Letters to the Editor

Opinion

Where are local law enforcement advocates?

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

February 2, 2025

Opinion

The Golden Age of America begins right now

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

February 2, 2025

Opinion

Freedom of religion or a flag too far?

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

February 2, 2025

Opinion

Seniors, Veterans will miss BRIday

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

January 31, 2025

Opinion

Let’s support, not destroy our school system

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

January 31, 2025

Opinion

Matt Nimetz, Chapman Hill champion

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

January 31, 2025

Opinion

Focus on eggs, not hate against gay and trans people

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

January 29, 2025

Opinion

Firefighters don’t distinguish between red, white and blue

I am currently in the La Canada/Flintridge suburb on the edge of the Eaton Fire, which has burned over 14,000…

January 26, 2025

Opinion

Chalk art does not equal support for premeditated murder

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

January 26, 2025

Opinion

Is it time for an election do-over?

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

January 26, 2025

Opinion

He will always be felon Trump

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

January 24, 2025

Opinion

Politicizing wildfire recovery would hurt all of the West

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

January 22, 2025

Opinion

Build smarter

It wouldn’t hurt for homeowners to learn the best ways to replace what was demolished, since climate change is not…

January 22, 2025

Opinion

Seeking county and LPEA fire mitigation information

Thank you in advance for your response. Bonnie Johnson Durango

January 19, 2025

Opinion

Leftist crazies now support premeditated murder

Under the Food Not Bombs banner they promote the full-scale genocide of Israeli Jews by displaying signs and chalk writings…

January 19, 2025

Opinion

What do we tell our children?

John Hopkins Durango

January 19, 2025

Opinion

Manifest Destiny or manifest insanity?

What goes through Trump’s mind is unfathomable, and that is not because he outshines Stephen Hawking. His latest incarnation as…

January 19, 2025

Opinion

Say ‘no’ to Sundance, and state tax breaks, festival will worsen affordability

Page 5A: “House Bill 1005 would offer $34 million in tax incentives to a film festival … that lures more…

January 19, 2025

Opinion

The irony of Jan. 20, 2025

Monday, Jan. 20, is the MLK holiday. It also is the presidential inauguration. The irony lies in what these two…

January 19, 2025

Opinion

Class issues present spiritual tests

I rarely think about how stratified our local society is until I witness our neighbors struggling. Here’s news that makes…

January 19, 2025

Opinion

Flags at half-staff for the next four years?

A dictator has been voted in. A guy who tried to overthrow the government four years ago. A guy who…

January 17, 2025

Opinion

Some thoughts on ‘Let’s have just one flag’

As the writer stated, the Constitution affords us our protections to free speech regardless of the environment. The American flag…

January 17, 2025

Opinion

Let’s hope Trump White House doesn’t forget Carter’s example

William A. Babcock Durango

January 17, 2025

Opinion

Childhood trauma suggests a different story

Reading Jackson Clark’s tribute to Tyrone Yazzie (Herald, Jan. 5), the young, Indigenous man who worked in Clark’s art gallery…

January 15, 2025