The complaint contends that these actions exceed the administration’s legal authority and violate the Administrative Procedure Act…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Ballots, Taxes, and Debts, Part One
We already know that Pagosa Springs Medical Center will have a tax measure on the November ballot…
EDITORIAL: Data Centers in Pagosa Springs? Part Five
Their letter comes in the wake of a recent incident in which AI systems from OpenAI “broke out of their testing environment and hacked into the tech startup Hugging Face….”
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: America Shifts on Transgender and Marriage Issues
Mainline Protestants have increased their support for gay marriage over the last 20 years from 32% to 78%…
EDITORIAL: Data Centers in Pagosa Springs? Part Four
“Until there are reasonable regulations on AI that protect us, we need a national moratorium…”
OPINION: Forests Need Fire, But Forestry Makes It Work
Human intervention has always been part of the mosaic of healthy forests, with fire doing much of the work of thinning and clearing overly dense stands of trees…
OPINION: Trump Administration Policies are Decimating Habitat and Hunting
“This administration has systematically removed protections from over 100 million acres of public lands and waters…”
EDITORIAL: Data Centers in Pagosa Springs? Part Three
“Are you suggesting that there might be technologies in the future that we would want to keep ourselves open to?…”
EDITORIAL: Data Centers in Pagosa Springs? Part Two
“Archuleta County shall not accept applications or engage in pre-submittal activities for data center facilities…”
BIG PIVOTS: Colorado River ‘Water Cushions’ are Now Gone
“Watching our very little snowpack — the lowest snowpack we had on record — nearly melt out in March was quite alarming to us…”
EDITORIAL: Data Centers in Pagosa Springs? Part One
I attended the PLPOA annual meeting on Saturday and heard about budgets, the recreation center, trails, fishing, youth activities, pine needles…
OPINION: Trumps’ Play Against Foreign Journalists
For decades, Washington has rightly insisted that host states of international institutions must guarantee press access and avoid politicizing visas…
EDITORIAL: A Satisfied Mind, Part Five
As of 2026, their parenting effort has resulted in a total of ten great-grandchildren…
OPINION: ‘E Pluribus Unum’ is Not a Slogan. It’s a Choice.
We are proud to be part of this diverse, complicated and hopeful country…
EDITORIAL: A Satisfied Mind, Part Four
I know that’s a weird question to ask, here in America, where everything seems to cost more than it did last year…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Which Countries Have Voter ID Laws?
What does this analysis show? It demonstrates that Voter ID laws are neither necessary, nor sufficient…
EDITORIAL: A Satisfied Mind, Part Three
“Being totally immersed and present in whatever I am doing, wherever I am…”
EDITORIAL: A Satisfied Mind, Part Two
That might be the central question in this editorial series. Does change and improvement bring about a satisfied mind?
OPINION: The Atmosphere Has No Borders
More intense wildfires are just one symptom of a much larger problem…
