The recent election results proved that, here in the free state of Florida, the majority of us consider Governor DeSantis the hero…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Improvements to the Town’s Land Use Code? Part Two
The Town of Pagosa Springs used a year-long citizen-based process to produce an updated Comprehensive Plan in April 2018…
OPINION: The Shadow of Anti-Transparency Creeps Through Colorado Capitol
Members of the public have a right and responsibility to assess the performance of government officials, and open meetings and public records are essential to doing so…
OPINION: Archuleta County STR Decisions Would Benefit from Mapping Tools
The County’s STR Task Force Report (page 5) noted “in an effort of transparency, the TF would like the data to be published publicly…”
EDITORIAL: Improvements to the Town’s Land Use Code? Part One
Reportedly, the English idiom ‘He can’t see the forest for the trees’ has a long history…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Universities Do More Harm Than Good
Contemporary American university professors complaining about “ideological force-feeding” is the ultimate in hypocrisy…
OPINION: Students of Color Must Have the Opportunity to Learn Their Histories
In the ’90s, my high school teacher said my people were illiterate. We’ve come a long way, but we cannot become complacent…
EDITORIAL: The BOCC Selects a Coroner, and Releases an Executive Session Recording
“Being the coroner is not just a job. It’s much more than that. I think it’s very important to the families…”
OPINION: The ‘AirBNBust’ Situation
Congrats to AirBNB achieving record profits due a rapid growth in revenue from a record number of available short-term rental (STR) units…
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Five
We now live in a so-called ‘post-industrial’ society, but the obsession with averages and percentages has only become more and more damaging…
BIG PIVOTS: What Fenberg’s Energy Bill Does — and Does Not Do
Proposal would trim Xcel’s sails and start pushing back on natural gas expansion, but falls far short of a major overhaul…
OPINION: Give Colorado Cities the Choice to End Overdoses
Colorado stands at a crossroads, and the path we choose next is one of life or death for countless people in our communities…
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Four
Why did San Juan County, NM, report 44,000 COVID cases per 100,000 population, when neighboring La Plata County, CO reported only 29,000…?
HMPRESENTLY: A Weighty, Perhaps Amusing, Statistic?
“Just hearing it on audio and coming from our elected officials’ mouths in a meeting, it made my stomach turn…”
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Three
According to Mr. Uzunian’s slide show, 90% of the world’s data has been created in the past two years, and only 0.5% of the world’s data has been analyzed…
OPINION: How Colorado Newsrooms Are (or Aren’t) Using ChatGPT
This week, I asked ChatGPT to flag any inconsistencies with Associated Press style for news writing…
HMPRESENTLY: All of a Sudden… Goodness?
How will I continue welcoming goodness into my life, if I’m not slamming the door on current events?
OPINION: The Special Importance of the 53rd Earth Day
This raises the question: “Can we navigate fast enough the seemingly impossible transformational changes that a viable human future requires?”
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Two
SpaceX launched Starship, the world’s tallest and most powerful rocket, for the first time yesterday, April 20…