Opinion

Make Cortez more pedestrian friendly

Main Street needs three more crosswalks. From East to West, I think they are needed between the Holiday Inn Express…

October 14, 2014

Stop allowing garbage burning

With all that we know about pollution we are allowed to burn garbage! I’m tired of coming home in the…

October 14, 2014

Turkey shows the double game our allies play

WASHINGTON– During the 1944 Warsaw uprising, Stalin ordered the advancing Red Army to stop at the outskirts of the city…

Voters beware of Lambert’s beliefs

Normally I think discussion of the personal beliefs of candidates for public office is unseemly. However, when those beliefs depart…

Writers should sign editorials

The Journal really needs to start these editorials so we know who writes some of this nonsense. The editorial on…

County should mind its own business

I’ve become increasingly dismayed by the actions of our elected county commissioners who seem fixated on their personal, philosophical opposition…

Editorials

Nowlin for sheriff

Experience, local roots give Republican strong edge

Debate about how to fix the economy is harmful

WASHINGTON – I have been reading Martin Wolf’s The Shifts and the Shocks, an analysis of the 2008-09 financial crisis…

TU national office is left wing

While efforts to promote angling by Colorado’s Trout Unlimited chapters are commendable and uncontroversial, readers should be aware that the…

Let’s aim for one corruption-free year

Wait, can I revote in the last sheriff election? I think I messed up. I was under the impression we…

County commissioners only following law

The editorial in (Journal, Sept. 26) failed to adequately address the basic issue. The Montezuma County commissioners seem to be…

Power of ‘no’ enough for midterms, not presidency

WASHINGTON – You can win midterm elections without a positive agenda. You can’t win presidential elections that way. It is…

Editorials

Nonresident licenses

Program needs improvement, not repeal

Focus on what next sheriff can do better

The recent story (Journal, Sept. 23) on the sheriff candidates took up a lot of space in the paper. Most…

Pictures missed Cortez-area colors

Your pictures of Silverton and up river from Durango were beautiful (Journal, Sept. 26). T oo bad you couldn’t get…

Gardner wrong to question Udall legacy

It is difficult to understand how a man can be seeking to serve us in the highest of public offices…

The Alibaba moment and China’s ‘state economy’

WASHINGTON – Alibaba, China’s giant e-commerce firm, is a harbinger. We are going to see more Chinese firms venturing out…

Editorials

Your day in court

Waiving defendant’s right to claim ineffective lawyers is a bad idea

Cemetery issue requires communication

The proposal for expanding Fairview Cemetery next to a residence is an important issue not only from our cultural standpoint,…

Apply water restrictions down-river

I visited Orange, Calif., 12 years ago, when Colorado was in a severe drought. Many farmers had to cut back…

Commissioners demonstrate hypocrisy

Why didn’t the Montezuma County commissioners ask me about the sale of my land to Canyons of the Ancients National…

For evangelicals, this is a time for introspection

WASHINGTON – Christian conservatives are often the subject of study by academics, who seem to find their culture as foreign…

September 25, 2014