If you are a professional environmentalist and trained in water law or hydrology, you’re taught this language in college and law school…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: When Automobiles Ruled the Earth, Part Five
Archuleta County witnessed a surprisingly prosperous summer — despite, or possibly because of, the global COVID crisis…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: If You’re Wearing a Mask… Why Do I Need To?
As Roger McGuinn said, “I saw the great blunder my teachers had made, scientific delirium madness….”
HMPRESENTLY: Workarounds, Conspiracy Theories, and Such
When something’s difficult and challenging to work through, it’s encouraging to see people sharing skills, teaming up and helping out…
EDITORIAL: When Automobiles Ruled the Earth, Part Four
Our state and federal governments are fond of handing out grants to help communities build government projects — but they don’t hand out money for operating and maintaining those grant-funded projects…
EDITORIAL: When Automobiles Ruled the Earth, Part Three
Read Part One Russia refused to go along with OPEC’s proposal to rescue the coronavirus-battered oil market by further cutting production at a meeting in READ MORE
EDITORIAL: When Automobiles Ruled the Earth, Part Two
Read Part One O lady with your legs so fine, O stranger at your wheel, You are locked into your suffering, and your pleasures are READ MORE
EDITORIAL: When Automobiles Ruled the Earth, Part One
“I was really struck by the statistics… how there are 1.97 cars per U.S. household, but in Des Moines, Iowa, there are 19 parking spaces per household…”
OPINION: How to Start Asking the Right Questions about Infrastructure Funding
“How do we get more….?” is the question of the addict. It allows destructive habits to conflate wants and needs…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Hears Some Good News
“I just love it when the community comes together for important things. And this is an important thing…”
OPINION: If We Want to Make Things Better, We’ll Have to Do It Ourselves, Part Two
The crossing of a Rubicon is also important because it can’t be uncrossed. A norm breached is no longer a norm…
EDITORIAL: No, Arnold… Jan. 6 was Not America’s ‘Kristallnacht’
I found the Governor’s overall message to be encouraging. One segment, however, struck me as alarmist…
EDITORIAL: Shoot Me Up, Scotty… Part Four
You probably wouldn’t suspect, standing outside the house at 3013 Bridle Path in Friendswood, Texas, that its home theater had been designed to emulate the control room of a Federation spaceship…
OPINION: If We Want to Make Things Better, We’ll Have to Do It Ourselves, Part One
The fact that we live with injustice should not prevent us from seeing where people are broken…
OPINION: What Kamala Harris’ Ascension Means for Girls of Color
“This is something achievable, it’s attainable, and it’s not something that has to happen in the next century. This is something I can do now….”
LETTER: Take the Oath
President Biden and team will make mistakes, we need to give them a chance to correct missteps, as we have so much to get right and gain…
EDITORIAL: Shoot Me Up, Scotty… Part Three
COVID vaccines are arriving in the various American cities and towns — more slowly, and in a less organized fashion that we may have expected…
EDITORIAL: Shoot Me Up, Scotty… Part Two
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said there was yet to be any evidence that coronavirus vaccines were “going to prevent people from actually getting the infection and therefore being able to pass it on.”
EDITORIAL: Shoot Me Up, Scotty… Part One
A limited budget can cause people to become creative. Glue a few used laser discs to the floor, stretch some plastic shower curtains across the back wall, and you can be transported anywhere, instantly…