Letters to the Editor

Volunteer with DNS and see the world anew

I had the great privilege and joy to participate in Durango Nature Study’s fall training program to guide local students…

December 19, 2013

Barr’s influence will assist future teachers

Barr awarded FLC students close to $250,000 in the last 15 years, in portions of no less than $750, and…

Barr was great role model, generous donor

I fell in love with teaching. But as all young adults, I wanted to find some adventure, so after college,…

Senators trying to dodge blame for failures

Watch for Udall to try and divert the publicâ€™s attention from their tax-and-spending failures at every opportunity. Rod Ems Durango

Remembering lost loved ones is a great gift

I’ve learned that there’s comfort in being reminded of him. A few days ago, I was stopped downtown by a…

Use gas, oil revenue to fund tuition waiver

One issue that remains, however, is how to pay for it. A precedent for funding public higher education exists. In…

December 17, 2013

Draw from Roberta Barr’s sincerity, kindness

Her sincerity and kindness are models that I will follow as I pursue my own path to becoming a teacher.…

December 17, 2013

Real reform would go beyond Obamacare

In developed, industrial countries where health care is state sponsored, the legislature regulates the industry. The cost of pharmaceuticals and…

Time is right for switching to solar power

This initiative is taking local renewable power seriously and is facilitating 100 new solar electric installations in the county. Here…

Obamacare opponents should explain hatred

One would think ACA must have some truly significant flaws that would motivate conservative members of Congress to try to…

Fair Deal must continue New Deal tradition

President Obama and Pope Francis have now each voiced their concerns about this issue. But, what can be done to…

Schools should be donation-funded only

If all the people in 9-R who are still shocked about the failure of Amendment 66 were to give $5,000…

Students fortunate 9-R has priorities straight

All I could think of as our children performed was the caption above. I am so glad that Snowberger and…

Herald’s priorities are misguided

Ambassadors and military have died with no investigation, IRS targets people based on politics, NSA spies on its own people,…

Separate climate change facts from opinion

Jim Sims Durango

Look outside the American education box

Firstly, according to The Economist on Dec. 7, 15-year-old students in the United States taking the Program for International Student…

Obama continues to lie, bring down country

On Dec. 3, he stated that Obamacare was up and running. Another lie? Impeach him today. Fred Gale Durango

December 12, 2013

Herald included no mention of Pearl Harbor

President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed and essentially asked Congress to declare war against Japan. Unlike the gridlock of today, his…

December 10, 2013

Republicans keep moving scale to new lows

First, they gut the Affordable Care Act, making it the watered-down law that it is by refusing the government option,…

December 10, 2013

Climate change skeptics personally attacked

Rick VanWagenen personally attacked Mike Sigman (Letters, Herald, Nov. 15) with an accusation that Sigman’s facts are dreamed up. VanWagenen…

December 10, 2013

Success of local GED graduates is gratifying

Reading about Anthony made me recall another GED grad, Tyler Whitt, who is now the owner of a water-management company,…

December 9, 2013