On August 1, 2026, an unknown number of people will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of Colorado’s statehood…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Can Everybody Just Get Along? Part Two
But Archuleta County is no longer a rural ranching community. It merely “looks like” a rural ranching community…
LETTER: The Successful Cultivation of Meat Protein
Let’s build facilities like the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture at schools across the country…
EDITORIAL: Can Everybody Just Get Along? Part One
I’m thinking about this problem — which I don’t actually view as a problem — because I attended a couple of government meetings on Tuesday…
BIG PIVOTS: Can El Niño Save the Colorado River?
Taking a more global perspective, Udall pointed to a natural phenomenon that became apparent to scientists only in 1997…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Reflecting on the Reflecting Pool… and the Screwworm
Experts aren’t always right, but we are daily reaping the consequences of ignoring every expert outright in favor of the “gut feeling” of a few…
OPINION: Michael Chamberlain Wholly Unqualified to Led Ethic Office
“He is a partisan operative who worked for Donald Trump during his first term and spent the entirety of the Biden administration filing flimsy complaints…”
EDITORIAL: Some Very Expensive Mistakes, Part Five
As I mentioned, practically everything about this proposed development is still unknown…
LETTER: Escape from Pagosa Springs
In fact, part of why we moved was because we could see this all coming down…
OPINION: A Double Standard at Department of Homeland Security
Notably, Ben-Gvir is scheduled to attend a United Nations policing conference in New York in July…
OPINION: The Price of Miscalculation in the Middle East
What was meant to compel surrender instead elevated Iran’s standing and leverage, leaving diplomacy to recover, at a higher cost, what military power failed to secure…
EDITORIAL: Some Very Expensive Mistakes, Part Four
Tonight, at 5:30pm, the Town Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on a proposal to develop yet another subdivision…
OPINION: Heat Pump Rebate Program Could Threaten Small Businesses in Colorado
A major blindspot is just coming into view, and it may change the service industry in Colorado forever…
OPINION: What I Heard from Voters in Pagosa Springs
One lesson from this tour is that rural communities are not asking for special treatment. They are simply asking to not be overlooked…
OPINION: The Unsettling Legacy of Alan Greenspan
“It is no exaggeration to say the global financial crisis of 2008 had an enormous and lasting impact on American life…”
EDITORIAL: Some Very Expensive Mistakes, Part Three
Last week, at the June 16 Town Council meeting, Town Manager David Harris asked the Council to approve additional expenditures to keep the pipeline functioning…
EDITORIAL: Some Very Expensive Mistakes, Part Two
“For the estimated amount of water needed based on the conceptual plan, we expect approximately 58,420 gallons per day…”
OPINION: Considering the Long Struggle for Educational Opportunity on Juneteenth
Many of the teachers had no formal training, and some of them were local Black people who were self-taught….
EDITORIAL: Some Very Expensive Mistakes, Part One
“The whole point is, it’s got to be synergistic with the residential, and with the commercial. It’s something that Pagosa has never seen…”