If you are like most residents in Montezuma County, when you hear “conservation easement,” it sounds like a good idea, but leaves you with a lot of unanswered questions. What…
I am horrified to learn that the city of Cortez is now condoning warehousing of our children! Montessori Kiva elementary students will attend school in two 1950s warehouses where there…
It’s been an interesting start to my summer. Responding to a reporter’s question of whether I’d be thinking about running for the U.S. Senate during the interim, I answered honestly…
WASHINGTON – We have the Greeks to thank for an elementary tutorial in what ails the world economy. Greece’s central problem is that it has too much debt and too…
WASHINGTON – The devil is not in the details. It’s in the entire conception of the Iran deal, animated by President Obama’s fantastical belief that he, uniquely, could achieve detente…
Republicans in Cortez put East Coast liberals to shame when it comes to big government, and big government spending. I moved here from “liberal” Vermont several years ago and am…
The Cortez Cultural Center is an integral part of the community. How can you let it go by the wayside? There is surely some business person that can go in…
By approving a conditional use permit to allow the Children’s Kiva Montessori School to be housed in the business district on North Beech, the majority of City Council members have…
WASHINGTON – A central economic question of our time is whether the policies undertaken to recover from the last financial crisis are laying the groundwork for the next. We now…
I have spoken to Bob Lindvall, our local code enforcer, and he has been in every way courteous and professional. I called him regarding a request for assistance in getting…
In response to the letter from Jessica Sutch in (Journal, June 23) I am compelled to contribute the following thoughts. First, it is a shame that Sutch was apparently not…
Thanks to the fascists lawn laws of Cortez, I was assaulted by a homeowner for taking pictures of mushrooms while walking home from church last Sunday. After reading about the…
I can’t stop with the Latino detention centers! So let me get this right. Somewhere out there is a corporate board member who is just ecstatic when he discovers a…
The arguments in the letters from the same two or three redundant voices over public lands get more surreal every day. Before they read this letter, ask any one of…
Rep. Scott Tipton was sent back to Washington, not because it’s better than having him here, but presumably to oppose all things Obama. Now, Scott Tipton has joined team Obama…
WASHINGTON – Reducing Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si” to a white paper on global warming is, in George Weigel’s fitting analogy, “akin to reading Moby Dick as if it were…
“Prosperity can’t be just for CEOs and hedge fund managers.” – Hillary Clinton WASHINGTON – It seems inevitable that the unfolding presidential campaign also will become a referendum on American…
The city of Cortez Planning and Zoning Commission recently heard a proposal by the Children’s Kiva Montessori School to create both temporary and permanent changes to the zoned parking on…
I grew up in Cortez with an avid outdoorsman as a father. I love living in this area for the great outdoor recreation. A while back there was some talk…
I want to applaud Kelly Ogle’s letter headlined “Cortez opens its arms to all drunks” (Journal, May 26.) About a year ago, I wrote concerning the drunks at Centennial Park.…
