WASHINGTON – To understand China’s surprise currency devaluation, you need context. China is engineering a major economic transformation – or, at least, trying. For years, it relied upon export-led growth…
On Tuesday, July 21, around 12:15 p.m., a pick-up came speeding down County Road R13052 and ran over my dog Radar. The driver didn’t even stop. Roads are not race…
WASHINGTON — Both presidential nomination contests having been scrambled by recent events — the FBI taking control of Hillary Clinton’s private email server and a raucous, roiling GOP debate —…
On Aug. 12, I was heading to work and on Road 12 there as a truck spraying weed killer along the side of the road and the bar ditch. Going…
The news continues showing us the orange-tainted Animas River while only giving us updates on the levels of toxic waste it is carrying, the lead levels now reaching 12,000 times…
I live here in Cortez, we love this community, our kids go to school here, and my husband teaches here. I recently read the article in the Cortez Journal, “Budget,…
I hope the tree-huggers still love their favorite government agency. Maybe they will drink the water. The old saying “I am from the government to help you,” is at work…
A young woman with severe and chronic mental illness is spending months in our county jail awaiting the disposition of her case. I am responsible for putting her there. About…
I encourage anyone who is able, to consider buying school supplies to help local teachers and their students. In recent years, with some great helpers, I organized a community school…
WASHINGTON – On climate change, we need to go beyond the tired storyline of “deniers” versus the “scientific consensus.” Until it’s discredited by falling temperatures, global warming is a reality.…
Our outdoor heritage is what drew so many of us to Colorado, especially here in Durango. Our rivers and mountains continually draw tourists and locals alike onto our Main Streets…
It has been reported that the San Juan County commissioners and the government of the town of Silverton have been instrumental in preventing the Coal King mine and many other…
Tired of being hit up for spare change? Take a copy of the Herald want ads and give it to the beggars – no spare change. There are plenty of…
BOZEMAN, Mont. – That picture of Cecil the lion’s corpse and the American dentist posing triumphantly over it was ghastly. Cecil had apparently been lured out of a safe haven…
In regard to the lead story in the July 21 Cortez Journal, “City eyes funds for removing blight,” I would just like to suggest the following remedy: Urban renewal authorities…
WASHINGTON – A while back – in January 1997, to be precise – I wrote a column on the euro, which was to be introduced in 1999. I didn’t find…
To appreciate the dumbing down of American politics, consider this: Conservative Republicans, indignant about abortion, are trying to destroy a government program that helps prevent 345,000 abortions a year. Inevitably…
In her July 17 column in the Journal, the Rev. Leigh Waggoner wrote that publicly confessed racism can move souls to peace. I think she is right, and will confess…
Concerning the front page article on prairie dogs (Journal, July 10), it was an interesting local story but it does contain one huge item of misinformation. The story stated that…
WASHINGTON – For the first time in 105 years, a speaker of the House is the target of what parliamentarians call a “motion to vacate the chair” – and what…
