Opinion

Commissioners headed for hall of shame

Montezuma County commissioners may think you’ve won and perhaps the future may prove it so. But, even if they win…

August 18, 2014

Editorials

Amendment 68

Promise of increased school funding excuse to benefit on out-of-state company

Why Hillary got it right about Obama’s foreign policy

WASHINGTON – Leave it to Barack Obama’s own former secretary of state to acknowledge the fatal flaw of his foreign…

Learn from war mistakes in Vietnam, Iraq

In 1969 I was in combat in Vietnam. Five years later, back in the United States, I would hear of…

Thanks to road crews for their fine work

Heading in to my job at the Four Corners Child Advocacy Center in Cortez, I got stopped again by the…

Where have all of America’s entrepreneurs gone?

WASHINGTON – We may have a “senile economy,” says economist Robert Litan of the Brookings Institution. That’s senile as in…

Dealing with Ebola

Four Corners has faced deadly viruses

Cortez does not need new stadium

As this years school time gets closer and it could be the last year for football at Panther Stadium, we…

Cortez showed kindness during bear incident

I was traveling through Cortez on July 18 and I was just about 17 miles north of town when a…

Law on engine brakes should be enforced

After inquiring about the law concerning engine brakes on trucks, I was told by the police that it is against…

Taking water away from agriculture will do irreparable harm to Colorado

Denver Water, acting on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation and the respective water districts from Arizona, California and Nevada…

August 7, 2014

Focus on strife obscures global success stories

NEW YORK – Wherever you look these days, the world seems on fire. New hot spots like Russia-Ukraine are competing…

August 7, 2014

Supplying water

Cistern-only homes are a Montezuma County tradition

August 7, 2014

America abroad

Using force comes with complications

Finding a natural therapy for the soul: Go take a hike!

PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, Ore. — Escaping a grim world of war abroad and inequality at home, I fled with my…

Bill would bolster job training programs

At a time when federal dollars are stretched thin, we need to shift to models that pay for outcomes, rather…

All should put irrigation water to good use

In this time of drought our water should not be used to water large fields of thistle and weeds as…

All of us should work to protect ‘our river’

Before the vote on the Dolores River Plan I was a little worried about our river. Now, after the surprising…

July 31, 2014

TDR decision was a foregone conclusion

I believe the recent commissioner hearing on Transferable Development Rights (TDRs) was fraudulent in intention and therefore a waste of…

July 31, 2014

Encouraging horror by turning our backs on atrocities

Obama has consistently complained about American powerlessness in Syria, and, through risk aversion and delay, has ensured that powerlessness. WASHINGTON…

July 31, 2014

Editorials

The tariff question

Imposing duties not always right, but it is justified for solar panels

July 28, 2014

Fed is the best first responder in financial crisis

WASHINGTON – Four years after Dodd-Frank became law, the question being asked is whether the country is safe from another…

July 28, 2014