I think it’s time that we remember the work our law enforcement does, and stop seeing criminals and drug addicts as victims. I don’t think people realize what it is…
WASHINGTON – The great oil bust of 2014 is something to behold. Since mid-June, crude prices have dropped about 40 percent, from $115 a barrel for the Brent benchmark to…
I felt I must reply to Catherine Spencer’s letter (Journal, Dec. 5) concerning the Michael Brown incident. She seems to be well informed on the facts of Brown’s family life…
Well here we go again — I recognized the protesters at Colorado Highways 145 and 184. A similar group was on the Golden Gate Bridge in 1969 welcoming us back…
I am writing in response to “Ferguson grand jury protest lands In Dolores,” (Journal, Dec. 2). While I respect Maggie Cooper’s lessons to her daughters about voicing their grievances in…
Why are you so quick to criticize John Boehner for gridlock in Congress and the Internet sales tax (Journal, Nov. 18) ? I have not once seen the Journal criticize…
WASHINGTON – As the curtain closes on the latest episode of “Ferguson,” the media series, it is fair to wonder whether events might not have spiraled out of control to…
Wow! Three whole protestors and all were related (Journal, Dec. 2). We’re to believe because they moved here from St. Louis they somehow know more about what happened in Ferguson…
I have been watching the fight over the Kinder Morgan project to develop the CO2 resources in Montezuma County. The opposition of landowners to right-of-ways and the accusations of environmental…
By Caroline Little It has become a never-ending quest to define millennials. Those between the age of 18 and 34 are often portrayed as a self-absorbed, narcissistic generation obsessed with…
WASHINGTON – As President Warren G. Harding took office in March 1921, Americans were in a funk, disillusioned by World War I and fearful of alleged radicals. But the main…
WASHINGTON – My hometown of St. Louis has given up its sad secrets. Journalists – like tourists taking in the sights of social dysfunction – have explored its courthouses, its…
It’s that time of year again. Thanksgiving. A day that we set aside to express gratitude for all that we have in our lives. I must admit that it is…
I was disturbed to read of the Cortez Journal’s financial policy concerning obituaries. Don’t families who are in the midst of deep sorrow have enough to worry about without their…
I want to thank everyone in the county for their support in the county commission race. It was a wonderful experience for both my wife Dawn and I. I feel…
WASHINGTON — The United States-China agreement on climate change is a huge political triumph, possibly “historic,” as its supporters say. Whether it much alters the world’s climate is a more…
This letter is in response to Lisa Roche’s Letter to the editor (Journal, Nov. 11) headlined, “Commissioners do not respect their office.” Roche is very kind person I worked with…
If you haven’t been there, you probably won’t fully understand Though maybe you know the heart and soul of a veteran, and you do understand Why they left home, so…
I would like to take the opportunity to thank the voters of Montezuma County for their vote of confidence in me on my recent run for the office of Montezuma…
In response to Brad Milligan’s enthusiastic offer for the Koch brothers to invest in Montezuma County (Letters, Journal, Nov. 7) I urge the public to consider if the prospects of…
