One, even the career Republicans running their own party don’t want him as their choice. Somebody who has their own party afraid of him can’t be all bad, as the…
This comes after a mirror-image situation in North Carolina where, in response to an anti-discrimination ordinance passed by the city of Charlotte, the state Legislature passed a bill saying that…
Uniqueness. We have Vallecito and Navajo and McPhee all in easy, motorized reach. We have no other lakes easily accessible to the public that offer a nature-based, non motorized opportunity.…
So the perception is once again that the American people are left with a choice of the lesser of two evils. Chasing ratings as opposed to publicizing findings of fact…
That reflects an oddity of American history: It seems to take us longer to forgive enemies we do not crush. In World War II, the United States destroyed Japan’s navy,…
Scientific truth is determined by data. The data showed no global warming for 15 years, during which one-third of all the carbon dioxide emissions by mankind, ever, were made. The…
This board is aware of the strong community support for recreation at Lake Nighthorse. Our Parks, Open Space, Trails and Recreation Master Plan correlates with the Department of Interior missions…
Hickenlooper would likely make a good vice president. As the former mayor of a major city and a two-term governor, he is certainly more qualified than many who have held…
My confidence in his integrity, leadership and experience has increased during a number of formal and informal encounters. When I needed to learn more about challenges of the transition to…
The story did not directly say that an advertisement “to lure people in the Four Corners interested in paying for sexual encounters,” was placed by the U.S. Department of Homeland…
Not voting also affects us locally. Take for example the recent La Plata Electric Association election in which many of us had the opportunity to vote for some more progressive…
The vote was on an amendment to a bill funding the Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction projects. The amendment was introduced by Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif. It bars…
The way the guy went about this was inappropriate, but so is denying people access because of their disability. Please don’t blame the disability community or perpetuate negative stereotypes. The…
Lammons favors stringent sentencing requirements for violent offenders. But, according to examples taken directly from the Herald, Champagne’s record appears profoundly bad in his efforts to obtain proper convictions, particularly…
As a veteran of 35 years of major engineering projects, I have a few thoughts and questions for the city. First, a few thoughts: It’s generally possible to change directions…
I, too, recall those many meetings in early 2011 when it was made abundantly clear to all in the room that excluding power boats from the Lake was not an…
Does this mean our government or the Environmental Protection Agency is not telling us the whole truth? This season, on my farm in Shiprock, I was contemplating whether to plant…
This would be hard to do on a reservoir as small as Lake Nighthorse. Non-body-contact water-based recreation, particularly the use of two-stroke carbureted gasoline engines that discharge exhaust into the…
Not that SB 168 does anything directly to the airport. The bill allows counties and cities to enter into authorities with jurisdictions in other states. And with that it opens…
That means an effective district attorney in the 6th Judicial District must have the experience associated with the knowledge of what the communities he serves expect from him. Ben Lammons…
When I lost my job, and my 1969 Datsun 1600 broke down, my mental capabilities were at an all-time low. I took the last $200 on me and bought from…
The theory has become more political than scientific, as communities are pressed to enact useless and expensive legislation to fix a humanly unsolvable problem. As for Congressman Brown’s “lack of…
Of course, the process of turning the automobile into a true auto-mobile has been going on since its invention. Crank handles were soon replaced with electric starters. General Motors introduced…
I am the daughter of an extraordinary man who experienced the oppressive communist regime of the former Czechoslovakia. Chased by the Soviet reaction to the Prague Spring, my father and…
The result is a cooperative effort involving a series of agencies to monitor the river closely for signs of pollution or other problems. It is an imaginative plan with outstanding…
Roberts recently voted in favor of a bill that would allow people to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. Since Jan. 1, 23 toddlers have either shot themselves or…
Once the Republicans reclaimed the House, it became even easier for them to reject Obama’s proposals. Congress used to be made up of more reasonable members, led by such stalwarts…
An analysis from the Tax Foundation, released May 12, says that by keeping marijuana illegal, the federal government and most states are foregoing $28 billion in tax revenue per year.…
Phil seems to take the road that climate change causes are all settled and there is no more debate. So, let’s put companies or even whole industries that cause carbon…
