Opinion

After two terms, the state of the presidency is spent

WASHINGTON – President Obama’s Tuesday night address to Congress was less about the state of the union than the state…

Ted Cruz gets burned by birther fires

But however tempting it is, I’m not joining in the Cruz birtherism; it was wrong when done to Obama, and…

Is the stock market signaling a recession?

WASHINGTON – It’s hard not to wonder: Is the stock market telling us something? True, the market’s record in forecasting…

Public information

Cutting costs does not justify having a less open county government

Wasteful plow behavior was inexplicable

What a waste of gasoline! Wednesday, Jan. 7, I was outside in my driveway thinking how thankful I was that…

Website advertising is just too much

We have stopped reading your website due to the overwhelming advertising which blocks our reading and takes control of our…

Gun control

Executive action is minimal step toward tempering violence in the United States

As Iran has learned, defy America, pay no price

WASHINGTON – If you’re going to engage in a foreign policy capitulation, might as well do it when everyone is…

Minimum wage taps business owners

Owning a small business in Cortez is no simple task. The cost of owning a business alone is very high…

‘Stolen’ lands argument goes nowhere

Once again another local “constitutionalist” has erroneously claimed that our public lands were stolen from the state of Colorado. Every…

M-CHS hyphen came out of nowhere

When and why did MCHS become hyphenated as M-CHS? I can find no definitive grammatical rule nor reputable writing style…

PERA

State treasurer’s objections reflect ideology more than mathematics

The ‘hollowing out’ of the American middle class

WASHINGTON — We’ll be hearing a lot about the middle class in the coming months. That’s one sure bet for…

Fancy TABOR footwork won’t fix finances

Sitting at my home desk preparing to write this column, I couldn’t be happier to see the mounds of snow…

Fact Check: More about Carson’s claim on federal land

In a previous column, I addressed Ben Carson’s statement about returning federal land to the states. “I would advocate returning…

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Looking at 2015

For Cortez and Montezuma County the year brought an upward trajectory

Cortez blessed to have kind caregiver

In this day and age of corrupt pharmaceutical companies and inept uncaring medical professionals, there is a shining beacon of…

Can we realistically set the world’s temperature?

WASHINGTON – On climate change, curb your enthusiasm. It’s not that the recent international conference in Paris didn’t take significant…

Repeal unfair law on military divorce

I urge our elected representatives to take action to repeal or greatly modify the unfair “Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection…

Celebrating Christmas – and a God on out side

WASHINGTON – The current ferment of American politics has brought comparisons to Europe in the 1930s, with echoes of leaders…

Mancos will soon need five trustees

Next year we are going to need to replace five trustees on the Mancos Town Board. Personally I am grateful…