Opinion

Are the Democratic candidates ready for prime time?

Thursday’s Democratic debate raised the specter of four more years

September 14, 2019

An open letter to every lost Republican

You’ve said you value fiscal responsibility. You bludgeoned President Obama for ballooning deficits and the national debt when stopping the…

September 14, 2019

Letters to the Editor

America now resembles Nazi Germany

2019: Trump tells immigrant families with children on life-saving hospital support they have 33 days to get out of the…

September 14, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Tennis players and city partner on courts

Tennis players appreciated the new courts at Fort Lewis College and offered to assist with cleaning and minor repairs. Thanks…

September 14, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Tattoo question marks on their heads

The mass shooting in Odessa, Texas, would not have happened if law enforcement had been able to take guns away…

September 13, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Sports nutrition advice is misleading

I feel that the advice given in this article is misleading at best and irresponsible at worst. The article advises…

September 13, 2019

Editorials

Ken Burns brings the pedal steel this time

filmmaker’s new series on country music starts airing this Sunday

September 13, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Don’t try to change ‘climate change’

What’s so abundant that we hardly consider it as pivotal? Try water. Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth.…

September 13, 2019

Letters to the Editor

It’s not funny: Trump is Satan’s minion

He thinks he has the authority from God to rule like a deity. He thinks he has all the answers…

September 12, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Negative train comments unjustified

The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is one of the reasons we originally moved to this area. We are…

September 12, 2019

Editorials

Are we fated to partisanship? That seems likely.

seem to have been stuck on faction for the last 230 years

September 12, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Thanks, Mike, for checking on recycling

Wondered how many were as horrified as I was to see how plastic is taking over the oceans and some…

September 11, 2019

Letters to the Editor

No open-carry makes children happier

Not long ago, I was at City Market north and a man entered at the same time with a handgun…

September 11, 2019

Letters to the Editor

City manager done in by knuckleheads

I’ve known him professionally for 12 years, both as a pestering reporter and editor at The Durango Herald, and for…

September 10, 2019

Letters to the Editor

That other letter was in jest – right?

I would hope del Campo and her family did not take offense at Mike Sigman’s subtle, jesting response (“Are you…

September 10, 2019

Editorials

Sen. Ray Scott and other officials need to grow some skin

Colorado officials cannot eliminate citizens from official social media

September 10, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Sad or funny: Candidate Biden is both

Truth (five-letter word) is that Democrats are not just shooting themselves in the foot with Biden, Democrats are destined to…

September 10, 2019

Editorials

Guess who’s got a beef with Polis now?

He is not alone. A few weeks back, it was news you might be able to use when the Herald…

September 9, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Democrats need to meet some people

Climate change is the only scientific theory ever proposed that scientists are not allowed to question. Are there any solutions…

September 9, 2019

Letters to the Editor

The homeless are children of God, too

What is evident now is that the placing of nearly every person into partisan camps has also severely eroded any…

September 9, 2019

Editorials

Facing up to it

Ripping pink Band-Aids off is worthwhile

September 9, 2019

Letters to the Editor

There is a way we can tax carbon now

France did suspend its fuel/carbon tax after the Yellow Vests revolt. Reducing consumption of fossil fuels (and the greenhouse gasses)…

September 8, 2019

Letters to the Editor

No nukes, no wars, no more imperialism

The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed on Aug. 27, 1928. It outlaws war as a tool of foreign policy. The United…

September 8, 2019

Letters to the Editor

This is what’s right about health care

Dr. Murphy grew up in Durango and came back to practice in the town he loved. I have known Dr.…

September 7, 2019