For one, the BOCC has indicated their intention of gathering public testimony and discussion before moving ahead with the project…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: The World Stands Ready; Are The Palestinians?
The Palestinians must not miss this unprecedented opportunity to realize their aspiration for statehood…
EDITORIAL: Countering Organized Political Violence, Everywhere, Part Four
Is our American way of life threatened by nonprofit organizations?
BIG PIVOTS: A Simple Colorado River Solution? Use Less Water
The new report says the story is not near as complicated as some would have you believe…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Scientific Evidence Of Gerrymandering
Texas conducted an unusual mid-decade redrawing of Congressional districts for the state…
OPINION: When All You Have is a Hammer, Every Problem Looks Like a Nail
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the Trump administration has removed what he called “politically correct and toxic ideological garbage”…
EDITORIAL: Countering Organized Political Violence, Everywhere, Part Three
Americans were largely united during World War II in a battle to defeat European fascism…
SAVE THE COLORADO: Addressing the Colorado River Leadership Vacuum
Let’s be point-blank and loud and clear — the status quo is a disaster, the river is collapsing, and it’s all a high-stakes leadership failure…
OPINION: Pete Hegseth Just Did America a Big Favor
Hegseth’s gathering put the choice squarely before them. And the generals did not have to wrestle with it in isolation. They looked each other in the eye…
LETTER: Jane Goodall’s Message of Reverence for Life
Conservationist Jane Goodall has passed away at age 91…
EDITORIAL: Countering Organized Political Violence, Everywhere, Part Two
“Instead, it is a culmination of sophisticated, organized campaigns of targeted intimidation, radicalization, threats, and violence designed to silence opposing speech…”
EDITORIAL: Countering Organized Political Violence, Everywhere, Part One
“The Colorado Health Foundation is deeply concerned about a new federal memo directing government agencies to investigate and disrupt networks, organizations and funders…”
EDITORIAL: Springs Resort Attorney Suggests a Geothermal Lawsuit, Part Four
“A Mineral Fee is also proposed under Scenario 2. Instead of charging the hot springs resorts directly, the cost is shifted to the hot springs customers as a “turnstile” fee…”
EDITORIAL: Springs Resort Attorney Suggests a Geothermal Lawsuit, Part Three
I mentioned, previously, my opinion that the Springs Resort has had its operations generously subsidized by the town taxpayers since the mid-1990s…
EDITORIAL: Springs Resort Attorney Suggests a Geothermal Lawsuit, Part Two
The geothermal heat exchanger is housed in a metal building currently receiving colorful murals on all four sides…
LETTER: Trump Betrayed Us
He promised to protect Medicaid. Instead, his “Big Beautiful Bill” stripped healthcare from 11.8 million Americans…
EDITORIAL: Springs Resort Attorney Suggests a Geothermal Lawsuit, Part One
Back in the early 1980s, in the midst of an oil crisis, the U.S. Department of Energy provided a sizable grant to the Town of Pagosa Springs…
OPINION: History Repeating as Federal Shutdown Looms?
“We started having damage and we started having human waste issues. Everything that we told them would happen started happening…”
Open Letter to the Archuleta Commissioners
A request to pause, and right-size, the proposed $20 million administration building…
