The Dec. 11 Journal had a story titled “Fact check.” The fact checker needs to check the facts! The “facts” commented that Ben Carson missed the boat on federal lands.…
WASHINGTON – Welcome to what I’ve called “the politics of self-esteem.” By this, I mean that increasing numbers of people, on both the right and left and most with good…
WASHINGTON – Last Saturday, Barack Obama gained the second jewel in his foreign policy triple crown: the Paris climate accord. It follows his Iran nuclear deal and awaits but the…
I am writing as president of the Kernan Creek Home Owners Association to express, on behalf of myself and the property owners of Kernan Creek Ranch, our gratitude for the…
As a FireWise ambassador, I want to voice my ongoing concern over Montezuma County not completely funding the organization’s budget for this county chapter in 2016. Without the active involvement…
Sometime on the evening of Dec. 11, a leak occurred on Cedar Street. As I was returning home around nine that night, the guys from Public Works were in full…
WASHINGTON – Comes now economist Gary Burtless of the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, with another view of government spending on the elderly. People like me have complained for…
When the demagogues attacked immigrants, I kept silence, after all I am not an immigrant although maybe my grandparents were. And when the demagogues attacked Muslims, I kept silence, for…
I wanted to reply to Marja Goodwin’s letter entitled “Raffling guns is a bad idea,” (Journal, Dec. 8). Before going off half-cocked about using “proper channels,” Goodwin needs to check…
Our political elites do not respond well with empathy to the concerns of citizenry, regarding the rapidity of diminishing natural resources — especially water! Considering the process of immigration and…
WASHINGTON – So how exactly does this work, Donald Trump’s plan to keep America safe from Islamic terrorism by barring entry to all Muslims? He explained it on TV. The…
I’m afraid Marja Goodwin’s letter in the Dec. 8 Journal is way off base. Her statement that any Joe or Jane Doe can win the raffle and take home a…
A system that places 40 percent of its Native American students in special education classes can only be described as a system that is perpetuating cruel stereotypes and gratuitous labeling…
In the Nov. 17 Journal, I read two stories about Re-1’s Superintendent Alex Carter, and I’m still confused. When did it become necessary for anyone to paint Kinder Morgan as…
Recently, our living room was filled with the light of the TV as we sat on the edge of our chairs, tuned in to the news of yet another mass…
WASHINGTON – When it comes to cyberwar and cyberterrorism, we need to think the unthinkable, says veteran TV journalist Ted Koppel. And for Koppel, the unthinkable is this: Someone hacks…
WASHINGTON – Nearly six years have elapsed since Obamacare became law. The Supreme Court has upheld the foundations of the law – twice. Lawmakers tried dozens of times to repeal…
The drugmakers’ crowning achievement was getting a Republican-controlled Congress to write a Medicare drug benefit law to their specifications. It’s one thing for Pfizer to renounce its U.S. citizenship, moving…
Lately, as a result of viewing the Democratic Party debates, I have become curious as to the effectiveness of some of the social programs, such as the social benefits of…
I am absolutely appalled at the reaction of state Rep. Don Coram, R-Montrose, and U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, to the Syrian refugee crisis. This kind of fear-mongering and race-baiting…
