“It’s this relationship between corporations and establishment Democrats that’s responsible for the crises we’re facing today…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Where is the Heart of Pagosa Springs? Part Two
“How do we create more revenue? We all have these projects that are priorities. Right? Whether it’s roads, or affordable housing, or recreation….”
BIG PIVOTS: Is Chris Wright Wrong?
Was U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s order to keep a coal-burning unit at Craig available, beyond its scheduled retirement in December, an “illegal emergency order”?
OPINION: Surrendering Our Desire for Privilege
A viable human future remains possible. But it must be grounded in sharing, mutual care, and institutions designed to meet essential needs…
EDITORIAL: Where is the Heart of Pagosa Springs? Part One
The proposed Pagosa West development might indeed be a ‘horrible’ idea — even though we have almost no idea what is actually being proposed…
LETTER: ‘No Kings’ March on Saturday, March 28
On March 28, we will come together, at 11am, at Pagosa Springs Town Park to show that our community rejects corruption…
LETTER: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental health condition in which people have an unreasonably high sense of their own importance…
OPINION: Reflecting on ‘Christian Values’
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth believes that God is on the side of war…
EDITORIAL: Feuding Water Districts Come to a Tentative Agreement, Part Four
I visited the San Juan Water Conservancy District website yesterday, hoping to find that board’s official statement about the March 13 agreement, but did not find it…
OPINION: A Trap of His Own Making
The question is not whether that off-ramp is easy. It is whether we have the wisdom to take it before the alternatives become far worse…
EDITORIAL: Feuding Water Districts Come to a Tentative Agreement, Part Three
One explanation for the lack of public outreach might be that SJWCD still doesn’t know what they want to construct or how much it would cost…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Why The March Madness ‘Game Of Change’ Matters Today
Perhaps one of the biggest basketball games in March Madness history wasn’t a finals matchup…
OPINION: Two Discriminatory Anti-Transgender Initiatives Qualify for the 2026 Colorado Ballot
“Now that these measures have qualified for the ballot, voters should know what’s at stake…”
EDITORIAL: Feuding Water Districts Come to a Tentative Agreement, Part Two
The question of “infrastructure” pertains very clearly to the proposed Dry Gulch Reservoir…
OPINION: The ‘Each One Reach One’ Strategy for No Kings, March 28
We need our neighbors, our coworkers, distant cousins, childhood friends…
EDITORIAL: Feuding Water Districts Come to a Tentative Agreement, Part One
“We look forward to cooperation between all of the entities to reach a final settlement at which time the outline of terms then agreed to will be discussed in an open public meeting…”
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Housing Affordability Needs Federal Support
Additional research of mine shows that many younger Americans have come to expect that they won’t ever own a home and won’t save up for one…
OPINION: Our Electric Grid… Our Future…
Energy flow to nearby nodes is favored and more efficient, thus reducing loss from long transmission lines…
LETTER: Shameful Bigotry in Congress
Anti-Muslim racism receives little pushback in our country…