Letters to the Editor

Immigration legislation? Secure border first

The arguments we’re hearing today regarding people living in this country without legal permission are nearly identical to those put…

June 18, 2013

Learn why we have the Second Amendment

As Lucius Annaeus said, “… Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est,” – a sword never kills anybody; it’s a…

June 18, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Make data companies, not NSA, store info

Tim Gwynn Durango

June 18, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Stop acting spoiled; treat planet with love

Now that they are built, most of us point to these projects with great pride. So will it be with…

June 18, 2013

Letters to the Editor

BLM does more than lease for gas and oil

These parcels were not nominated by the BLM! The resource-management plan is the document that makes the decision on lands…

June 17, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Durango can help make our Earth cleaner

The North Pacific garbage gyre is not a myth. Research into plastic in the gyre appears in peer-reviewed scientific publications…

June 17, 2013

Letters to the Editor

U.S. should restrict the influence of Islam

Because Islam appears bent on destroying our (the West’s) constitutional system and its attendant liberties, we should not extend to…

June 15, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Gun laws enacted without public support

In response to Jim Fuge’s letter (Herald, May 24), the majority of Coloradoans attending the Senate hearings at the State…

June 15, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Security’s ends justify means

I’m more concerned that information gained is shared and acted upon. I send no messages for which I’d be embarrassed…

June 15, 2013

Letters to the Editor

ADU proposal, impacts need consideration

The ADU proposal should be carefully considered with regards to the benefits and adverse consequences of implementation. Any goals should…

June 15, 2013

Letters to the Editor

With chicken, you get what you pay for

We have done it for years, using dual–purpose, heritage breeds that mature more slowly but without stress, provide great eggs…

June 15, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Take a broader view of police encounter

I took personal offense to the letter titled “Residents have right to personal privacy,” (Herald, June 8). It is a…

June 15, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Washington wrongdoing a bipartisan affair

Congress has abdicated its responsibility over the decades to the point that it is irrelevant. Witness the contempt that the…

June 15, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Killing sprees should prompt policy change

Leigh Nielsen Durango

June 13, 2013

Letters to the Editor

A different kind of election is coming

Members come together in an atmosphere of reverence and spiritual contemplation to vote for the individuals they consider best equipped…

June 13, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Young people being harassed at skate park

These men are drunk, belligerent and spend the day down the slope from the skate park next to the river…

June 13, 2013

Letters to the Editor

IRS controversies are nonevents

Let’s do that: $50 million in three years is about $17 million a year. The amount spent annually during those…

June 11, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Support stores so generous to area youths

Generally, the students who go to NOLS from our school are not thick with money, yet these courses are steep…

June 11, 2013

Letters to the Editor

River seekers should respect private property

Either they can’t read or they believe that the message doesn’t apply to them. Either way, it truly upsets me.…

June 11, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Close call with cyclists a reminder to drivers

I know all the Ride the Rockies cyclists riding two and three abreast made the driver angry. Living on East…

June 11, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Durango police need community guidance

I feel they harass people accidentally speeding a few miles more than the limit or in a poorly marked school…

June 11, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Pot-eating dog should have been contained

Because there are many legal substances in compost heaps that are unhealthy for dogs, we need to protect our pets…

June 9, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Climate change real, clean energy cheaper

While it is correct that renewable energy is subsidized, there are also subsidies to fossil fuel suppliers. Thompson says climate…

June 9, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Council’s bag efforts won’t solve any problem

The proposed measure is purely symbolic so we can feel progressive, but the Chamber of Commerce members were 62 percent…

June 8, 2013