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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Archuleta County Coroner, Brandon Bishop, Resigns

EDITORIAL: Archuleta County Coroner, Brandon Bishop, Resigns

Posted on April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“I think it’s also important, working in this realm, it’s a total disservice if we do not give preference to an applicant that has recent experience…”

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HMPRESENTLY: Thinking About ‘TOOT’

Posted on April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 by Harvey Radin

Could something like TOOT suggest various politicians’ thinking, on any number of things?

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EDITORIAL: Some Confusion Around Public Health, Part One

Posted on April 11, 2023April 12, 2023 by Bill Hudson

In connection with that question, we have certain services that a county public health department is required to provide, according to Colorado law…

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EDITORIAL: Solving Pagosa’s Child Care Shortage, Part One

Posted on April 10, 2023April 11, 2023 by Bill Hudson

This landmark program is estimated to save Colorado parents an average of $6,000 a year, by subsidizing up to 15 hours per week of preschool tuition…

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HMPRESENTLY: Democracy, Itself… That Whole Ball of Wax

Posted on April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 by Harvey Radin

Ironic, isn’t it, this retribution thing, with Democratic politicians, back in the past, and currently, with Republican politicians?

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EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Five

Posted on April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 by Bill Hudson

Hoarding is a fascinating aspect of human character, not exclusive to any particular sex; hoarders can be men, or women. Or people in a gender transition..

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: ‘Show Me the Man, I’ll Show You the Crime’, Part Two

Posted on April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 by Gary Beatty

A fundamental principle of criminal law is that a citizen can not even be accused of, let alone convicted of, a crime that does not exist…

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HMPRESENTLY: Lots of A.I. and Some Compassion, Too

HMPRESENTLY: Lots of A.I. and Some Compassion, Too

Posted on April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 by Harvey Radin

There was in the aftermath of one of the tornadoes that struck a number of states recently, including Mississippi, some news about a small town…

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BOOKS: The Tao of Taro

Posted on April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 by Robert Koehler

Penny herself, in an introductory essay, told about Taro as a little boy. On his first day of pre-school, for instance…

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EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Four

EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Four

Posted on April 6, 2023April 7, 2023 by Bill Hudson

Simone de Beauvoir’s book was written near the end of World War II, during which a considerable amount of violence was on display…

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EDITORIAL: Town Council Thinks Twice About a Real Estate Purchase

EDITORIAL: Town Council Thinks Twice About a Real Estate Purchase

Posted on April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“I don’t believe the cost for this property is going to be only the $1.25 million…”

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: ‘Show Me the Man, I’ll Show You the Crime’, Part One

Posted on April 6, 2023April 7, 2023 by Gary Beatty

There is a joke among criminal law practitioners that an unscrupulous prosecutor can manipulate a grand jury to “indict a ham sandwich”…

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EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Three

EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Three

Posted on April 5, 2023April 6, 2023 by Bill Hudson

Mme. de Beauvoir attended a Catholic school as a child, but came to reject Christianity in her teens, and lived out the rest of her life as an atheist…

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EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Two

EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Two

Posted on April 4, 2023April 5, 2023 by Bill Hudson

I probably ought to shift gears, and report on that meeting, considering what might happen today at the Archuleta Board of County Commissioners meeting…

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OPINION: Wild Horses vs Cattle, and Why the Difference Matters

OPINION: Wild Horses vs Cattle, and Why the Difference Matters

Posted on April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 by William E Simpson II

A herd of cattle that have devastated the landscape east of Fall Creek on the south side of Copco Road in California…

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EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part One

EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part One

Posted on April 3, 2023April 6, 2023 by Bill Hudson

The Archuleta County Public Health Department Transitional Advisory Committee will meet this morning at 9am, at the County Administration Building…

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LETTER: A Fun Way to Support a Local Author

Posted on April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 by Post Contributor

Are you aware that one of your fellow Pagosans is involved in a fun competition to help raise money for our very own Pagosa Library expansion?

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HMPRESENTLY: That ‘Effing’ Word…

Posted on April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 by Harvey Radin

Fantasies can be really enticing, except when realities come barging in…

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EDITORIAL: Designing a Healthy Public Health Department

Posted on March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 by Bill Hudson

But is our nation’s health care sector really facing a massive shortage of health care professionals?

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