“While you would never know it from listening to public-health officials, not a single published study has demonstrated that patients with a prior infection benefit from COVID-19 vaccination…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Theories of Growth, for the Non-Mathematician, Part One
The Planning Commission for the Town of Pagosa Springs will be considering a fairly significant housing project this evening, Tuesday, August 9…
EDITORIAL: Your Survey Participation Wanted, Regarding Tax Increases
The next six questions ask your impressions of the County and Town governments. Are they doing a good job, with the money they extract from us?
OPINION: Fiscal Incompetence at BLM
The Bureau of Land Management has been wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on programs proven to not work. Yet decades go by with continued increases in annual budgets…
EDITORIAL: A River Runs Through It, Part Six
In a sense, Pagosa Springs — without having an actual ‘plan’ — has already “planned for a future with less water…”
EDITORIAL: A River Runs Through It, Part Five
Lake Forest, also known as Borns Lake Reservoir, stretches through the suburban neighborhood just north of the Vista Waste Water Treatment Plant…
HMPRESENTLY: A Warrior… or What?
Who would think a reporter’s questions might be more frightening than, let’s say, fending off enemy soldiers on a battlefield?
EDITORIAL: A River Runs Through It, Part Four
The map tells us that this ranch measures about 813 acres, and that it uses ‘flood’ irrigation. The crop is grass…
OPINION: Lost Opportunity to Prevent Catastrophic Wildfire
Sadly, and quite unnecessarily, a massive McKinney Fire has exploded in just 24-hours from 300 acres on July 29th to 38,000 acres on July 30…
OPINION: Recount of Republican Primary Continues, with Lawsuits Filed
The clerk and recorder of El Paso County on Sunday shot down allegations from a group of Republican candidates who lost the Colorado primary election…
EDITORIAL: A River Runs Through It, Part Three
“With low water levels… Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) enacted a voluntary afternoon fishing closure beginning July 21…”
EDITORIAL: All Them Liars
“Liars, especially liars in positions authority and trust, lie only as a last resort because they know if you learn the truth, you will not agree with their position…”
EDITORIAL: A River Runs Through It, Part Two
The truth of the matter is that — looking at the history of the past 50 years in Colorado — growth can indeed be accommodated… but…
HMPRESENTLY: Lift Off!
What if some of the world’s autocrats – dictators and dictator wannabes — were to be levitated several feet up in the air?
EDITORIAL: A River Runs Through It, Part One
PHOTO: The San Juan River, July 29, 6:30am…
OPINION: CORE Act Will Honor Camp Hale, Provide Habitat Protections for Wildlife
The Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act includes four important measures…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Considers Two Solutions to a Housing Crisis, Part Two
But for some reason, the Town government had lost faith in the people of Pagosa…
HMPRESENTLY: Woo-Woo Moments
Moving objects around by mental effort alone is called ‘telekinesis’…
BIG PIVOTS: All That Nonsense About the Price of Gasoline
Oil is a boom-and-bust, roller-coaster sector. Gasoline prices were incredibly low just two years ago…