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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...

DATE: Sep 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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...

DATE: Sep 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

‘Residents must understand consequences’ of Roberts Village Camp Durango

Can you trust our county codes to protect from development you never imagined? We in the Animas Valley thought we could. We were wrong! The Animas Valley has something the rest of La Plata C...

DATE: Sep 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Eh? Did you hear that? Or is it me?

In a recent column, I criticized the intentional film technique of “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan to make some of the dialogue inaudible. I am still stewing over this. And now I ha...

DATE: Sep 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Months of constant contrasts

Aug. 16, 2023: If you’ve seen me in the last few weeks, you may have noticed a little spark that I’ve been missing for the past year. I’m coming out of my grief and sorrow. I know this ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Fishing in feeder streams

It’s a win-win situation in my book

DATE: Sep 2, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

Silverman: An open letter to Trump’s prosecutors

Dear Jack, Fani and Alvin: Thank you for your prosecutions of Donald Trump. I want to help. Decades ago, I prosecuted many of Denver’s worst criminals. Your cases stir old instincts. Here ar...

DATE: Aug 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Tax the daylights’ out of some ammunition

Had you been caught, said the Border Patrol officer, your behavior would have been treated as an armed invasion of the Republic of Mexico. He was addressing me and some friends after finding...

DATE: Aug 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Vigorous standards’ needed to govern pipelines

An estimated 3 million miles of gas pipelines crisscross the U.S. When these pipelines leak, harmful pollutants are released that threaten our communities’ safety, exacerbate the climate cri...

DATE: Aug 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Reducing trees by logging won’t preclude wildfire spread’

The Lahaina fire on the Hawaiian island of Maui offers some insights into why the current U.S. Forest Service policy of focusing on fuel reduction is misguided. The wildfire began in grassla...

DATE: Aug 25, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Need conservative voices at climate solution table

Discussion about climate change from conservative voices has been all over the map. On one edge of the conversation, we have former President Donald Trump saying: “I think global warming is...

DATE: Aug 23, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

When loved one becomes ‘someone I never knew’

Kim Martin and Chuck Carson described their experiences as caregiver and patient living with Alzheimer’s or related dementias on Aug. 13 in The Durango Herald. Every one of the 6 million Ame...

DATE: Aug 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Mexico is unraveling and nobody seems to care

Draco takes flight this time of year

‘Residents must understand consequences’ of Roberts Village Camp Durango

Eh? Did you hear that? Or is it me?

Months of constant contrasts

Fishing in feeder streams

Silverman: An open letter to Trump’s prosecutors

‘Tax the daylights’ out of some ammunition

‘Vigorous standards’ needed to govern pipelines

‘Reducing trees by logging won’t preclude wildfire spread’

Need conservative voices at climate solution table

When loved one becomes ‘someone I never knew’

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