Opinion

We’re ready for Colorado news now too

How can we obtain similar media north of Bayfield? Currently we have Dish, and, for internet, a tower on the…

November 12, 2018

Who are these pro-slavery Coloradans?

I understand that many of us are angry. I understand many of us are confused, full of frustration, fear and/or…

November 11, 2018

Republican blowout? What did I miss?

In four ruby-red states that Trump won by an average of 25 percent in 2016 and campaigned heavily in, he…

November 10, 2018

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November 10, 2018

Voting was grand, pizza made it better

This election day, I was at the polling center at the fairgrounds. It was an amazing day. We had a…

If we could kill the insurance companies

The performance of the U.S. healthcare system ranks 37th of 191 nations, which is pitiful. France and Italy rank first…

Politicians: We are watching you now

My hope now is that our elected officials do not go right back to business as usual. The record numbers…

I am taking your ideas back to Denver

We came together this election around our shared values, advocating for a future in which we can all believe. It…

In your wisdom

Colorado voters showed good sense with amendments and propositions Tuesday

We are so blue

Unaffiliated voters led Democrats to a sweep of the state table Wednesday

November 8, 2018

Toto, we’re not in New Mexico any more

Why are there no signs for Steve Pierce or Michelle Lujan Grisham, Xochitl Torres Small, Martin Heinrich? Stapleton, Polis, Tipton,…

November 8, 2018

Durangoans, face it, your river is dead

When do the people that stand on the sidelines realize and understand that there is a problem? Durango, where a…

November 8, 2018

We’re so blue

Unaffiliated voters led Democrats to a sweep of the state table Wednesday

It’s your House

Democrats, before you unpack, we’d like to have a word about your new mandate

This crop of journalists must be purged

Evan Thomas, once an editor at Newsweek magazine, used to brag that the liberal media was responsible for a 15…

Open your eyes: Trump just doesn’t care

Trumpers, doesn’t this matter to you? Does it not matter that his only agenda is his own agenda? Do you…

After fire, the forest begins healing itself

Old growth ponderosa pine stood firmly along the hillsides, their rounded crowns and wide girths proclaiming their more than 200…

November 6, 2018

Not hammer time

our soldiers head south, we worry about just what we’re becoming

November 6, 2018

This foolish amendment could ruin us

Because it’s a change to the state constitution that will embroil state and local governments in endless lawsuits if it…

President Trump keeps disrespecting us

He held a campaign rally on the very night that one of his rabid supporters massacred 11 Jewish worshipers in…

Let’s pony up for the Durango we enjoy

The problem is the insufficient revenue to properly maintain Durango’s many amenities, as well as providing for the city’s infrastructure…

A vote for Democrats is a vote for chaos

Democrat politicians now do not hesitate to take positions that are the exact opposite of public statements they made several…

Medicare for all is how we should aim

The Affordable Care Act was flawed as a result of compromises required to pass it, but it enabled 20 million…