Opinion

Editorials

Cruz and Kasich spoiler deal was too little, too late and too manipulative

GOP spoiler deal was too little,too late and too manipulative

April 28, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Sales tax not always charged correctly

For people who donâ€™t know, here is the sales tax rate for Cortez: 2.9 percent state, 4.05 percent city of…

April 28, 2016

Letters to the Editor

‘America First’ in the world according to Trump

WASHINGTON — Foreign policy does not determine American elections. Indeed, of all Western countries, we are the least interested in…

April 28, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Cortez should apologize for kids’ behavior

A group of students from Cortez Middle School was on a field trip on April 22 and they ended up…

April 28, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Bennet, Gardner, Jewell aid public lands

It’s been a great time for public lands and conservation. The Senate passed a bipartisan Energy bill (by a vote…

April 28, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Examining the facts behind the gender pay gap

WASHINGTON – The gender pay gap is back in the news – and may become a major issue in the…

April 26, 2016

Editorials

New retirement rules should help workers make best choices

New rules should help workers make the best IRA and 401(k) choices

April 25, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Spending issues must also involve voters

Heavy Denver snowstorms and the return of the Colorado Rockies from baseball’s spring training join the increasingly frenzied pace at…

April 25, 2016

Editorials

Senate energy bill promotes efficiency, renewables, clean technology

Senate version promotes efficiency, renewables, clean technology

April 21, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Spring fever, baseball and our own Mickey Mantle

WASHINGTON — We all have our ways of marking the seasons. I know it’s spring when in early April I…

April 21, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Commissioners protect only favorites

Regarding the master leasing plan and the proposed increased environmental protections for Montezuma County, I find it telling that the…

April 21, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Get ready for coming era of free energy

For those of you who saw the news recently and are wondering why, after 146 years, the Rockefeller family is…

April 21, 2016

Editorials

State lawmakers right to ensure clarity of medical facilities’ costs

State lawmakers right to ensure public understanding of medical facilities’ costs

April 18, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Simpler tax code a good goal that will not happen

WASHINGTON – Almost everyone agrees that America’s income tax is too complex. Considering this, you might expect that simplifying the…

April 18, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Thanks to Cortez for vote of confidence

Thank you to the citizens of Cortez for the confidence you have shown by re-electing me to another four-year term…

April 18, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Commissioners ignore dissent on lands

Our county commissioners’ joining the American Lands Council last year without citizen input was a bad decision, considering many of…

April 18, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Streets need widening, new stoplight

With the plans to build a new courthouse, the streets at Empire and Mildred need to be widened out to…

April 14, 2016

Editorials

Service animal bill was flawed, but abuse is real

Bill killed in committee Monday was flawed, but the problem of abuse is real

April 14, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Hillary Clinton dealing with the end of Clintonism

WASHINGTON — How far they’ve come. And I’m not talking about the GOP, whose front-runner representing 37 percent of the…

April 14, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Let Montezuma County run McPhee

Where are the environmentalists? According to the story headlined “Malfunction at McPhee’s pond kills hundreds of fish” (The Journal, March…

April 14, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Street sweepers are really dust blowers

We talk about it as a street sweeper but in Cortez it is used as a dust blower. The people…

April 14, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Take Saturday’s Decisions Day to discuss end-of-life advance directives

Take Saturday to discuss and fill out end-of-life advance directives

April 11, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Brazil’s nightmare could end its culture of graft

WASHINGTON – Woe is Brazil. As the summer Olympics approach in August, Latin America’s largest country – with a population…

April 11, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Long bill’s passage a bipartisan success

Last week, the Senate passed the 2016-2017 budget bill, also called the long bill, since it’s the most detailed and…

April 11, 2016