Given 74% of NRA members agree with such universal background checks, it’s a common gun law to shoot for this year in Congress…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Some Confusion Around Public Health, Part Two
The two boards discussed, for example, the resolution that had appeared on the BOCC’s April 4 agenda…
EDITORIAL: Solving Pagosa’s Child Care Shortage, Part Three
We understand what educators generally mean when they talk about ‘succeeding in school’…
EDITORIAL: Archuleta County Coroner, Brandon Bishop, Resigns
“I think it’s also important, working in this realm, it’s a total disservice if we do not give preference to an applicant that has recent experience…”
HMPRESENTLY: Thinking About ‘TOOT’
Could something like TOOT suggest various politicians’ thinking, on any number of things?
EDITORIAL: Some Confusion Around Public Health, Part One
In connection with that question, we have certain services that a county public health department is required to provide, according to Colorado law…
EDITORIAL: Solving Pagosa’s Child Care Shortage, Part One
This landmark program is estimated to save Colorado parents an average of $6,000 a year, by subsidizing up to 15 hours per week of preschool tuition…
HMPRESENTLY: Democracy, Itself… That Whole Ball of Wax
Ironic, isn’t it, this retribution thing, with Democratic politicians, back in the past, and currently, with Republican politicians?
EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Five
Hoarding is a fascinating aspect of human character, not exclusive to any particular sex; hoarders can be men, or women. Or people in a gender transition..
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: ‘Show Me the Man, I’ll Show You the Crime’, Part Two
A fundamental principle of criminal law is that a citizen can not even be accused of, let alone convicted of, a crime that does not exist…
HMPRESENTLY: Lots of A.I. and Some Compassion, Too
There was in the aftermath of one of the tornadoes that struck a number of states recently, including Mississippi, some news about a small town…
BOOKS: The Tao of Taro
Penny herself, in an introductory essay, told about Taro as a little boy. On his first day of pre-school, for instance…
EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Four
Simone de Beauvoir’s book was written near the end of World War II, during which a considerable amount of violence was on display…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Thinks Twice About a Real Estate Purchase
“I don’t believe the cost for this property is going to be only the $1.25 million…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: ‘Show Me the Man, I’ll Show You the Crime’, Part One
There is a joke among criminal law practitioners that an unscrupulous prosecutor can manipulate a grand jury to “indict a ham sandwich”…
EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Three
Mme. de Beauvoir attended a Catholic school as a child, but came to reject Christianity in her teens, and lived out the rest of her life as an atheist…
EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Two
I probably ought to shift gears, and report on that meeting, considering what might happen today at the Archuleta Board of County Commissioners meeting…
OPINION: Wild Horses vs Cattle, and Why the Difference Matters
A herd of cattle that have devastated the landscape east of Fall Creek on the south side of Copco Road in California…
EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part One
The Archuleta County Public Health Department Transitional Advisory Committee will meet this morning at 9am, at the County Administration Building…