WASHINGTON – We have a candor deficit. President Obama last week submitted his $4 trillion 2017 budget, using the occasion for self-congratulation. Deficits are down. Employment is up. He plugged…
While standoffs by the Bundy bunch in Oregon and Nevada are more dramatic, almost daily I hike Bureau of Land Management trails at Mud Springs, near Cortez, and often see…
WASHINGTON – The New Hampshire results have solidified the reigning cliche that the 2016 campaign is an anti-establishment revolt of both the left and the right. Largely overlooked, however, is…
I would like to applaud the new federal rules limit on gas flaring and venting. Several times recently I have experienced shortness of breath and these episodes have occurred at…
WASHINGTON – In 1992, James Carville popularized the adage “It’s the economy, stupid.” If the economy is ailing, people tend to vote against the party in the White House. That…
While standoffs by the Bundy bunch in Oregon and Nevada are more dramatic, almost daily I hike Bureau of Land Management trails at Mud Springs, near Cortez and often see…
Where are the local Democrats? Newcomers to our area ask this question. We are here! We are in Mancos, Dolores, Cortez and Towaoc. We are a bit outnumbered by the…
I am concerned that the Montezuma County commissioners are considering not publishing some, if not all, legal notices in our local paper. The commissioners have already restricted public comments at…
WASHINGTON – The reigning idiocy of the current political season is the incessant tossing around of “establishment,” an epithet now descending into meaninglessness. Its most recent abuse is by Donald…
I am seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. I am a native Coloradoan, a disabled Army veteran of Desert Storm. I retired from the Army in 2004 and…
As the co-chair of the 2012 MCHS bond campaign, I would like to respond to statements made concerning the demolition of MCHS in the Jan. 21 Journal. While I do…
The Montezuma county commissioners need to keep publishing all public notices, including land use and zoning notices in The Journal. The newspaper is the best way for people to know…
WASHINGTON – It’s hard to believe that the United States, having resisted the siren song of socialism during its entire 20th-century heyday (the only major democracy to do so), should…
Thanks for printing the Jim Hightower piece on your Opinion page (Journal, Jan. 15). Although in that piece he gleefully skewered the Republicans, as a libertarian he enjoys many targets.…
Ageism and nepotism are alive and well in Montezuma County. Once you hit 50 no one will hire you. Even if you have the job requirements and skills, they will…
WASHINGTON – Capitalism has always been an epic struggle between risk and reward, and the easiest way to understand the present turmoil in world stock markets is to recognize that…
Monday, Jan. 18 was Martin Luther King Day. It is a significant day because civil rights for all are crucial to the success of a democratic society. Significant because the…
I can’t help but comment on our sheriffs’ ideas on solving inmate debt. Not only will an outside corporation be more likely to pass, on personal responsibility, it will by…
WASHINGTON – Give President Obama credit. His Iran nuclear deal may be disastrous but the packaging was brilliant. The near-simultaneous prisoner exchange was meant to distract from last Saturday’s official…
Why was there no Chip Tuthill column in the Jan. 8 issue of The Journal? Reducing Dolores and Mancos to one page each is simply negligent. These communities deserve more…
