Trump, Carson, and Sanders. That’s the freak show. Bernie doesn’t really belong in there with the other two, but for all his years of service and consistency he seems unable…
WASHINGTON – If you care about free speech, you should pay attention to the campaign now being waged against ExxonMobil. More than 50 environmental and civil rights groups have written…
I am a former resident of Dolores and keep up, somewhat, with things happening in the region. I read with dismay of discussions about potentially opening Canyons of the Ancients…
Wow! According to Eric Sanford (Letter to the editor, Journal, Oct. 9) I am part of the opposition industry. That is a real step up. I keep hearing that the…
WASHINGTON – Where do Republicans get that special talent for turning gold to dross? They score an electoral “massacre” (The Economist) in 2014 and, a year later, what do they…
This letter is in response to the statements made by Hydrowest, Inc., the owner of the Ouray Hydroelectric Power Plant, regarding the cause of the recent discoloration of the Uncompahgre…
As county commissioners, we recognize that our job is not only to advocate on behalf of our constituents, but to protect the land, air, and water our region depends on.…
The Montezuma Board of County Commissioners is demanding that the federal Bureau of Land Management withhold information from the public concerning oil and gas activities in our county. The commissioners’…
In the letter headlined “Master Lease Plan is superfluous,” (Journal, Oct. 9) Eric Sanford from Durango says that the Master Leasing Plan the BLM has initiated for La Plata and…
WASHINGTON – There is no tooth fairy. Republicans and Democrats take note. Taxes will surely continue to play a big role in the presidential campaign. The Republicans contend that cutting…
The top secret “trade deal” TPP is about to become a top secret law, because we the people aren’t to know what is in it for a full five years…
In response to “God expelled from U. S. schools, sports” (Letters, Journal, Oct. 13), Article 6 of the Constitution and the First Amendment of the Constitution, upon which our laws…
“Thou shall not steal except by majority vote” (Exodus 20:15 as modified by society’s do-gooders). Most people have a moral compass and will agree that theft is wrong. In a…
WASHINGTON – At a certain point, you have to realize you can’t hit a fastball. House Republicans don’t quite get that they are hopeless at oversight hearings. They keep losing…
WASHINGTON – By now, it must be obvious to almost everyone that the federal debt ceiling has outlived whatever usefulness it once had. It does not discipline government spending in…
It’s unfortunate that Colorado voters have not been offered the correct choice for what to do with the tens of millions of dollars in excess revenue generated by the state’s…
Here is an experience I would like to share with our community. This year in June, due to damage to my heart about which I had been previously unaware, I…
WASHINGTON – Guess who just popped up in the Kremlin? Bashar al-Assad, Syrian dictator and destroyer, now Vladimir Putin’s newest pet. After four years holed up in Damascus, Assad was…
The Dolores Water Conservancy District has received resolutions in support of DWCD Ballot Issue 4A from five other community level governing boards including: the Dolores Fire Protection District, the Montezuma…
I read the article about Chaco Canyon in New Mexico being a satellite of the greater prehistoric cultures in Mexico. (Journal, Oct. 13.) My non-traditional research also supports that premise.…
