Opinion

Sen. Gardner should sponsor energy act

Recent surveys by Yale University show growing majorities of Coloradans think that global warming is happening and believe that Congress…

February 11, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Lapdog media comes to leftist masters

Wouldn’t it also be a breath of fresh air if the alleged media actually presented the truth, the whole truth…

February 11, 2019

Editorials

Read her lips: No free stuff

when Democrats are primed for single-payer, Pelosi lets them down

February 11, 2019

Letters to the Editor

More fake news on reproductive rights

New York did pass a late-term abortion law, which allows, and I quote, that “a patient can receive an abortion…

February 11, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Now comes the renewables tipping point

Consider the current moment in American history. Just recently, Americans were divided about climate change, but now 72 percent of…

February 10, 2019

Letters to the Editor

That’s not a tax cut, it’s a hike – yikes!

Under the new calculation,s my taxable income for 2017 (line 43) increased 216.0 percent. My taxes (line 44) increased by…

February 10, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Thanks, governor. I love my electric car.

Supporting the transition to electric vehicles will save Coloradans money and allow us to breathe easier. The lifetime cost of…

February 9, 2019

Letters to the Editor

We need wolves now more than ever

Anyone who attended the Durango Wolf Symposium knows that this scientific meeting was about restoration and stewardship. Extirpation of wolves…

February 8, 2019

Letters to the Editor

City’s tax is bait-and-switch proposal

The wording of the upcoming April ballot initiative, 1-A, to raise sales tax must be read carefully. The story from…

February 8, 2019

Editorials

Maybe nukes: A bold plan to get to zero emissions

the time come to consider reactors as a substitute for burning all this coal?

February 8, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Feeling negative? Think of John McCain

This gentleman seems to believe that broad-based negative labels and attacks are a productive manner in which to effect change…

February 7, 2019

Letters to the Editor

The Electoral College has had its day

By most accounts, the Electoral College was a political compromise crafted to reject direct democracy and one-person, one-vote. The original…

February 7, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Why so long to determine fire’s cause?

The cause of the Camp Fire in California was found immediately and went bankrupt. What about you, Al Harper? What…

February 7, 2019

Editorials

Angry birds: Is Twitter making us useless?

Somewhere there’s a better world – it might not be on social media

February 7, 2019

Editorial Cartoons

Editorial cartoons

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February 6, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Sex ed bill is what teens, parents need

Teens need comprehensive sex ed because most parents aren’t experts and it’s uncomfortable for them to answer our questions. And…

February 5, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Blame Tipton for shutdown’s local costs

My recollection is he cost the Durango area several million dollars in the 2013 shutdown. Think about that. Our congressman…

February 5, 2019

Editorials

Heaven is a place: big-budget commercials flatter the West

of the Super Bowl ads made us feel lucky to be just where we are

February 5, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Bring them all home and in one piece

I would urge all readers to call the White House switchboard and demand all troops be withdrawn from Syria. Call…

February 5, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Dirty apartment and a potty mouth

I am a grandmotherly type who, when he asked me to mend his clothes, I did it. When his sink…

February 4, 2019

Letters to the Editor

You can’t treat a baby turtle this way!

And it becomes somebody’s right to dismember that child and sell its body parts. In celebration of the passage of…

February 4, 2019

Editorials

Say my name: Scandinavian countries have abandoned socialist policies

Socialists claim the U.S. should be more like Norway and Sweden. Oh really?

February 4, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Brake for car braking ahead of you

Maybe there are deer on the road. Maybe the vehicles following that driver should not punch the gas and pass…

February 4, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Second homeowners deserve a break

I wonder if she stopped to consider that second homeowners pay the same school taxes as locals and never send…

February 3, 2019