Opinion

Free verse and Robert Frost

This poet’s question pesters me: Is free verse really poetry? Not in the view of Robert Frost Who saw scant point when form was lost For hopeful poets, form is hard And free verse helps them...

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Our View: Thank you, Tom Stritikus

With his team, Fort Lewis College president made enduring gains

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Bill would ‘protect precious water resources’

I started High Desert Life Outdoors in Cortez to showcase our state’s outdoor lifestyle – providing gear and equipment to folks who love to camp, boat and hike, and featuring products from m...

Pepper Trail: ‘Still so many places worth saving’

For a long time, climate change was largely perceived as a distant threat. But Oregon writer-biologist Pepper Trail, 70, who often writes for the opinion service Writers on the Range, said h...

Consider ‘candidates’ views on health care, proposed solution’

The 2024 elections may well be decided by voters this fall based on economic conditions but health care is turning out to be an unexpected central campaign issue. The League of Women Voters ...

What If

Why are our young ones choosing death? Drugs, guns, suicide, mutilation, abortion, screens What if one generation taught the next, That life is precious and worth the struggle? What if we ch...

Hugging the Ledge

Stone skiing without poles or sticks up Bear Canyon on Comb Ridge the rocks a hefty 45 degree angle and I with you always and only at this acute angle, and our dogs of course. Whoever thinks...

‘Our self-esteem that we must enhance’

Do something today to bring joy to the world you live in. Being in a positive mood will create feel good endorphins. These are neurotransmitters produced by the pituitary gland and hypothala...

‘Rage, nausea’ over hanger space story

I felt a mix of rage and nausea when I came across your recent news story with the headline, “Durango airport in need of new hanger space for private planes.” Your article pointed to the inc...
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