Opinion

Tax reform: GOP wager bets on business-aided economic benefits that time will tell

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., left, leads applause for House Ways and Means Chair Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, along…

Katz: Bears Ears debate and limits of rhetoric

The recreation addicts, nature lovers, and Native American tribes see every juniper tree and jackrabbit as part of a holistic,…

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

Edwards: Trump’s actions on public lands defy public opinion

The president’s action will ravage pristine places, put wildlife in danger and jeopardize scientific and archaeological history, including sacred Native…

Christmas: This holiday season, there is reason to celebrate all that is good in the world

Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, along with many elves, initiate the lighting of Durango’s downtown Christmas tree at Buckley Park…

Cochran: Veteran comments on free speech

While I am opposed to their lamentable, despicable opinions of the United States, I am happy to have fought for,…

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

Universal health care makes fiscal sense

I learned that going to universal health care – where everyone is covered – with “single party payer” (the government…

A big Christmas present for the wealthy

During the Eisenhower presidency, a Republican president, the highest tax rate approached 90 percent. Then, we had the needed funds…

County land plan is a socialist’s dream

With that in mind, I can only conclude that the La Plata County Land Plan must have been written by…

Flashing yellow lights are a big problem

These accidents occur because drivers try to “beat” the traffic when the yellow light is flashing. Why not change the…

The problem is not Twitter; it’s Trump

It seems to me that her interpretation of the criticism is misguided: Twitter is an excellent channel for communication. The…

Last tax cut led to the Great Recession

The tax cut didn’t bring jobs. It didn’t help the economy. It led to the Great Recession of 2007. Ask…

Attend meetings to learn about new code

The county is pursuing zoning of a sort that can have large impacts as to types of uses, density and…

FLC’s problems run deeper than name

Harvard on the Animas? Stanford La Plata? Perhaps, as well, if the deck chairs on the Titanic had been rearranged,…

Thanks to owner for efforts at Purgatory

The ribbon of snow I skied did not just appear from nowhere. It takes a lot of money for electricity…

News on airport funding possibilities

Higher facility fee income to airports won’t be enough to fully pay for airport upgrades but it will help. Have…

The astonishing Sen. Cory Gardner

“Tonight’s results are clear – the people of Alabama deemed Roy Moore unfit to serve in the U.S. Senate. I…

Learn about the reason for the season

If you have ever wondered if all the talk about Christianity is true – or wondered why, after 2,000 years,…

Kids’ health care: CHP-plus program for low-income kids receives a bipartisan reprieve, for now

FILE – In this Nov. 3, 2015, file photo, the gold-covered dome on the State Capitol shines in the late…

Health care for all is not a pipe dream

A pipe dream? It doesn’t have to be. According to T.R. Reid in The Healing of America, Canada, the United…

Mumaw: Our new normal endangers the republic

While I strongly agree with your view that brute-strength partisanship is no way to govern our nation, I can’t help…