A careful reader will notice that Dr. Fox is talking about something rather specific. “Mass killings in a public place”…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: Connection Between Mental Health Treatments & Mass Shootings?
“CNN’s Pamela Brown reported that despite Abbott’s assertion that the issue is tied to mental health, he’s cut more than $117 million from the state’s Health and Human Services Commission in 2021…”
HMPRESENTLY: Agreeing With Gary Beatty
Mr. Beatty, with good reason, laments his local Florida newspaper being “a subsidiary of USA Today”…
OPINION: A Chinese Peace Initiative in the Middle East
A big part of the failure of American foreign policy in this young century is the fact that so much of it is in the hands of political appointees…
EDITORIAL: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Part Five
I had heard about the erosion problem, a couple of years back, but I had not expected to see a 30-foot cliff…
EDITORIAL: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Part Four
“So even if we were to get a right-of-way, it’s going to take a ‘little bit of time’, to deal with the environmental issues, and the cultural issues…”
OPINION: Colorado Democrats Leave Progressive Agenda in Ruins
Democrats commanded historically large majorities in the state House and Senate during this year’s legislative session…
HMPRESENTLY: Avoiding Battery & Ink Anxiety
He sometimes pieces songs together, writing in notebooks, while sitting under a big shade tree…
EDITORIAL: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Part Three
In 1966, the Tribe elected a young leader, Leonard Burch, as Chairman of the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council…
OPINION: Explaining the LPEA Bylaws Amendment
This bylaw change also tries to clear up inconsistences in the current LPEA bylaws…
EDITORIAL: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Part Two
“I will invite you to my house… and I will invite the Tribe to my house… and we’ll have a sit down…”
EDITORIAL: Information Overload During the Public Health Transition Process
Sitting in the room and listening to the presentations given to the Advisory Committee, I found myself feeling slightly depressed…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: My Appreciation for the Pagosa Daily Post
In addition to coverage of local government, the Daily Post affords the opportunity for us columnists to pontificate to its readers…
EDITORIAL: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Part One
“I think it was a hasty decision based on trying to hold us hostage for a lack of communication by your staff and with the Southern Ute Tribe…”
HMPRESENTLY: Diametrically Different Hopes
People walking by a freshly-planted garden, along the front of a small shop, where I’d parked my car the other day, couldn’t miss seeing several handwritten signs…
OPINION: The Most Dangerous American Cities
So why might we “think” New York City and Atlanta are the most dangerous cities?
EDITORIAL: Improvements to the Town’s Land Use Code? Part Six
We either pay now, or our children and grandchildren pay later…
OPINION: An Important Task Pagosa High School Students Could Embrace
Maybe someday, one of these same students would choose to return to our local community with a Bachelor’s degree in business — with a focus on urban planning…
EDITORIAL: Improvements to the Town’s Land Use Code? Part Five
“I think everyone is in agreement, that the more we can be creative with our housing choices, the more flexibility and options we have…”