While walking through the festival in Tennyson Sculpture Park, I happened to strike up a conversation with a poet named Grace Turgeon…
Category: Opinion/Letters
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Could Gun Insurance Reduce Gun-Related Deaths?
In her award-nominated research, Reecia compared San Jose to three cities of comparable size for gun death rates…
EDITORIAL: Questions… About Pagosa Springs Medical Center’s TABOR Issue, Part Four
“Children will have repaired schools. Students will have affordable college tuition. Low-income Coloradans will have access to improved health care…”
LETTER: Support for Phil Weiser for Governor
Being the son and grandson of Holocaust survivors has given Phil a lens and heart that’s dedicated to protecting people regardless of their gender, ethnicity, faith or who they love…
OPINION: Colorado Can’t Thrive If Residents Can’t Afford Housing
The issues raised at the forum matter, because they speak directly to the pressures facing Colorado families and communities…
EDITORIAL: Questions… About Pagosa Springs Medical Center’s TABOR Issue, Part Three
PSMC is currently raising funds to add a downtown ambulance station in the former San Juan Ranger’s building on San Juan Street, to provide more timely service to the eastern side of the county…
EDITORIAL: Questions… About Pagosa Springs Medical Center’s TABOR Issue, Part Two
“The second benefit is less obvious but more critical: governing boards rarely spend tax windfalls wisely…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: When Fast Fashion Becomes Unfashionable
“Cardon has helped 150 clients minimize their closets, often beginning with a $590 comprehensive session to declutter, organize and reduce the closet to the key pieces…”
OPINION: Mother Wolf from King Mountain Pack Purposely Shot and Killed
This appears to be an illegal killing, a violation of the Endangered Species Act, as the wolf was merely moving though the pasture and not actively attacking cattle…
OPINION: Climate Chaos, Part Two
If urgent and decisive steps are not taken to eliminate fossil fuel use, the future will not merely be warmer — it will be harsher, more unequal, and profoundly destabilized…
EDITORIAL: Questions… About Pagosa Springs Medical Center’s TABOR Issue, Part One
The core of Dr. Webb’s message regarded — not staffing or housing — but TABOR. The Taxpayer Bill of Rights, added to the Colorado Constitution by the state’s voters in 1992…
OPINION: Colorado Communities Cannot Thrive… Without Housing
Photo: Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, left, and Attorney General Phil Weiser answered questions in a forum organized by Coloradans for the Common Good at READ MORE
OPINION: Statement from Secretary of State Jena Griswold
“The Governor’s grant of clemency to Tina Peters is an affront to our democracy, the people of Colorado, and election officials across the country…”
OPINION: Climate Chaos, Part One
“This climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis. It’s not complicated. It’s the burning of oil. It’s the burning of gas…”
EDITORIAL: The Future of Our Public Schools, Part Five
Typically, government boards do not make final decisions during work sessions, but are more likely to “direct staff” to bring forward additional information at a future business meeting…
OPINION: How Billionaires Could Influence Colorado’s Governor’s Race
Will the independent and Democratic voters buck the trend of billionaires swaying elections… and elect Weiser…?
OPINION: The Freedom to Be Who We Are
“Access to gender-affirming care is associated with increased quality of life and decreased rates of self-harm, including 44% and 73% lower odds of suicidality…”
EDITORIAL: The Future of Our Public Schools, Part Four
Historically, Archuleta County voters have been adverse to higher property taxes to fund shiny new buildings…
EDITORIAL: The Future of Our Public Schools, Part Three
While researching some historical background on education trends for this article, I pulled out one of my favorite books on the subject of American public education…