‘Hard to imagine trial of greater public importance’ than Trump’s

Yale law professor, legal scholar, and novelist, Stephen L. Carter (“Televising Trump’s Trials Is a Mistake,) argues in Bloomberg and The Washington Post that the criminal trial of former pr...

‘Indian names, caps, symbols and how media should portray them’

Ah yes, Major League Baseball’s post-season. “October Ball” is about to begin, and once again the low-budget baseball team from Cleveland will be absent. In fact, despite an exceedingly smal...

‘Cost creep’ in Colorado’s outdoors

When was the last time you got outside and how much did you spend to do it? I can’t help but wonder: Is it just me, or do rising costs for outdoor recreation seem to be everywhere you look t...

‘Antisemitism on rise’ – Boebert is no help

We are currently in the midst of the period between the Jewish New Year – Rosh Hashanah and the Day of Atonement – Yom Kippur. It is a solemn period of gratitude, apologies and the resolutio...

1984 case ‘profound’ precedent to save Carpenter, neighborhood from ILC

The details of a 1984 lawsuit to stop industrial activities next to the Montview neighborhood in northwest Cortez have recently come to light. The significance of this 1984 court case on the...

Carpenter ‘critical’ to rights of sound-dependent birds

The rezoning of 1050 Lebanon Road in Cortez from commercial to industrial is incompatible with its proximity to Carpenter Natural Area (City Code Criteria D violation). This change would inc...

‘Time to start taking choice of president seriously’

In politics, the coming year will be what we make of it. We can go on with what amounts to mud wrestling or we can have an honest debate about the future and direction of our country. It rea...

Public can help shape Utah monument

When President Joe Biden restored the original boundaries of both Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments in 2021, public-land lovers felt they had achieved a lasting vic...

SJBPH emergency compensation: ‘This has become personal’

As the director of communications at San Juan Basin Public Health during part of the COVID-19 pandemic, I feel the need to weigh in on the investigation by La Plata County, into emergency co...

‘Electoral college system effectively disenfranchises most Americans’

Given everything that has happened in the last eight years, it is time to initiate a movement to rid ourselves of the archaic electoral college by means of an amendment to the Constitution....

Mexico is unraveling and nobody seems to care

A local resident, who I’ll refer to as Mario, recently asked me to look over his immigration file. After paying a lawyer more than $20K across five years, an immigration judge in Denver admi...

Draco takes flight this time of year

Greetings stargazers. There is a dragon in our night sky. Draco is one of the circumpolar constellations that is above the northern horizon year-round, but is especially well-positioned to p...