WASHINGTON — While Iran’s march toward a nuclear bomb has provoked a major clash between the White House and Congress, Iran’s march toward conventional domination of the Arab world has…
We are writing to you to let the people of Montezuma County know how blessed we are to have Detective Tony Blevins here in our county working for us. We…
The dustup over “dynamic scoring” is a small indicator of the routine irrelevancy of Washington’s budget debate. Instead of facing the real issues – how much we should spend, on…
Paul Eckert wrote about “all the empty buildings” in Cortez (Letters, Journal, Jan. 6). Actually, Cortez pales in comparison to most of America in the empty building department. There are…
Now that they control both houses of Congress, Republicans have submitted six bills attacking constitutionally protected abortion rights. One bill in the House bans all abortions after 20 weeks, disregarding…
WASHINGTON – It’s important to get history right – and economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has got it maddeningly wrong. Krugman recently wrote a column arguing that…
I am sorry but didn’t Sheriff Dennis Spruell just ask for input on our new pot laws? I sort of got the feeling he was talking to me for some…
Our nation is on the brink of social breakdown because of the unrest and division that has been promoted by biased and sensational reporting; as well as by the unscrupulous…
The Colorado Plateau Growers Association is glad to see our city and counties moving forward on issues regarding cannabis, but there are still areas of misinformation that need to be…
California parents are refusing to vaccinate their kindergartners at twice the rate of seven years ago. So the Los Angeles Times reports. The result has been the return of measles…
January is National Cervical Health Awareness Month and the American Cancer Society would like to encourage all women between the ages of 21 and 65 to talk to their medical…
The election is over and it’s a new year. As expected, local offices were filled by those sanctified by the Republican primary. Fortunately for us those elected seem to have…
I notice more and more empty buildings in Cortez. Coming in from the east: Aaron’s, the old Walmart, Family Dollar, the old barbecue joint near the bowling alley. From the…
As a Vietnam veteran and an American I feel I must answer Michael Marston’s letter (Journal, Dec. 26). As an ex-serviceman, Marston must know that even in war there are…
After so many letters to the editor criticizing our Board of County Commissioners, I find myself needing to praise them. For decades, we have been arguing and fighting for transparency…
WASHINGTON – Hello, 2015. We now are in the sixth year of economic recovery since the end of the Great Recession in mid-2009, says the National Bureau of Economic Research,…
I, on behalf of city duck feeders, wish to express concern for how the city parks and recreation department is lax in filling the ducks’ pond completely. They have only…
WASHINGTON – There’s an old Cold War joke – pre-pantyhose – that to defeat communism we should empty our B-52 bombers of nuclear weapons and instead drop nylons over the…
We would like to talk to you about the Mancos Pay It Forward Fund. Life can be full of challenges and sometimes we need the support of our neighbors to…
Watching the various news outlets, the Internet and even Facebook lets you know without a doubt why the Democrats have been removed from majority control of the House and Senate.…
