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‘Truest form of patriotism, a love that isn’t complacent’

Patriotism did not bring my grandfather to the Army recruiter’s office in 1956. Poverty did. A youth spent picking cotton and working odd jobs to help feed his family meant that he was a goo...

DATE: Jul 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Baby-boomer cohorts lazy about issues we cared so passionately about’

I will forever be grateful to our former public defender, a man I greatly admire, a man who helped change my life for the better. Back in the late 1980s, I taught a class at Durango High Sch...

DATE: Jul 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Rooted in long-standing traditions of hunting, fishing, exploring wild places’

As a proud member of the Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and a proponent of the Sportsmen for the Dolores coalition, I am writing to voice my strong support for the designa...

DATE: Jul 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

On wolves: Ballot box ‘right framework for ethical issues’

Since the passage of Proposition 114, which mandated the restoration of gray wolves to Colorado, there has been a steady stream of condemnation of what critics, including some members of the...

DATE: Jul 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Taught to think with our wallets, not our brains’

After the first presidential debate, the whole nation is panicked because one candidate can’t stop lying and the other can’t stop stuttering . . . because all we have left is a choice betwee...

DATE: Jul 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Politics ‘a world of personal attacks, most outrageous lies imaginable’

Here we are at the end of June. Another “high point” in the never-ending election cycle that defines politics in this country. When I was young, elections were fairly limited in their time f...

DATE: Jun 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Disingenuous to place blame on energy producers versus consumers’

Vermont recently passed a law intended to “fine” oil and gas companies for damages caused by climate change. Vermont is joining more than two dozen cities and states, which are suing Exxon a...

DATE: Jun 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Politics ‘a world of personal attacks, most outrageous lies imaginable’

Here we are at the end of June. Another “high point” in the never-ending election cycle that defines politics in this country. When I was young, elections were fairly limited in their time f...

DATE: Jun 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

It will cost you: ‘Climate change slows economic growth’

Thirty-eight trillion dollars per year! Climate change – especially global warming – slows economic growth around the world. By mid-century, year-on-year economic impacts (compared to a non-...

DATE: Jun 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Learned the hard way clinical depression needs medical care’

Maybe I’m destined for cycles of deep depression. I’ve just come out of another that left me drained of any hope. The new drug cocktail I’m taking now might be the magic bullet. I pray so. T...

DATE: Jun 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘By almost any measure, charter schools succeeding’

With all the challenges we face in Colorado, it was truly astonishing to see several Denver-area politicians introduce a bill this past legislative session attempting to tear down one of the...

DATE: Jun 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Truth in West: ‘Many wetlands result of irrigated agriculture’

Imagine Westerners waking up one morning only to discover that many of their most cherished wetlands have dried up, gone. This is not fiction during these times of determining the true value...

DATE: Jun 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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