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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Hunting Season... and Budget Season...

EDITORIAL: Hunting Season… and Budget Season…

Posted on October 14, 2025November 10, 2025 by Bill Hudson

We might be tempted to assume that “a budget” is the main reason that governments even exist…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

OPINION: The Inescapable Reality Israel Must Face

Posted on October 14, 2025October 14, 2025 by Alon Ben-Meir

Israel needs to confront its government’s actions that plundered the depths of human immorality. Israel’s moral obligation is to rise against Netanyahu’s government…

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EDITORIAL & VIDEO: Too Much Water...Too Little Water...

EDITORIAL & VIDEO: Too Much Water…Too Little Water…

Posted on October 13, 2025October 13, 2025 by Bill Hudson

On Saturday, October 11, my granddaughter remarked that she could hear the river from her bedroom window.  She said it sounded like the ocean…

Posted in Opinion/Letters, Video
OPINION: Rural Lessons for Resisting Authoritarianism

OPINION: Rural Lessons for Resisting Authoritarianism

Posted on October 13, 2025October 13, 2025 by Colorado Newsline

This is the Ditch Principle: Your ditch neighbor may disagree with you about everything except keeping the water running…

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EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part Four

EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part Four

Posted on October 10, 2025October 10, 2025 by Bill Hudson

The neighbors who spoke in opposition to the CUP protested that their neighborhood was zoned “Agricultural”…

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EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part Three

EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part Three

Posted on October 9, 2025October 10, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“The focus at the ranch is to grow all-natural organic produce and raise all-natural grassfed pasture pork as well as other livestock….”

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OPINION: Reinterpreting the Plain Language of a Conversion Therapy Ban

OPINION: Reinterpreting the Plain Language of a Conversion Therapy Ban

Posted on October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 by Rachel Suh

Justice Alito’s statement—“That’s just not the way language works”—was more than grammatical correction…

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EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part Two

EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part Two

Posted on October 8, 2025October 9, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Agritourism involves any agriculturally based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm or ranch…

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LETTER: A Double Standard on Political Violence

Posted on October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 by Post Contributor

By their standards, the scores of January 6 rioters who breached the Capitol should have been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part One

EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part One

Posted on October 7, 2025October 8, 2025 by Bill Hudson

For one, the BOCC has indicated their intention of gathering public testimony and discussion before moving ahead with the project…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

OPINION: The World Stands Ready; Are The Palestinians?

Posted on October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 by Alon Ben-Meir

The Palestinians must not miss this unprecedented opportunity to realize their aspiration for statehood…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Countering Organized Political Violence, Everywhere, Part Four

EDITORIAL: Countering Organized Political Violence, Everywhere, Part Four

Posted on October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Is our American way of life threatened by nonprofit organizations?

Posted in Opinion/Letters
BIG PIVOTS: A Simple Colorado River Solution? Use Less Water

BIG PIVOTS: A Simple Colorado River Solution? Use Less Water

Posted on October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 by Allen Best

The new report says the story is not near as complicated as some would have you believe…

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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Scientific Evidence Of Gerrymandering

INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Scientific Evidence Of Gerrymandering

Posted on October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 by John Tures

Texas conducted an unusual mid-decade redrawing of Congressional districts for the state…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
OPINION: When All You Have is a Hammer, Every Problem Looks Like a Nail

OPINION: When All You Have is a Hammer, Every Problem Looks Like a Nail

Posted on October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 by Terry Hansen

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the Trump administration has removed what he called “politically correct and toxic ideological garbage”…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Countering Organized Political Violence, Everywhere, Part Three

EDITORIAL: Countering Organized Political Violence, Everywhere, Part Three

Posted on October 3, 2025October 6, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Americans were largely united during World War II in a battle to defeat European fascism…

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SAVE THE COLORADO: Addressing the Colorado River Leadership Vacuum

SAVE THE COLORADO: Addressing the Colorado River Leadership Vacuum

Posted on October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 by Gary Wockner

Let’s be point-blank and loud and clear — the status quo is a disaster, the river is collapsing, and it’s all a high-stakes leadership failure…

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OPINION: Pete Hegseth Just Did America a Big Favor

OPINION: Pete Hegseth Just Did America a Big Favor

Posted on October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 by David Korten

Hegseth’s gathering put the choice squarely before them. And the generals did not have to wrestle with it in isolation. They looked each other in the eye…

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LETTER: Jane Goodall’s Message of Reverence for Life

Posted on October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 by Post Contributor

Conservationist Jane Goodall has passed away at age 91…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
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