I have witnessed a deep disrepect for humanity — people pushing, fighting over, and hoarding items…
Category: News/Politics
EDITORIAL: You’re Not Supposed to Believe the Predictions, Part Three
The New York Times article was thoughtfully illustrated with the picture shown above, taken by photographer Bob Miller…
OPINION: Social Crisis and the Public Use of Reason
Let us use this crisis to begin addressing one of the gravest problems of our time – that is, the ever-increasing gap between those who have and those who have not…
LETTER: A Response to Myself
It must be illegal… the governors who have discovered that they are emperors, sitting in their offices and issuing decrees of who is essential and who is not…
Senators Press Trump Administration on Unemployment Benefit Delays
Colorado US Senator Michael Bennet and 36 of his Senate colleagues pressed the Trump Administration to take additional action to ensure workers receive unemployment insurance READ MORE
OPINION: ACLU Lawsuit Filed Over COVID-19 Outbreak in Weld County
“Reducing the numbers of those arrested or incarcerated is vital to our efforts to limit and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our communities…”
EDITORIAL: You’re Not Supposed to Believe the Predictions, Part Two
Colorado Governor Jared Polis and other state officials have been relying on a model built by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus…
ESSAY: The More Things Change…
On this trip, she caught the “Spanish” flu and subsequently died, as did the local doctor who cared for her…
Temporary Recreation Site Closures and Fire Restrictions
Developed recreation sites are temporarily closed while dispersed camping, hiking and river uses are allowed, although discouraged…
EDITORIAL: You’re Not Supposed to Believe the Predictions, Part One
Several days earlier, Michael Levitt, a Nobel laureate and Stanford biophysicist, released the results of an analysis of global COVID cases…
EDITORIAL: Blunt Tools, Part Seven
According to the Riff Raff Brewing website, a new program known as ‘Takeout Tuesday’ will kick off today, right here in small town Pagosa Springs…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: What, Me Worry?
His goofy rhetoric and dysfunctional leadership style comes directly from the pages of Mad Magazine…
OPINION: Criminal Justice Leaders Call for Moratorium on Fines, Fees
“Suspending these punitive fees will give the most vulnerable Coloradans a better chance to stabilize and recover….”
EDITORIAL: Blunt Tools, Part Six
Six days later, on March 17, her symptoms had worsened and she checked into the Emergency Room at Pagosa Springs Medical Center…
Personal Message from Mayor Don Volger
I left the meeting nagged by a key question, “What do people really need right now?”
OPINION: ‘Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself…’
Today we live in an increasingly fear-based world. I’m not a psychologist; I don’t pretend to know why….
EDITORIAL: Blunt Tools, Part Five
The Council then contributed $50,000 to Pagosa Outreach Connection, an existing relief organization that makes small grants to needy individuals and families…
How the COVID-19 Crisis Might Affect Colorado’s Education Budgets
Colorado schools will be lucky if funding remains essentially flat next year, even as they make dramatic changes to serve their students during statewide school closures…
LETTER: A Future with More Social Cohesion
The worldwide impact of COVID-19, apart from health issues, finds us at a crossroads…