Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Council must stop this terrible bridge

I frequently walk the length of the river trail and no other bridge design smacks the eye in such a…

January 28, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: As a doctor, I prescribe Medicare for All

This is real money for working families: The average surprise bill for emergency care is $628, and more than $2,000…

January 27, 2020

Editorials

Our view: The captured field marshal

Friedrich Paulus never knew defeat

January 27, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: To the other animals, we’re all Nazis

It’s an opportunity to reflect on how each of us can help end oppression. A key question facing historians is…

January 26, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: We need help with transit

For years, RRT has done an excellent job of transporting residents of La Plata County to their work/school, Walmart, for…

January 25, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Is there no way to stop this horrible bridge?

It’s made up of multiple disparate parts, clunky concrete pylons and looks like it’s a cut-and-paste from the 1950s. For…

January 24, 2020

Editorials

Our view: It’s time to give every Durango student a full midday meal

9-R keeps dragging its feet on ending lunch-shaming – but why?

January 24, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Durango is a little town with a big heart

I work at Brennan’s Exxon. It is one of the finest local businesses here in Durango, owned and operated by…

January 23, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Check out this homeless setup in Albuquerque

Their goal is a hand up, not a hand out; rehabilitation and not entitlement; by addressing physical, emotional and spiritual…

January 23, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Let’s impeach every one of them

How myopic that those impeaching President Donald Trump and we voters don’t demand immediate term limits and impeachment for all…

January 23, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Whose lousy idea was this bridge?

city’s renderings of a proposed 32nd Street crossing are bad news

January 23, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: We can’t weather climate change inaction

It is a smart move on the city’s part to reconsider large investments in our little ski area given the…

January 22, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Rewilding’s not as crazy as it sounds

and tigers and Jurassic Park – or just give some prairie to buffalo

January 21, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Democrats will steal your health care

Be like Canada! Where you can wait months to see your primary care doctor, be given tests, scans and finally…

January 21, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Don’t swallow Colorado health care propaganda

A mailer recently sent by Doctor Patient Unity in New Hampshire.Courtesy of The New York Times We know, it sounds…

January 20, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Our time is up on climate

My professors have gravely informed my classmates and I that if business continues as usual, the world should prepare for…

January 20, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: restricting immigration is the answer

He and other public officials, including Gov. Jared Polis, rightly worry about population growth’s impact on the environment since Colorado’s…

January 18, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Must Tipton challenger be so negative?

One thing that disturbs me is the negativity expressed in some candidates’ attack ads whether in a primary or general…

January 17, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Keeping score on Trump’s impeachment trial

senators have sworn an oath to be impartial, for whatever it’s worth

January 17, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Drivers, stop looking at your phones!

A second try for a Colorado bill to impose fines for distracted driving

January 16, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Immigration could be driving homelessness

Environment, population and immigration are critically related in our world of 7.5-plus billion people. Because of public discussion such as…

January 16, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: New Year’s at casino was a flop

There was no countdown to New Year’s in the casino as in previous years. No champagne handed out. No party…

January 16, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Electoral College is unethical and outdated

Procedurally, the college was designed to prevent a demagogue-like candidate from winning the presidency by inciting the passions of his…

January 15, 2020

Editorials

Our view: On the streets of Tehran, a gasp of truth

the protesters of Iran: We see what you are doing, and we are moved

January 15, 2020