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Counter negativity and hate with hope

Everyone is grappling with what is going on in our world today. Hate is on the plate, blacks against whites, both against police, and everyone against Muslims. These are our brothers and sisters...

DATE: July 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter writer may object to Krauthammer

In reference to Denton May’s letter regarding the inclusion of more local columns, it is just a veiled attempt to have you stop printing editorials by Charles Krauthammer since he doesn’t reflect...

DATE: July 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Reading between the lines for agendas

Matt Stiasny wrote (Letters, Herald, July 6) against signing the petition for Initiative 78 that focuses on greater setbacks from gas and oil development. Just a quick Google search on his name...

DATE: July 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

McPhee Reservoir is in reality a community story

Join this dialogue at 6 p.m. July 26 at the Dolores Community Center for a discussion of the 2016 boating release. A recent editorial (Journal, June 24) refers to the plight of the Dolores River...

DATE: July 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Help with For Pet’s Sake for the animals

The For Pet’s Sake annual membership drive is in full steam right now! For Pets’ Sake Humane Society is a steady and dependable source of medical and food assistance for pets and their families....

DATE: July 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Prompt service indicative of quality staff

While catching up on a back issue of the newspaper, I came across Ron Rieb’s letter to the editor thanking the Cortez Refuse Department for replacing his worn-out garbage can. He was impressed with...

DATE: July 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Journal needs more local opinion pieces

Regarding the Cortez Journal, I do have a suggestion or two. First of all, I approve your continuing with the editor’s opinion on the editorial page. It is an honorable practice with a substantial...

DATE: July 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Resisting the revisionists: Finally, a first step

The message to Putin is clear: Yes, you’ve taken parts of Georgia and Ukraine. But they’re not NATO. That territory is sacred — or so we say. WASHINGTON — “The most significant reinforcement of...

DATE: July 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Is the United States’ car culture now crashing?

WASHINGTON – Few technological breakthroughs have had the social and economic impact of the automobile. It changed America’s geography, spawning suburbs, shopping malls and sprawl as far as the...

DATE: July 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Time to view Dolores River differently

The Dolores River Boating Advocates (DRBA) would like to respond to Dustin Goodall’s letter (Journal, July 5), “Dolores River is life, not recreation.” DRBA members and other local residents...

DATE: July 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Brexit may change global finance picture

The United Kingdom is leaving the European Union. In terms of the UK dropping out of the EU, what has been the most surprising turn of events is that there was an initial 10 percent chance that...

DATE: July 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Water is sustaining life, not recreation

I hear a lot of controversy over the issue of the lower Dolores river, and it makes me wonder. People are expressing their anger with the fact that the water in McPhee isn’t being used correctly...

DATE: July 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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