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Are unemployed Americans lazy because they wont come to the West Slope to cut corn?Last week, the New York Times published a story about the difficulties of an Olathe, Colo., farmer who tried to...
DATE: Oct. 11, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
As the Colorado budget has shrunk over recent years thanks to the perfect storm of the economic downturn as well as conflicting constitutional amendments that ratchet down state spending while...
DATE: Oct. 8, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
A trial program may be showing the way toward better airport security and less hassle for passengers. For anyone even passably familiar with the current system it can only be welcome news.The new...
DATE: Oct. 6, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
In a participatory democracy, participation is, by definition, a good thing. Government should do nothing to hinder eligible voters from casting their ballots.But Coloradans who have not voted...
DATE: Oct. 4, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
A study of potential traffic solutions for the intersection of Mildred and Montezuma is past due, and the city staff deserves commendation for building one into next years budget.The intersection...
DATE: Oct. 1, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
When Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., introduced the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act of 2011 in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, it was anything but a seat-of-the-pants initiative. The bill embodies years of...
DATE: Sept. 29, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
State legislative redistricting is a done deal, and Cortez has been traded to the 58th House District. Resort towns Durango, Telluride and Pagosa are now gathered in the 59th.By that very limited...
DATE: Sept. 24, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Since it was created in the waning days of the Clinton administration, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument has embodied the divergent interests that tug public lands management in multiple...
DATE: Sept. 22, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Air shows are a much-loved relic of the age of empire. Watching highly skilled pilots perform high-speed aerobatics is an intensely patriotic experience evocative of the death-defying exploits of...
DATE: Sept. 20, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The local Republican women have a right to invite anyone they want to address their organization, and to exclude anyone they dont want.Still, their decision to hear from only school board...
DATE: Sept. 17, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The Commission on Wartime Contracting says at least $30 billion the United States has spent on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has been wasted one of every six dollars spent. With the nations...
DATE: Sept. 15, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Ten days ago, the stock market was up for the year. Now its not. On any given day, the indexes gyrate wildly. On Monday, the New York Times told its readers that such wide market fluctuations may...
DATE: Sept. 13, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
