Half of Sudan’s population now depends on humanitarian aid to survive – over 25 million people relying on food deliveries…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Not-Necessarily-Bottomless Pit of Tourism Funding, Part One
Expectations can be a wonderful thing, so long as you don’t take them too seriously…
OPINION: Tell Congress to End the Shutdown
In the backdrop of this shutdown, 44 million people are shopping for Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance plans and discovering exponentially higher premiums…
OPINION: What It Means to Stay
Staying in a rural place is not passive. It is work — emotional, financial, cultural, communal. Work to find housing. Work to afford groceries and heat…
EDITORIAL: Scrubbing Dirty Dishes in Government Kitchens, Part Two
“I would really like to have some sort of meaning from working towards a goal or cause that betters humanity as a whole…”
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: The Democrats Won with More Than Just an Anti-Trump Message
Sherill focused on affordability, health care costs and housing, as well as education and early childhood care…
BIG PIVOTS: An Afternoon in Denver’s Industrial Armpit
The refinery is located amid what might be called a municipality’s urban necessities, at least as defined in the mid-20th century…
EDITORIAL: Scrubbing Dirty Dishes in Government Kitchens, Part One
Has government really gotten so bad, that three out of four adults believe government generally does the wrong thing?
OPINION: One Month Into Shutdown, White House Has Approved More Than 600 Drilling Permits
Burgum’s email did not acknowledge his attempt to fire thousands of Interior department employees during the shutdown, which was temporarily blocked by a federal judge…
EDITORIAL: The 2025 Election, Tuesday, November 4
You can also submit your mail ballot, or mark a ballot, today at the Pagosa Lakes Property Owners Association (PLPOA) Clubhouse, 230 Port Ave…
EDITORIAL: Controversial ‘Pagosa West’ Subdivision Subject to Public Hearing, Part Six
Sometimes the Planning Commission simply looks the other way when regulations are “interpreted” by the Town staff to allow such transgressions to take place…
OPINION: When Hunger Rises, So Can We
Will we remain quiet while millions worry about their next paycheck, their next meal, their next medical bill…?
EDITORIAL: Controversial ‘Pagosa West’ Subdivision Subject to Public Hearing, Part Five
“So… maybe we should entertain some more discussion.” (Uncomfortable laughter…)
OPINION: China Has Defined Our Human Choices, Part Two
According to the World Bank, over the past four decades, China has lifted more than 800 million people out of extreme poverty…
LETTER: What is the Town Planning Commission Thinking?
Am I surprised at the decision to approve the conceptual plan based upon a seemingly laughable “Sketch Plan”? Sadly, I am not…
EDITORIAL: Controversial ‘Pagosa West’ Subdivision Subject to Public Hearing, Part Four
“This correspondence documents multiple procedural and constitutional defects in that hearing, including the abuse of public participation through the weaponization of citizens’ comments…”
OPINION: China Has Defined Our Human Choices, Part One
In 2005, while serving as provincial party secretary of Zhejiang, Xi Jinping introduced what he called the Two Mountains Theory…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Not Putting Money on the Democrats
“Democrats fall in love, while Republicans fall in line,” quipped sportscaster Colin Cowherd…
EDITORIAL: Controversial ‘Pagosa West’ Subdivision Subject to Public Hearing, Part Three
A couple of days ago, a friend has asked me if I thought the Planning Commission would approve the Pagosa West Sketch Plan…