Opinion

Commissioners’ right wing views no help

Though it saddened me to see James Lambert get elected with his racist and anti-Semitic writings, I got over it.…

April 23, 2015

Birth-control funding

Legislature should invest in proven ways to reduce teen pregnancy rates

April 20, 2015

Donâ€™t sell America to highest bidder

Not surprisingly, Montezuma County commissioners have joined the American Lands Council which promotes transferring ownership of federal lands to the…

April 20, 2015

Moore’s complex implications a parable for history

WASHINGTON — Fifty years ago, in mid-April 1965, the trade magazine Electronics published an article by an obscure scientist making…

April 20, 2015

Bad water bill exemplifies Front Range bullying

The Colorado General Assembly is three-quarters of the way through. The past couple of weeks have been budget time. The…

Undue secrecy

100-year-old law shields cheating employers, hides government inaction

Agreement with Iran offers best hope

There is ample reason for the United States to doubt Iran’s sincerity in adhering to a nuclear arms agreement. Iran…

BLM should do master leasing plan

We were encouraged to learn that Connie Clementson, Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office manager, recently committed to…

Middle-aged capitalism, the dearth of innovation

WASHINGTON – On any given day, you can expect news of major corporate mergers. Last week, we had decisions from…

April 13, 2015

Opinion

Cuba unfreeze

Relaxation of embargo not up to Obama

April 13, 2015

Health insurance exchange needs oversight, transparency

With less than a month to go before the end of the legislative session, the piles of bills and the…

April 13, 2015

The Iran deal: What the president has given up

WASHINGTON – As Henry Kissinger and George Shultz wrote in the Wall Street Journal, April 8, “Negotiations … to prevent…

ACE Kids Act

Bipartisan bill could improve care for needy children and cut costs

Save precious water for flowers, trees

A couple mornings over the past couple of weeks I have noticed a city of Cortez employee using water to…

Commissioners looking for land grab

The Montezuma County Commissioners are perpetrating a land grab pure and simple. It will end up in the hands of…

Duck pond looks lovely, not ratchet

We just want to tell the city that the duck pond in the Centennial Park looks beautiful. Thanks for keeping…

Keep our public lands accessible to all

Not surprisingly, our county commissioners have joined the American Lands Council which promotes transferring ownership of federal lands to the…

A reader writes Be wary of fire danger in Cortez

I urge everyone who lives near the Cortez ditch bank or uses it for walking, biking, dog walking, etc., to…

Water conservation

S.W. Colo. needs ideas on smarter use

April 6, 2015

Imagining the globalization of death from the next worldwide epidemic

WASHINGTON – “Of all the things that could kill more than 10 million people around the world,” writes philanthropist Bill…

April 6, 2015

The often frustrating quest for ‘full employment’

WASHINGTON – Concerning economic policy, it’s back to the future. As the unemployment rate (5.5 percent in March) has dropped,…

April 6, 2015