International agreements, far from being acts of self-punishment, are acts of solidarity and recognition of common responsibility…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Yet Another Sad and Confusing Meeting… Part Four
“Are you living on the same amount of money that you were living on 30 years ago? I’m not. None of us are, because we can’t…”
OPINION: McCarthyism, Then and Now
I binge-read the book amid a storm of news as the administration of President Donald Trump ramped up attacks on leftwing activists…
EDITORIAL: Yet Another Sad and Confusing Meeting… Part Three
“That’s way too much money to take out of an economy as small as ours. It will hurt us. And I think the biggest hurt will be Road & Bridge…”
EDITORIAL: The Message on the Chalkboard, Part Two
“What were we doing? How did we do it? And how could we know if we were having the effect we wanted?…”
OPINION: Recognition Without Action is Meaningless
Several Western powers, including the UK, Canada, Australia, and Portugal, have now formally recognized a Palestinian state, joining Spain, Ireland, and Norway…
EDITORIAL: Yet Another Sad and Confusing Meeting… Part Two
“I’ve already written to you folks about what I think of this administration building, and I am going to hold my ground on that today…”
EDITORIAL: The Message on the Chalkboard, Part One
“We believe that all children deserve access to a quality education — one that prepares them for the duties of citizenship in a democracy and connects them to economic opportunity…”
OPINION: Denver City Council Votes to Cease Using ‘Flock’ Surveillance Cameras
Many Colorado communities are under mass surveillance. Constitutional rights should take precedence…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Censorship in America
Is this unprecedented? To investigate, I started by looking at how Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama handled conservative media…
EDITORIAL: Yet Another Sad and Confusing Meeting… Part One
“Taking an overall look at what’s going on here, with all these agencies vying for money. I really think we need to look at that…”
EDITORIAL: A Sad and Confusing PAWSD Meeting, Part Three
Indeed, Habitat did win its reimbursement, by a 4-1 vote, with board member Gene Tautges voting ‘Nay’…
GROWING PAINS: Common Sense Treatment of Vacation Rentals
Recently it was estimated that 1,000 vacation rentals exist in the Pagosa Springs area…
EDITORIAL: A Sad and Confusing PAWSD Meeting, Part Two
Does the PAWSD board believe that “lack of affordable housing” is a crisis in Archuleta?
LETTER: Pagosa Prayer Vigil for Charlie Kirk
Hundreds of Christians and patriots gathered at our town park on Sunday afternoon for a prayer vigil and tribute to fallen hero Charlie Kirk…
EDITORIAL: A Sad and Confusing PAWSD Meeting, Part One
Last year, the CDC contracted with BWD Construction to build ten ‘affordable’ homes, and Habitat purchased three ‘affordable’ modular homes…
LETTER: Speak Out Against Reckless Spending, at Today’s County Commissioners’ Meeting
Let’s all urge our commissioners to vote NO on spending any more money on a new admin building…
OPINION: Climate Complexity
Fifty-eight former U.S. national security leaders, including 35 admirals and generals, sent a letter on climate change to President Donald Trump…
EDITORIAL: A Few Words from Attorney General Phil Weiser, Part Two
“Before I worked for Justice Ginsberg, I worked for a different judge, who taught me an incredibly important lesson”…