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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Our Local COVID Situation, in 1,000 Words or Less

Posted on December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 by Bill Hudson

It is expected that the initial supply of COVID-19 vaccine(s) will be very limited for several months…

Posted in Education/Health, Opinion/Letters

HMPRESENTLY: Big, Powerful Muscle Stuff…

Posted on December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 by Harvey Radin

“Some Asian Americans and immigrants wore masks readily. In a brutal election year, it made them heroes, targets, profits….”

Posted in Opinion/Letters

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Woman’s Right to Abortion, Considered

Posted on December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 by Gary Beatty

Last week, a California court ruled that a murder prosecution can proceed against a 19-year-old Kings County woman, Chelsea Becker, who had a still birth after using meth during her eighth month of pregnancy…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Happy Holiday, Happy Holiday...

EDITORIAL: Happy Holiday, Happy Holiday…

Posted on December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 by Bill Hudson

One of the more uplifting movies of that period featured Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds and Virginia Dale, dancing and singing…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

OPINION: Restoring the Soul of America

Posted on December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 by Robert Koehler

The last time I heard a Democratic politician at the top of his party truly, vulnerably stand for restoring the nation’s soul was in 1972…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Strange Diversions in a Strange Land, Part Nine

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 by Bill Hudson

Well, now, we have a couple of questions that pop right up… one being, where does the money (“the funding”) come from?

Posted in Environment/Recreation, Opinion/Letters

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: When Words Have Two Meanings

Posted on December 23, 2020December 22, 2021 by Gary Beatty

The Fifth Amendment to the United State Constitution mandates that citizens charged with crimes be afforded “due process of law”…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Strange Diversions in a Strange Land, Part Eight

Posted on December 22, 2020July 25, 2022 by Bill Hudson

The seven states that divert water out of the Colorado River Basin collaborated on a a drought mitigation plan back in 2007 — in hopes of preventing the federal government from taking control of the Colorado River…

Posted in Environment/Recreation, Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Strange Diversions in a Strange Land, Part Seven

Posted on December 21, 2020February 26, 2021 by Bill Hudson

Americans each ate about 28 pounds of chicken meat annually back in in 1960, but this year each of us will likely consume, on average, about 94 pounds…

Posted in Environment/Recreation, Opinion/Letters

Colorado Senator Bennet Addresses Ongoing Cyber Attacks

Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 by Post Contributor

The hackers appear to have breached The Department of State; The Department of Commerce; The Department of Energy; The Department of Treasury; The National Nuclear Security Agency; and The Department of Homeland Security…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
HMPRESENTLY: Squeezing Democracy Back in the Toothpaste Tube

HMPRESENTLY: Squeezing Democracy Back in the Toothpaste Tube

Posted on December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 by Harvey Radin

I rode my bike the other day, exercising my body — and exercising caution, because of COVID…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Strange Diversions in a Strange Land, Part Six

Posted on December 18, 2020December 21, 2020 by Bill Hudson

“I hope there will be enough water supply for the future!”

Posted in Environment/Recreation, Opinion/Letters

LETTER: I Fear for My Husband’s Life

Posted on December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 by Post Contributor

With five deaths to date and positive cases increasing by the day inside Sterling Correctional Facility, I fear my kids and I won’t ever see Joshua alive again…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

OPINION: Support for Biden’s Interior Secretary

Posted on December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 by Aaron Weiss

“Representative Haaland’s background and experience make her a supremely qualified nominee for Interior Secretary. The Senate should waste no time in confirming Haaland…”

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Strange Diversions in a Strange Land, Part Five

Posted on December 17, 2020March 7, 2021 by Bill Hudson

Nine ranching families, including Paul Bruchez’ family, are involved in the agricultural research project, aimed at growing hay without irrigation….

Posted in Environment/Recreation, Opinion/Letters

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: We the People, Part Four

Posted on December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 by Gary Beatty

“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive… it is the right of the People to alter or abolish it……”

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

LETTER: Thanks for Sara Cole’s Op-ed

Posted on December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 by Post Contributor

In one short essay, this writer perfectly described the grievous harm that is being done to our children, the elderly and even small business, the economic bedrock of this country…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Strange Diversions in a Strange Land, Part Four

Posted on December 16, 2020March 7, 2021 by Bill Hudson

A majority of the “excess” diversions took place in California, it would appear… especially, in California’s Imperial Valley…

Posted in Environment/Recreation, Opinion/Letters

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: We the People, Part Three

Posted on December 16, 2020December 17, 2020 by Gary Beatty

You will be repeatedly told you “must follow the law”, which is true. You just won’t be told the law includes your inherent power to say “Screw the law…”

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
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