The Trump administration announced July 1 it will not renew USMCA in its current form, triggering the agreement’s annual review process…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Can Archuleta County Save Itself? Part Four
Back in 2022, the Pagosa Springs Planning Department was searching for new ideas for solving the housing problem they had helped to create…
BORDERLANDS HEALTH: Pedestrian Dignity Is Health Infrastructure
A vibrant downtown should not require wealth to enjoy. A public park should not require perfect mobility…
EDITORIAL: Can Archuleta County Save Itself? Part Three
In her 2020 Glamour magazine interview, environmental activist Erin Brockovich spoke about “stick-to-itiveness” as a framework for making change happen…
LETTER: Remembering Brian Flynn, Respectfully
The Brian Flynn we knew was not simply a colorful character in someone else’s story. He was a son, father, grandfather, friend, musician, mentor, and a deeply loved human being…
EDITORIAL: Can Archuleta County Save Itself? Part Two
About 20 local leaders attended the initial January 22 Work Group meeting. Fewer than ten were in attendance on the evening of June 25, the most recent meeting of the committee…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: The Revolutionary Who Couldn’t Abide Slavery
Despite the win at Yorktown, the war wasn’t over. While negotiations dragged on, the British Army and Navy harassed the Americans…
EDITORIAL: Can Archuleta County Save Itself? Part One
When we view the canyons carved over countless eons by the Colorado River, it’s hard to imagine the amount of water required to bring about such a massive excavation project…
EDITORIAL: Colorado 150 vs. America 250
On August 1, 2026, an unknown number of people will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of Colorado’s statehood…
EDITORIAL: Can Everybody Just Get Along? Part Two
But Archuleta County is no longer a rural ranching community. It merely “looks like” a rural ranching community…
LETTER: The Successful Cultivation of Meat Protein
Let’s build facilities like the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture at schools across the country…
EDITORIAL: Can Everybody Just Get Along? Part One
I’m thinking about this problem — which I don’t actually view as a problem — because I attended a couple of government meetings on Tuesday…
BIG PIVOTS: Can El Niño Save the Colorado River?
Taking a more global perspective, Udall pointed to a natural phenomenon that became apparent to scientists only in 1997…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Reflecting on the Reflecting Pool… and the Screwworm
Experts aren’t always right, but we are daily reaping the consequences of ignoring every expert outright in favor of the “gut feeling” of a few…
OPINION: Michael Chamberlain Wholly Unqualified to Led Ethic Office
“He is a partisan operative who worked for Donald Trump during his first term and spent the entirety of the Biden administration filing flimsy complaints…”
EDITORIAL: Some Very Expensive Mistakes, Part Five
As I mentioned, practically everything about this proposed development is still unknown…
LETTER: Escape from Pagosa Springs
In fact, part of why we moved was because we could see this all coming down…
OPINION: A Double Standard at Department of Homeland Security
Notably, Ben-Gvir is scheduled to attend a United Nations policing conference in New York in July…
OPINION: The Price of Miscalculation in the Middle East
What was meant to compel surrender instead elevated Iran’s standing and leverage, leaving diplomacy to recover, at a higher cost, what military power failed to secure…