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WASHINGTON – Maybe the middle class isn’t quite so stressed anymore. We in the media are rightly criticized for a pessimistic bias. We cover the unfortunate, the grim and the tragic. News is what...
DATE: May 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON — How do you distinguish a foreign policy “idealist” from a “realist,” an optimist from a pessimist? Ask one question: Do you believe in the arrow of history? Or to put it another way,...
DATE: May 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The Grave Yard Guard Authority of Dolores needs recognition. They say, “We’ll help you indeed, just tell us your need! Want to sell back your plot? We’ll help you a lot. We think it’s so nifty,...
DATE: May 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The triage, treatment, and transport emergency medical service practitioners provide can often be the difference between life and death in a medical emergency. The unique nature of emergency...
DATE: May 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The hydraulic fracturing process releases significant amounts of methane that are leaked into the atmosphere during production, storage, processing, distribution and transportation of natural gas....
DATE: May 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – Could online lending cause the next financial crisis? While the odds seem overwhelmingly against it, the recent turmoil at LendingClub – a leading online lender – makes it hard not to...
DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
In response to Neal Cantin’s letter to the editor (Journal, 5/18) there are a lot of problems we should address, but I don’t believe the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Department is one of our...
DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The recent article (Journal, May 6) saying the Environmental Protection Agency says there is no threat of a blowout from the mines at Rico is sure to make everybody feel good after their...
DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
It seems that the Republican establishment will grudgingly have to accept Donald Trump as their presidential nominee. How did this happen? Why is the Grand Old Party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and...
DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Recently, while viewing the Montezuma County Sheriff Department’s Facebook page, I became engaged in a conversation through the comments section regarding the recent arrest of a Kentucky man...
DATE: May 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON — Among the abundant ironies of this election cycle, there is this: We are now in the eighth year of the most liberal administration since Lyndon Johnson’s. The primary elections reveal...
DATE: May 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I followed the story in the Journal about the property owner on Madison Street and his problem with the City of Cortez over what the city termed as “junk,” in his backyard. This all started last...
DATE: May 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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