“By this wonderful provision, which is only man’s mastery over nature, the clouds are dispensing copious rains… [the plow] is the instrument which separates civilization from savagery…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
LETTER: Claiming Fraud, Crying Wolf
Let’s heed the words of democracy watchdog organization Freedom House, from its report ‘Democracy in Retreat’…
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part Three
“There’s only 20,000 tons [of rock waiting to be crushed]. It’s not that much…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Cronus Government, Eating Its Children, Part Two
It seems the majority of the current Court Justices believe it’s time Orwellian big-government bureaucracy is brought to heel…
LETTER: The Remarkable Mr. Gustafson
Ron gave us his business card and said if we were ever in Colorado to look him up and visit Pagosa Springs…
LETTER: A Misguided Attempt to Recall Commissioner Veronica Medina
Commissioner Medina’s professional background in real estate and human resources makes her leadership a valuable asset…
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part Two
At its peak, the XIT Ranch was home to around 150,000 head of cattle, with 1,500 miles of fencing…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Cronus Government, Eating Its Children, Part One
If that is what Congress intended, then that Act is (in effect) corporate welfare on a massive scale…
OPINION: ‘Project 2025’ a Threat to Hunting, Fishing
William Perry Pendley is calling for a massive sell-off of lands owned by all American taxpayers…
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part One
This editorial series will provide a few thoughts about a meeting of the San Juan Water Conservancy board meeting on June 17…
OPINION: The Dangerous Obesity of American Vehicles
Hopefully, the failed Vulnerable Road User Protection Enterprise was only one iteration of a policy to disincentivize light trucks…
INTEL FOR THE IVORY TOWER: Slavery and the American Revolution
As we celebrate the 4th of July this month, it’s worth noting that there’s another historical battle being fought…
EDITORIAL: The Parade… Wait For It
Hundreds of members of the Pagosa Springs community, and their invited and uninvited guests, were gathering along the new parade route…
EDITORIAL: Local Governments and Their Strategic Plans, Part Four
It’s the type of thing that can make you wonder about the value of local government plans…
LETTER: Domestic Terrorists Deemed as Patriots
It is not too late to examine our path and call out, “What have we become?”
EDITORIAL: Local Governments and Their Strategic Plans, Part Three
If the plan is worthless, but planning is everything… that is to say, if what is crucially important is not the finished plan, but the process of writing the plan…
EDITORIAL: Local Governments and Their Strategic Plans, Part Two
The May 28 listening session was open to the general public, but only five citizens logged in…
EDITORIAL: Local Governments and Their Strategic Plans, Part One
Of course, government plans — strategic or otherwise — do not often revolve around the idea that they are entering into battle with hostile forces…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Supreme Court Rejects the Sackler Family’s Bankruptcy Plan
It’s a natural reaction of those impacted by the evils of drug addiction, to direct their anger at whomever sold drugs to the addict….