Near the other end of the visual spectrum, we have forest fires. One of the larger natural phenomena know to us — especially if you include the clouds of smoke…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Organismal Biology, and the Soil That Sustains Us, Part Three
Fact is, fire is a time-tested part of forest ecology. Human beings are another time-tested part of the ecology…
OPINION: From the Office of Dodge, Wiggle, Hack, Shrug & DeCamp, LLC
As part of my catching up with old friends, I reached out to some folks in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to see how their latest project was going…
EDITORIAL: Organismal Biology, and the Soil That Sustains Us, Part Two
If you have been able to watch the embedded video, you saw that the fire killed individual trees and plants, but did not kill the forest. Quite the contrary….
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Bank Offered Me a Job
She said, if I wanted the job she could arrange for me to be hired, and start “as soon as possible”…
LETTER: Thanks to the Pagosa SUN for Oak Ridge Drive Photo
Colorado is an open-range, fence-out state. Anyone who wants to drive to the top of Oak Ridge Drive will find that Mr. Kazarinoff has placed fences around much of his property…
EDITORIAL: Organismal Biology, and the Soil That Sustains Us, Part One
Previous to the appearance of conifer trees, dinosaurs wandered among gigantic ferns and horsetails, not really knowing what they were missing….
Denver Housing Program So Successful, Federal Government Offers Millions to Expand It
“It has really confirmed everything that we as an organization have known about housing with supportive services…”
HMPRESENTLY: präpəˈɡandə and kəˈpriSHisnəs
The 45th president doesn’t cotton much to journalists, unless they’re with certain media… like some, but not all journalists and commentators, at Fox News…
LETTER: Does an Un-Elected County Attorney Run Our County?
Didn’t the BOCC recently declare Archuleta County a Constitutional County? So, was all that just to pacify us?
EDITORIAL: Another Black Friday in Pagosa
Here’s hoping our Daily Post readers stay safe on Black Friday, and know how to protect their privacy…
HMPRESENTLY: A Sharply-Focused Workforce Housing Remedy
What the STR industry is doing, from what I gather, is exacerbating the workforce housing crisis, and changing the character of communities…
OPINION: Rights of Nature for Boulder Creek
Recall, back in July, Nederland was the first community in Colorado to pass a Rights of Nature resolution for their Boulder Creek watershed…
LETTER: Mr. Beatty’s Insights into the Rittenhouse Case
Regarding the photo of the prosecutor holding the rifle, if he was in fact pointing it at the jury, that thuggish conduct by an officer of the court is beyond words, in my opinion…
EDITORIAL: Thanksgiving? No, Thanks…
“And, when do we tell the real story?”
EDITORIAL: Three Mildly Controversial Housing Discussions at Town Hall, Part Four
People working in Pagosa’s retail industry, or hospitality industries — that is, a huge slice of our local workers — cannot afford “average rents”…
OPINION: Congress Should Follow Colorado’s Example, and Protect Immigrants
America’s immigration system hasn’t been reformed in decades and, like our nation’s infrastructure, is in desperate need of repair…
EDITORIAL: Three Mildly Controversial Housing Discussions at Town Hall, Part Three
As a result of this failure to take definite steps to create an STR tax or fee, it might be left up to the Town citizens to petition a similar measure onto the April 2022 ballot…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Unethical Conduct by Rittenhouse Prosecutors
Don’t even get me started on the prosecutor’s reckless handling of the rifle during his closing argument…