Opinion

Editorials

Highway funding

Devote Highway Users Tax to roads only

July 20, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Is Puerto Rico really the United States’ Greece?

WASHINGTON – We’re told Puerto Rico is our Greece, and sometimes, it seems so. The U.S. territory (its residents have…

July 20, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Airline takes subsidy, but cannot deliver

We had seven people scheduled to arrive last week on a Great Lakes flight into Cortez. Great Lakes cancelled the…

July 16, 2015

Editorials

New laws

July welcomes 19 new rules into state’s books, including hash-oil limitations

July 16, 2015

Editorials

Ballot bigotry

State should dispense with proposed initiatives to limit gay marriage

July 13, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Six years is enough time for Tipton

I was an original supporter of Scott Tipton for the State Legislature and supported him with time and money to…

July 13, 2015

Letters to the Editor

China’s stock crash more than just a bubble

WASHINGTON – China’s spectacular stock crash poses three questions. First, what caused it? Next, will it harm the “real” economy…

July 13, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Land-transfer opponents not hellhounds

I’m sincerely disappointed in Sen. Ellen Roberts for her recent column on public lands issues (Journal, July 7). Her characterization…

July 13, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Marijuana case will erode states rights

Kansas and Oklahoma are most likely going to win the Supreme Court argument against legal marijuana. This means states I…

July 13, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Trashy yards not liberal or conservative

Nullification, in U.S. constitutional history, is a legal theory (not in the Constitution). The theory of nullification has never been…

July 9, 2015

Editorials

TABOR, Arizona

High-court rulings keep TABOR in court and offer a suggestion for Colorado

July 9, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Conservation easements benefit land

If you are like most residents in Montezuma County, when you hear “conservation easement,” it sounds like a good idea,…

July 9, 2015

Letters to the Editor

City is now warehousing its children

I am horrified to learn that the city of Cortez is now condoning warehousing of our children! Montessori Kiva elementary…

July 9, 2015

Editorials

Supreme Court

Power plant, lethal-injection decisions diversify term’s otherwise liberal tone

July 6, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Public lands position based in history, reality

It’s been an interesting start to my summer. Responding to a reporter’s question of whether I’d be thinking about running…

July 6, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Greece is a good example of the global debt trap

WASHINGTON – We have the Greeks to thank for an elementary tutorial in what ails the world economy. Greece’s central…

July 6, 2015

Letters to the Editor

The worst agreement in U.S. diplomatic history

WASHINGTON – The devil is not in the details. It’s in the entire conception of the Iran deal, animated by…

July 3, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Cortez puts East Coast liberals to shame

Republicans in Cortez put East Coast liberals to shame when it comes to big government, and big government spending. I…

July 3, 2015

Editorials

School vouchers

Colorado Supreme Court settles obvious question on public fund use

July 3, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Cultural Center a key part of community

The Cortez Cultural Center is an integral part of the community. How can you let it go by the wayside?…

July 3, 2015

Letters to the Editor

School placement not in kids’ interest

By approving a conditional use permit to allow the Children’s Kiva Montessori School to be housed in the business district…

July 3, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Differing worries about the next financial crisis

WASHINGTON – A central economic question of our time is whether the policies undertaken to recover from the last financial…

June 29, 2015

Editorials

Obamacare

Supreme Court ruling means the president’s reform is here to stay

June 29, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Controlling weeds is good for neighbors

I have spoken to Bob Lindvall, our local code enforcer, and he has been in every way courteous and professional.…

June 29, 2015