Black also references the rapid “when it was natural.” Does he mean in the 1800s? Smelter Rapid, and indeed, much of the Animas River through town, has not been natural…
Why do states persist in building edifices and monuments to themselves? Washington is full of white, marble buildings that look suspiciously like mausoleums. Indeed, the Taj Mahal is seen as…
These cuts mean half as many AmeriCorps members serving with local programs like Southwest Conservation Corps. AmeriCorps members serving with Southwest Conservation Corps build and maintain local trails, remove invasive…
First, before the 2008 recession, the PSC, like other flagship nonprofits in town (e.g., the Durango Arts Center and the Community Concert Hall), received annual city support. That funding was…
These rules were designed to protect you! The court arguments are almost always about money. Unfortunately, almost everyone misses the real costs – damage to the mental and physical health…
I recall the elation from members of both parties when she announced that she would run for the Colorado state House of Representatives for our region. Like soldiers, country before…
While putting my groceries into my car, I was approached by a man with a small girl asking for money for food. It was hot, and they looked hungry. They…
The recent LPEA elections bring to mind four memorable lines from W.B. Yeats’ poem, The Second Coming, from 1920: “Things fall apart, the center doesn’t hold, Mere anarchy is loosed…
Harris says the dropping of the atomic bomb actually saved millions of lives. He uses quotations to support this theory: “It is estimated that by using the atomic bomb, millions…
Now, I may be wrong on this one, but isn’t a one-time expense such as a sewer plant or an airport terminal best funded through a bond issue? To me,…
Hence, the standard rule of conduct for responding to a black bear attack: Fight for your life. As one example of what I’m getting at, about eight years ago, on…
Maybe he didn’t see the two private rafts that launched with us, but how could he miss the catamaran deftly piloted by the father of one of the rafting company…
The politics of personal destruction from these groups say more about them than it does about Sen. Roberts. As a state House representative and now president pro tem of the…
Another man downtown had a sign saying, “Help wanted, God Bless you,” Well, I think he had that mixed up. He should be looking for a sign that says “Help…
Nevertheless, Jackson’s highest achievement when he eventually became president, was to kick the foreign central bankers out. This made him the people’s greatest president. And said banksters have never forgotten…
There is a plethora of worthy projects and causes in our area, and plenty of other needed infrastructure improvements. While the sum requested by the Powerhouse may be relatively modest,…
But there’s another bear (or more) out there training to replace this one. Bears don’t need trash-strewn wooded areas to come sniffing around. For a taste of used coffee cup…
Does anyone else find this absurd? Who is the bigger threat to society? Erica Max Hesperus
We all learned a lot and gained a deeper appreciation of our shared home from his reporting and words. Best of luck to him on his new journalistic trails. Ken…
Did the city of Durango’s Parks and Recreation really spend millions of dollars on a whitewater park that the vast majority of river users can’t use? Because what else explains…
The latest in its series of hit pieces against Sen. Roberts had little news – few are surprised that Roberts will not run for the United States Senate at this…
The Herald (or maybe the “Democrat” once again ) supposedly limits letters from any one individual to once a month. If the letter happens to be one in which Sen.…
