WASHINGTON – Historic. Such is the ubiquitous description of the climate agreement recently announced in Beijing between Barack Obama and Xi Jinping in which China promised for the first time…
As a past employee of Montezuma County Landfill I believe a response to Lisa Roche’s letter to the editor (Journal, Nov. 11) pertaining to the dismissal of Montezuma County’s Landfill…
WASHINGTON – We Americans are increasingly given to political escapism. Regardless of our place on the political spectrum – Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative – we prefer self-serving fictions…
The agenda for the Nov. 10 commissioner meeting announced a discussion of the extraction business out in the western part of the county. Unfortunately it was cancelled at the last…
I always enjoy reading my Journal front to back soon as it arrives at my home. However, the Oct. 24 front page was so gross my interest in local news…
The past decade in this country watching the continuing disintegration of our society and the complete incompetence of our government to handle anything with any skill leads me to realize…
Brad Milligin (Letters, Journal, Nov. 7) suggested that the Koch Brothers need to come to Colorado. Had Milligin visited the first page of the Koch Industries website he would have…
I am writing this letter on behalf of my 4-year-old who goes to school in Dolores. He usually gets off at his bus stop and one recent day he did…
Will Coggin’s letter to the Journal (Oct. 7) berated the good work of Trout Unlimited on a national scale. In reality, that letter only serves to demonstrate that true, boots-on-the-ground…
Skeptics like me pointed out the obvious: You can’t subsidize 30 million uninsured without someone paying something. WASHINGTON — It’s not exactly the Ems Dispatch (the diplomatic cable Bismarck doctored…
October was a very special month here at the Cortez Cultural Center. On the plaza we hosted the Pumpkin Festival and earlier in the month we enjoyed special food and…
At a recent county commission meeting, in another travesty of mismanagement, Deb Barton was dismissed as the manager of the Montezuma County Landfill. Though the commissioners attempted to do this…
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve has ended its roughly $3.7 trillion program of bond buying, leaving in its wake a host of hard questions. Did it strengthen the economic recovery?…
The Cortez Journal leads a headline with “Savior for Calkins…” (Oct. 28). If you consider a private, out-of-state developer as a “savior” that is not only misleading, but certainly biased.…
At the Oct. 24 football game a moment was taken to recognize the seniors. This seems to be a tradition for all sports at the last game of the season.…
It is no secret that Colorado is blessed with vast natural resources. And it is no secret that they benefit our state and its people. The extraction of our coal,…
On Oct. 19, a benefit was held for Ken Degener, a wonderful member of our community who suffered a major heart attack in the spring. Even with insurance, his share…
Why does the Journal not print stories from years past as the Dolores Star does. A few years ago you did. I was born and raised in Cortez (1935-1954). I…
WASHINGTON – Can Mario Draghi save Europe? Draghi heads the European Central Bank (ECB), Europe’s equivalent of the Federal Reserve. The fact that the question is being asked is an…
It is difficult to realize that only about two weeks after a “Letter to our readers” in which Doug Bennett from Ballantine Communications stated: “We value our partnership with our…
