Opinion

Our view: Colorado Democrats throw a little … mud

QAnon-curious candidate Lauren Boebert gets slammed by national media

July 23, 2020

Letters: Reconsider Animas High site at FLC

It is sacred, there are Ancestral Puebloan ruins there. A better location at Fort Lewis College would be in the…

July 22, 2020

Letters: Gov. Jared Polis is a dictatorial moron

To mask or not to mask is a question that could drive one nuts, just trying to make sense of…

July 22, 2020

Letters: It is always only about me, me and me

So when people ignored public health decrees, declaring them to be arbitrary and in some cases punitive, no one should…

July 21, 2020

Our view: Remembering John Lewis, and the crossing

Lewis lived to efface Edmund Pettus

July 21, 2020

Letters: We no longer need the Electoral College

The argument has now changed to promote an urban versus rural issue. England writes the college’s purpose was to protect…

Letters: About those grants for electric vehicles

Although it’s correct that the city has $65,000 as stated in July 7 Herald article from the sources mentioned (“Durango…

Letters: Porter-Norton for county commissioner

She was recently characterized in a Herald article as being involved in Operation Healthy Communities and “nonprofits.” This is true…

Our view: FDR in ’44 – and the heck with Wallace

Democratic ticket in Missouri, poster, 1944.du1-i-syn But there was a part of FDR that was sincere about wanting to leave.…

Letters: Don’t like ‘Chief’ sign? Don’t shop there

In those days, kids learned to respect others at schools where the richest kid in town could be seated next…

July 19, 2020

Letters: Are you proud of causing a mother’s death?

First, they try to prevent disaster by signaling that certain activities are potentially dangerous. Second, they firm up the rules…

July 19, 2020

Letters: Who’s afraid of out-of-state virus carriers?

Evidently, out-of-state money is not wanted or needed so that those concerned may not be exposed to the virus. Here…

July 18, 2020

Letters: With a COVID-positive worker, you’re on your own

As ownership, we never received any communication from SJBPH as to what the protocol is as an employer who needs…

July 17, 2020

Letters: What were Durango city auditors doing?

It is surprising that it took staff members to notice the improper payments to a fictitious company rather than paid…

July 17, 2020

Our view: Let’s rename Mount Evans

Evans may finally get another moniker – and we have a suggestion

July 17, 2020

Letters: Fine the people who don’t wear masks

Sidewalks are outdoor space, but it’s not always easy to social distance when there is a group spread across a…

Letters: Whites cannot have a range of views

If someone from any culture says that something is offensive, or racist, then it is. If you do not understand…

Letters: That black fist represents communism

“We the People of the United States,” begins our Constitution, symbolized by the stars and stripes of our flag. At…

Our view: Mile-High power grab

Denver, if local government keeps growing it will need its own area code

Letters: I love beautiful Buckley Park just as it is

For 20 years since, I have held my breath as Buckley Park has mostly withstood efforts to make it into…

Letters: Time for Gardner to support CORE Act

LWCF has been bipartisan since its inception over 50 years ago. For years it was Sen. Michael Bennet and Sen.…

Letters: Your lowly thistle is a Scottish hero!

The thistle is Scotlandâ€™s national flower and for good reason. Invasive? Hardly! Legend has it the thistle aided the Scots…

Letters: Juan de Oñate was just a fortune-seeker

Though Oñate sought to colonize the new territory in a sense, his assigned primary role, “Conquistador,” was to find gold…