Opinion

Low reimbursement will limit access

Physicians are already unable to afford treating any more people on Medicare, Medicaid and TriCare at the very low price-controlled…

Letter puts racist paranoia on display

Maurice Harrigan Pittsboro, NC

Keep socking it to regional firefighters

You have until Aug. 15 to drop off socks at the our Welcome Center, Alpine Bank and at Purgatory. Even…

Give up a latte to fund bag fee

Debbie Bliss Hoover Durango

Obama has ethnically profiled himself

Thomas Wright Aztec

Snakecharmer

Imaginative new trail another example of the value of cooperation, civic foresight

Twelve-step programs cure mental illness

Twelve-step groups with love and truth cure mental illness, develop the nonviolent, love directed human. Psychiatry is America’s holocaust! Clover…

Eateries should lock garbage away from bears

The DPW came by recently (thank you) to remind residents to make sure we clip those bear proof trash cans…

Bayfield School District’s finances sound

The article did not mention the district has an adequate bond fund balance to sustain our long-term forecast for debt…

Imagine life as a short, white woman

I might have locked my car door or walked behind the mall security officer in Obama’s presence before he became…

Why would city charge for paper bags, too?

If you have ever been to Oregon and Washington, you can see where Weyerhaeuser and other lumber companies cut and…

Tri-State and PUC

Regulating public utilities is the state Public Utilities Commission’s role

July 31, 2013

Durango has had several McMurray murals

First of all, the mural on Sixth Street is not his mural as he painted it. Much to my dismay,…

July 31, 2013

Detroit a bellwether for Obama’s America

The “obstructionist” House of Representatives referred to and chastised by the Herald is the only instrument of government standing against…

July 31, 2013

Frontier’s passenger drop linked to flights

Frontier has been winding down its Durango service by steadily decreasing the number of flights per day for the past…

Life’s viability has moved with advances

Is a baby born (or aborted) prematurely not a life because he or she may require temporary medical intervention (breathing…

River sounds are those of people having fun

Jim Mohle Durango

Bradley Manning

leaves a number of unanswered questions about government secrecy

Christians must insist Guantanamo close

As Newby says, “If the actions of the state are contrary to Jesus’ teachings, they (Christians) are silent.” The best…

July 29, 2013

Herald touts failed Democratic policies

Remember the constant editorials from the Herald describing how Obamacare was going to save the United States money? How people…

July 29, 2013

Inequality

Financial hardship numbers show Obama is right to return to a focus on the economy

July 29, 2013

Watch gas documentary to draw conclusions

On HBO documentaries, there is a program called “Gasland 11,” by an Academy Award nominee, Josh Fox. In order to…

July 28, 2013