Letters to the Editor

A Meditation on Aging

I turned sixty and was feeling frisky. Then sixty-one – still having fun. At sixty-two, I had lots to do.…

April 14, 2024

Kennedy ‘addressing corporate capture’

We need change. Both Democrat and Republican congressional representatives accept money from lobbyists in exchange for policies that benefit corporate…

April 14, 2024

Opinion

Router Lights

A city on my bookcase of pulsating towers of light flashing information coming and going through my home of news…

April 14, 2024

Opinion

Untitled

Most of us are not calm neither outside not inside nor any or everywhere Most of us refuse our invitation…

April 14, 2024

Opinion

‘Editors at the Herald are myopic’

The Durango Herald has ceased all relevance to the community. I’m wondering how the letter from a recent writer on…

April 14, 2024

Opinion

Free verse and Robert Frost

This poet’s question pesters me: Is free verse really poetry? Not in the view of Robert Frost Who saw scant…

April 11, 2024

Opinion

Bill would ‘protect precious water resources’

I started High Desert Life Outdoors in Cortez to showcase our state’s outdoor lifestyle – providing gear and equipment to…

April 10, 2024

Opinion

What If

Why are our young ones choosing death? Drugs, guns, suicide, mutilation, abortion, screens What if one generation taught the next,…

April 7, 2024

Opinion

Hugging the Ledge

Stone skiing without poles or sticks up Bear Canyon on Comb Ridge the rocks a hefty 45 degree angle and…

April 7, 2024

Opinion

‘Our self-esteem that we must enhance’

Do something today to bring joy to the world you live in. Being in a positive mood will create feel…

April 7, 2024

Opinion

‘Rage, nausea’ over hanger space story

I felt a mix of rage and nausea when I came across your recent news story with the headline, “Durango…

April 7, 2024

Opinion

‘Tow rope as handrail alongside Sky Steps’

Our hamlet beneath the Diné Sacred Peak has and is suffering chronic, unmitigated murdering to everything sacred to us few…

April 7, 2024

Opinion

Water So Pure

Congratulations on a job well done Securing pure Water is priority one Water after all is what we’re made of…

April 7, 2024

Opinion

The Death of Dr. Low

He felt a sudden thump far off in the depths of his mind. A subtle tremor. But what had moved…

April 7, 2024

Opinion

‘Insufficient studies’ on marijuana, cancer

Can marijuana cure cancer? According to cancer.org: “More recently, scientists reported that THC and other cannabinoids such as CBD slow…

April 7, 2024

Opinion

‘Sex is, in fact, binary’

Colorado state Rep. Brianna Titone is a transgendered woman, meaning she is a biological male. I have no problem with…

April 3, 2024

Opinion

‘Personal blind spots: Untracked powder, my fear of missing out’

Molly AbsalonTina Ravitz There’s a fine line between learning from the mistakes of others and shaming people for their ignorance.…

April 3, 2024

Opinion

‘Place country above party, extremism’

We are going to choose between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in the upcoming election. I am…

March 31, 2024

Opinion

‘Who needs big city living?’

After growing up in a large city, Chicago, and graduating from college and teaching in a fair-sized western Michigan town,…

March 31, 2024

Opinion

Hollowed out hopes

daffodils rise from the ground i look for my heart to turn, figuratively, into a garden the painting where the…

March 31, 2024

Opinion

Trump officially ranked as ‘worst in history’

In a March 10 letter in The Durango Herald, a neighbor from Cortez referred to Joe Biden as “the worst…

March 31, 2024

Opinion

Suicide: ‘What you say matters’

Recently, I have received morning updates from The Durango Herald in my email inbox with links to stories about suicides…

March 31, 2024

Opinion

‘Lack of efforts to halt violence alarming’

The recent escalations in Gaza have reached a humanitarian crisis that demands immediate global attention and action. Reports indicate a…

March 31, 2024

Opinion

‘Adamantly oppose this proposed monument’

Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 19-1314 Concerning a Just Transition from Coal-based Electrical Energy Economy and made an appropriation.…

March 31, 2024