is now an education bird for the St. Francis Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, and I had the…
The Humane Society, which has always been much more of a dog-centric organization, had almost nothing to do with the introduction of a no-kill TNR (trap, neuter and return) program…
du1-i-syn That is not all that is bike-related, not at all. Today is the first day of Clean Commute Week. At the farmers market, riders can pick up their “passport”…
Using the online calculator created by the Kaiser Family Foundation, our premiums increase by $10,000 annually. Unbelievably, the two biggest tax cuts in the replacement plan would deliver roughly $144…
The bill sponsors and legislators created a legacy for the future of health care in Colorado and for the value of working together to find common ground. This bill has…
The U.S. made a lucrative arms deal, that includes missiles with the capability of attaching nuclear war heads, with Saudi Arabia worth $110 billion today and an additional $350 billion…
Is their criticism justified? In answer, I must point out that the concluding line of the poem indicates that her initials, “M.T.,” form a homophone of “empty.” I do not…
Kudos to the Humane Society for the good work they are doing. I would also like to thank D-SNIP (Dogster’s Spay and Neuter Program), a local nonprofit. Since 1999, D-SNIP…
Even though we are a small Western town, we do care about what is happening throughout the world. Since so many items are taken from The Washington Post, it isn’t…
Unfortunately, Trump played to his base and ignored the majority. Most conservatives know the security of our country and the world depends on a rapid transition to cleaner energy and,…
The true “heroes” in this world often go unrecognized and unsung. They are the quiet ones who walk among us unnoticed. They are not, in reality, the ones who run…
There is still a place for coal mining, done properly, in our county today
