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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Two

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Two

Posted on March 14, 2025October 7, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“So I started researching, and Durango has a tiny home village, and another one out by Bayfield.  And I thought, ‘This could actually work!’…”

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BIG PIVOTS: Bumps Ahead in Colorado's Road to Decarbonization?

BIG PIVOTS: Bumps Ahead in Colorado’s Road to Decarbonization?

Posted on March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 by Allen Best

“Although these proposed tariffs and policy changes have yet to have full effect, vendors have preemptively included the anticipated increase in their pricing models…”

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OPINION: Tools for Winning the Climate Debate, Part Three

OPINION: Tools for Winning the Climate Debate, Part Three

Posted on March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 by Post Contributor

“Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel…”

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OPINION: Commissioner Medina Should Resign Immediately to Restore Trust to the BOCC

Posted on March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 by Rachel Suh

For nearly a year, Medina has misled the public about her employment status, falsely claiming she is self-employed…

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OPINION: We Risk Losing the Institutions That Keep Our Society Open

Posted on March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 by Post Contributor

Compounding today’s uncertainty is the President’s lack of tolerance for dissent…

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EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part One

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part One

Posted on March 13, 2025March 14, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“So three years ago, we were living in Dallas, Texas. You know, deep in suburbia. We both had full-time jobs and three little kids…”

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OPINION: Tools for Winning the Climate Debate, Part Two

OPINION: Tools for Winning the Climate Debate, Part Two

Posted on March 13, 2025March 14, 2025 by Post Contributor

Saul Alinsky must be rolling over in his grave that concerned citizens from the right of the political spectrum are using his rules to defeat the left…

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EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part Three

EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part Three

Posted on March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“So many of us fall into the trap of, ‘I just want to be an educator. This politics stuff is not for me.  I don’t want to do that’…”

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OPINION: Tools for Winning the Climate Debate, Part One

OPINION: Tools for Winning the Climate Debate, Part One

Posted on March 12, 2025March 13, 2025 by Post Contributor

Boy, did they ever take Saul Alinsky’s rules seriously.  In many ways, it became the “progressive” Bible…

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LETTER: Concerning an Epitaph for the U.S.

Posted on March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 by Post Contributor

The United States was the only country to vote against a United Nations resolution declaring an “International Day of Hope…”

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OPINION: Where Is Rick, When We Need Him Most?

Posted on March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 by Post Contributor

Among other things, the text inspired me to revisit Casablanca, the 1942 classic directed by Michael Curtiz…

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EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part Two

EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part Two

Posted on March 11, 2025March 12, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“Dr. Perry is completely committed to closing the educational inequities that plague our youth and families in low-income communities…”

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: It's Almost As If They Like War, Part Two

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: It’s Almost As If They Like War, Part Two

Posted on March 11, 2025March 11, 2025 by Gary Beatty

Now there’s the war in Ukraine. Make no mistake, it was started by Russia’s invasion — so it’s easy to fix the blame for this latest chapter…

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STRONG TOWNS: Evidence of Broken Municipal Governments

Posted on March 11, 2025March 11, 2025 by Charles Marohn

We’re rolling out the Fiscal Health Assessment this April, aligning with tax season, to ensure that cities have a way to make sense of their own budgets…

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EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part One

EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part One

Posted on March 10, 2025March 11, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Just as different pupils learn differently… in a similar sense, different teachers teach differently… and different parents raise their children differently…

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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Evidence That Medicaid Does Matter For Americans

INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Evidence That Medicaid Does Matter For Americans

Posted on March 10, 2025March 10, 2025 by John Tures

“Are those states which refuse the money for covering more of their lower income residents doing better, or worse, for their own citizens?…”

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LETTER: In Defense of Rep. Jeff Hurd

Posted on March 10, 2025March 10, 2025 by Post Contributor

I noticed a full-page advertisement in the Durango Herald on March 5, bashing Congressman Jeff Hurd…

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EDITORIAL: A Few Facts About the Highway Reconstruction Project, Part Two

EDITORIAL: A Few Facts About the Highway Reconstruction Project, Part Two

Posted on March 7, 2025March 7, 2025 by Bill Hudson

The Town government, especially, has an interest in the reconstruction project, for several reasons…

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OPINION: Being a Principal Just Got Harder

OPINION: Being a Principal Just Got Harder

Posted on March 7, 2025March 7, 2025 by Post Contributor

There is a squeaky old merry-go-round in my neighborhood that my own children play on from time to time…

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