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Hillaryism offering everything but nuclear option

On June 21, Hillary Clinton said, “I believe in an America always moving toward the future.” This was not the most important line in Clinton’s Ohio economic policy speech, only the most amazing....

DATE: June 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Orlando: Government can not protect us

The killing of nearly 50 citizens in Orlando confirms to me the total useless nature of our government in its ability to provide basic personal safety for citizens. I have told everyone I know of...

DATE: June 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Oil and gas headline should be truthful

The headline, “Advisory Board Rejects Plans for Oil and Gas Regulation” (Journal, June 14), is not a truthful summary of the meeting of the Bureau of Land Management Southwest Regional Advisory...

DATE: June 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Preserve Camp Hale’s historic landscape

On Memorial Day, Senator Michael Bennet met with 10th Mountain Division veterans of World War II and announced that he would be supporting a proposal to designate Camp Hale as the nation’s first...

DATE: June 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Additional radar installations needed

I’m writing in reference to the article about the Four Corners’ weather radar blind spot (Journal, June 3). The illustration on the front page shows the lowest radar return to be 10,000 feet above...

DATE: June 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

New culture of work is producing ‘work martyrs’

Probably most Europeans regard Americans’ obsession with work as lunacy. In Europe, vacations are a right. WASHINGTON — We Americans have a confused and contradictory relationship with vacation....

DATE: June 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Rico Memorial Day was special this year

Memorial Day services in Rico this year were special with a dedication of a new sign at the Valley Rico Cemetery. Opening remarks were given by John Shriner, following prayer by Pastor Suzy Meyer...

DATE: June 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Trump is actually running as Trump. Surprise!

WASHINGTON — When in his 1964 GOP acceptance speech Barry Goldwater declared that “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice,” a reporter sitting near journalist/historian Theodore White...

DATE: June 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Summer work to focus on water, forests

With the 2016 Colorado legislative session behind us, the interim committees now begin their work to dig deeper into the issues that present some of Colorado’s biggest challenges. Many legislators...

DATE: June 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The future of our town is in good hands

It’s been almost 12 years since my husband came back to our home in California and told me of a little town called Cortez that he discovered on a road trip through the southwest. He talked me into...

DATE: June 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Kudos to the Cortez refuse department

My city garbage can “cratered” this winter. One hinge broke off, with a large crack down the other side. I was home this morning and told one of our trash collectors that I needed a new can. He...

DATE: June 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Keep San Juan lab tech program alive

I am writing to express my concern about the suspension of registration at San Juan College for the medical lab technician program. As a registered nurse at Southwest Memorial Hospital, I have...

DATE: June 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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