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Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: The Sanctity of War, Alive and Well
The only lesson I can draw is that we’re not going to succeed at abolishing war unless we first succeed at transcending our exploitative interests…
EDITORIAL: 28 Ways to Be a Better Tourist, Part Two
Maybe we’re looking for a “shared experience”?
BIG PIVOTS: The Electricity Problem in the San Luis Valley
In the wired world of the 21st century, Colorado’s San Luis Valley has an Achilles’s heel…
EDITORIAL: 28 Ways to Be a Better Tourist, Part One
Along with dance performances, Celebration features associated events, including a Juried Art Show and Competition, a Juried Youth Art Exhibit, a Native Art Market, Native food contests…
BIG PIVOTS: Geothermal Seeds, Sprinkled Across Colorado, Part Two
One modeled scenario sees geothermal achieving 2% of total electrical production by 2034 and growing to 10% by 2040…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Should Countries Recognize Palestine?
But is there a better solution to rescue these well-meaning countries who may be making an error by encouraging Hamas…
EDITORIAL: Graywater, Forever… Part Three
Nowhere in the the 254-page Colorado Water Plan do the state’s foremost water experts discuss the alfalfa problem…
EDITORIAL: Graywater, Forever… Part Two
4.7 million acre feet, diverted and used for agriculture. None of this water can be recycled as graywater…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: To Tell the Truth, Part Two
It now seems politics is substituting for religion as an article of faith among too many in our society…
OPINION: The Transition to Community Stakeholder Corporations
Imperial Shareholder Corporations trace their history back to the tradition and structure of the English East India Company…
EDITORIAL: Graywater, Forever… Part One
Farmers in Colorado typically develop an abiding interest in water, and Rep. Catlin committed nearly 20 years at the Uncompahgre Water Users Association…
BIG PIVOTS: Outrage in Coal Country
Wyoming politicos were furious, some enviros elated. But the Biden administration decision about Powder River coal leasing had no real consequences…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: To Tell the Truth, Part One
Note, the reference to ‘hell’ as the ultimate fate of liars…
EDITORIAL: Hopeful Development in Pagosa Springs, Part Four
Commissioner Brown asked if the County would be responsible for building the new street leading to the proposed admin building…
Pine Ridge Celebrates National Skilled Nursing Care Week
Pine Ridge Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Pagosa Springs, was rockin’ out for National Skilled Nursing Care Week…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Our Crucial Need for an Independent Judiciary
“All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary…”
LETTER: The Root of What is Wrong with the World
I saw the photos of former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley signing artillery shells in Israel…
EDITORIAL: Hopeful Development in Pagosa Springs, Part Three
If memory serves, the monument sign shown in the photo was installed at the intersection of South Pagosa Boulevard and Highway 160 in around 1995…