The anti-Trump bias existed back in his first term as President, as illustrated here…
Category: Opinion/Letters
LETTER: Time to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline
The pipeline is currently operating illegally, even as the ongoing legal battles surrounding it are reaching a critical point…
EDITORIAL: Asking the Community for Advice? Part Three
“So my next phase was to provide some educational outreach about some pros and cons of different water supply options… of no reservoir, or a reservoir, or alternatives to a reservoir. …”
OPINION: BLM’s Disastrously Expensive Wild Horse Policy
Horses are Nature’s keystone herbivores, and they symbiotically reduce and maintain wildfire fuels (grass and brush)…
OPINION: Carbon Removal in Colorado?
Carbon removal pathways take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it permanently…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Two-Headed Hydra of Distrust, Part One
But don’t get the impression that faculty fools are confined to the State of North Carolina…
OPINION: Open Letter to the BOCC Regarding the Shooting Range Proposal
Statement of Jim Denvir regarding the Special Use Permit application of Keyah Grande to operate an open air shooting range…
EDITORIAL: Asking the Community for Advice? Part One
“I heard the community loud and clear, and Marybeth Snyder is one example of what’s being said — is to have a community meeting so they can come forward and present their ideas…”
OPINION: Important County Hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 17 Regarding Expanded Shooting Range
The County Planning Commission (the “PC”) recommended approval of a special use permit for an open air shooting range at Keyah Grande…
EDITORIAL: PLPOA to Vote on Funding for New Gymnasium, Part Two
The basic issues behind the controversy are universal. Trust. Community. Private property rights. Following rules. Raising healthy children…
EDITORIAL: Archuleta County to Host Public Meeting on Proposed Land Purchase
The photo above shows the current Administration Building, which previously — a dozen years ago — served as the Archuleta County Education Center…
EDITORIAL: PLPOA to Vote on Funding for New Gymnasium, Part One
Could the whole community come together to build something that served, especially, the non-adult population?
EDITORIAL: How About Them Home Prices? Part Four
“He could say, for example, that it’s time to build Trump Towers across America, which would immediately make them sound desirable…”
SAVE THE COLORADO: Elon Musk Gets the Gross Dam Fiasco Exactly Wrong
“It makes no more sense to build a new dam on the Colorado River than it does on Mars…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Convictions and Acquittals
It only takes one juror to prevent a conviction because of a “hung jury” in the Thompson murder case…
OPINION: Time for CPW to Address Trophy Hunting of Big Cats
Colorado is so much better than this. Let’s ask CPW to invest more heavily in real science…
EDITORIAL: How About Them Home Prices? Part Three
Back in the 1980s, when I was still living in Alaska, I came across a recently written book titled, ‘The Nine Nations of North America’…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: How Trump Could Benefit From Defending Ukraine
Will we support people who have demonstrated that they could repel the Russians, with military aid?
EDITORIAL: How About Them Home Prices? Part Two
The YIMBY Movement seeks to explain why the NIMBY approach to building a community will ultimately destroy the community’s viability…