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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: The Preservation of Aquatic Life in Archuleta County, Part Four

EDITORIAL: The Preservation of Aquatic Life in Archuleta County, Part Four

Posted on September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 by Bill Hudson

I wonder if anyone is keeping track of how many locals use the San Juan River for recreation? Compared to tourist use, for example?

Posted in Opinion/Letters

OPINION: My Response to Critics of the Enhanced Child Tax Credit

Posted on September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 by Post Contributor

Over the past 50 years, nine out of ten Americans have struggled as their incomes remained flat, while their costs of housing, health care, child care, and higher education have skyrocketed…

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OPINION: Confronting the Challenges Facing Undocumented Students

Posted on September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 by Post Contributor

“What will happen to me if immigration reform doesn’t pass when I graduate this May (2022)? I don’t have a social security number…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Preservation of Aquatic Life in Archuleta County, Part Three

EDITORIAL: The Preservation of Aquatic Life in Archuleta County, Part Three

Posted on September 29, 2021September 30, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“The success and relevance of stream management planning efforts are highly dependent on stakeholder engagement…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters

HMPRESENTLY: Thinking About Their Better Angels

Posted on September 29, 2021September 29, 2021 by Harvey Radin

“So do the shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed….”

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LETTER: COVID Vaccinations vs Hospitalizations

Posted on September 29, 2021September 29, 2021 by Post Contributor

To me, it is a shame that San Juan Basin Public health no longer reports local hospitalizations for COVID…

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EDITORIAL: The Preservation of Aquatic Life in Archuleta County, Part Two

Posted on September 28, 2021September 30, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“We bring together diverse interests to care for and recover rivers and streams, so our children can experience the joy of wild and native trout and salmon…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Preservation of Aquatic Life in Archuleta County, Part One

EDITORIAL: The Preservation of Aquatic Life in Archuleta County, Part One

Posted on September 27, 2021September 30, 2021 by Bill Hudson

On any warm summer day, you can watch dozens of tubers drift past Town Park, under the Hot Springs Boulevard bridge, and past the geothermally-heated soaking pools at the Springs Resort…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Response to a Reader’s Email Questions About COVID

Posted on September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 by Bill Hudson

You mentioned that you’ve “not been sick” since you moved to Pagosa six years ago. Congratulations on that…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

OPINION: Women’s Rights in Afghanistan, and Beyond

Posted on September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 by Robert Koehler

So a crucial question that accompanies the Afghan women’s protests is this: How can the rest of the world support it?

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part Five

EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part Five

Posted on September 24, 2021September 28, 2021 by Bill Hudson

La Plata Election Association (LPEA) staff hosted their Customer Appreciation Lunch at their downtown service center… with live music by the talented Tim Sullivan. The dance floor was open…

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OPINION: Disturbing News About Rep. Lauren Boebert

Posted on September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 by Post Contributor

It’s no coincidence Lauren Boebert and her husband became flush with cash as soon as she ran for and got elected to Congress…

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EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part Four

EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part Four

Posted on September 23, 2021September 24, 2021 by Bill Hudson

In my experience, it’s always easier to get a new tax approved, when the tax will be paid by someone other than the folks voting to approve it…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part Three

EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part Three

Posted on September 22, 2021September 23, 2021 by Bill Hudson

The commissioners allocated $280,000 to build a covered walkway connecting the County’s new $15 million jail to their new $6 million courthouse…

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EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part Two

EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part Two

Posted on September 21, 2021September 23, 2021 by Bill Hudson

But as we know, the regulation and subjugation and restraint is often practiced on an ‘unequal’ playing field…

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OPINION: A Reminder of Our Hollowed-Out Democracy

Posted on September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 by Post Contributor

According to a number of recent polls, more than two-thirds of Americans (69 percent of likely voters) favor a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants…

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EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part One

Posted on September 20, 2021September 21, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“The conservative sensibility finds the lack of design and lack of control of a spontaneous-order, free market society to be exhilarating…”

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HMPRESENTLY: Why Rudy?

Posted on September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 by Harvey Radin

But I keep wondering if other people applied for the job?…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

OPINION: A Few Reactions to the BLM Relocation Proposal

Posted on September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“It’s clear that moving the agency’s headquarters out of Washington, D.C. was meant to force out career employees and hollow out its leadership…”

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