Prevention is a conversation we can all initiate in our communities with our neighbors, at our local coffee shop, and with our coworkers…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: A Well-Regulated Militia, Part One
A careful reader will notice that Dr. Fox is talking about something rather specific. “Mass killings in a public place”…
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…