Letters to the Editor

Opinion

A plurality is different from a majority

cca A recent letter writer (Herald, Feb. 24) needs to be reminded that the current president won a plurality of…

February 23, 2025

Opinion

Join the fight against economic collapse

cca When someone loses their job, they don’t eat out, they don’t travel, they don’t buy cars, they don’t buy…

February 21, 2025

Opinion

Fix our Forests Act will do anything but

cca The Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471), passed the House and heading to the Senate, prioritizes logging interests over…

February 21, 2025

Opinion

Durango City Council needs a lot of work

cca Reading the article on the proposed censure of Olivier Bosmans by City Council (Herald, Feb. 6), I was dismayed.…

February 21, 2025

Opinion

Show solidarity to our Canadian neighbors

cca Growing up near Seattle, I spent countless summers visiting Canada – leaping into the frigid salt water of British…

February 19, 2025

Opinion

Thanks Herald for standing up for our rights

cca Thank you very much for “Our view: The president with a cudgel – When will Republicans end it?” (Herald,…

February 19, 2025

Opinion

Thank you for Wolfwood Refuge rescue coverage

cca As if the industry’s inherent cruelty wasn’t enough to ban fur, then it must also end for the well-being…

February 19, 2025

Opinion

Constituents are waiting for Hurd to represent them

cca Our new Rep. Jeff Hurd has made sticking his head in the sand into an impressive art form. Since…

February 16, 2025

Opinion

America is experiencing a constitutional crisis

cca Musk/Trump’s extraordinary abuse of power attempting to unilaterally cut trillions from our budget is frightening. These actions not only…

February 12, 2025

Opinion

Flying the bird, a rhetorical question

cca Roy Igo Durango

February 5, 2025

Opinion

Health care consumers beware of exorbitant costs

cca I experienced a wake-up call this past week when I had an abnormal imaging study. I was referred to…

February 2, 2025

Opinion

Fauci, Gates, big pharma, and the global war on public health

cca RFK Jr. states that despite opposition from the Food and Drug Administration and World Health Organization, Fauci declared that…

February 2, 2025

Opinion

Where are local law enforcement advocates?

cca If our judicial system and lawyers don’t care about the justice system – trials and judgments that takes criminals…

February 2, 2025

Opinion

The Golden Age of America begins right now

cca Greedy, insatiable tech barons seated at his throne in full display. Their wealth exceeds that of the robber barons…

February 2, 2025

Opinion

Freedom of religion or a flag too far?

cca While Catholic and Christian Science and Presbyterian religions are dissimilar, they all often have Old Glory in full view…

February 2, 2025

Opinion

Seniors, Veterans will miss BRIday

cca My son, Brian Shafer, and I have been volunteers at the La Plata County Senior Center. Starting in February,…

January 31, 2025

Opinion

Let’s support, not destroy our school system

cca Perhaps the gentleman who suggested that this was the case (Herald, Jan. 24) feels that because there are more…

January 31, 2025

Opinion

Matt Nimetz, Chapman Hill champion

cca There is one person who deserves recognition for this success – Matt Nimetz. When the city of Durango advertised…

January 31, 2025

Opinion

Focus on eggs, not hate against gay and trans people

cca There have been gay and trans people since the dawn of time. Continuing to spew this type of hate…

January 29, 2025

Opinion

Firefighters don’t distinguish between red, white and blue

cca I am currently in the La Canada/Flintridge suburb on the edge of the Eaton Fire, which has burned over…

January 26, 2025

Opinion

Chalk art does not equal support for premeditated murder

cca Not only does the writer not include a single legitimate statistic regarding his claims, but he is going as…

January 26, 2025

Opinion

Is it time for an election do-over?

cca OK, I’ll bite … as long as we can apply the same standards to other recent contests. Perhaps the…

January 26, 2025

Opinion

He will always be felon Trump

cca Our outrage should be off the scale. The Constitution clearly is at risk because the oligarchs assume they own…

January 24, 2025

Opinion

Politicizing wildfire recovery would hurt all of the West

cca Congress is considering attaching strings to LA wildfire recovery bills. I hope that Jeff Hurd recognizes that he represents…

January 22, 2025