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Explore the potential of the county jail

I can’t help but comment on our sheriffs’ ideas on solving inmate debt. Not only will an outside corporation be more likely to pass, on personal responsibility, it will by nature absorb more...

DATE: Jan. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The GOP gets the Iran prisoner swap all wrong

WASHINGTON – Give President Obama credit. His Iran nuclear deal may be disastrous but the packaging was brilliant. The near-simultaneous prisoner exchange was meant to distract from last Saturday’s...

DATE: Jan. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Journal treating Dolores, Mancos poorly

Why was there no Chip Tuthill column in the Jan. 8 issue of The Journal? Reducing Dolores and Mancos to one page each is simply negligent. These communities deserve more and better coverage than...

DATE: Jan. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Biggest antibiotic problem is in farming

In regards to the story headlined “Southwest Memorial Hospital a leader in antibiotic stewardship” (Journal, Jan. 12) I want to thank The Journal, for drawing attention to a pressing issue....

DATE: Jan. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Fixing budget requires heeding state’s constitutional restrictions

We’re past the ceremonial days of the 2016 Legislature and the only tasks we must complete in a session, based on the state’s Constitution, are to pass the budget and the school finance act....

DATE: Jan. 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Economic growth and the limitations of technology

WASHINGTON – It’s only January, but what may be the year’s most important book on economics has already been published. Called The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living...

DATE: Jan. 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Why the Republicans’ fence fantasy is a farce

A long time ago, in a not-so-faraway land, a civilization existed that was governed through a fairly rational political system. Even conservative candidates for high office had to have a good idea...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

After two terms, the state of the presidency is spent

WASHINGTON – President Obama’s Tuesday night address to Congress was less about the state of the union than the state of the presidency. And the state of this presidency is spent. The signs of...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Ted Cruz gets burned by birther fires

But however tempting it is, I’m not joining in the Cruz birtherism; it was wrong when done to Obama, and it’s wrong now done to Cruz. WASHINGTON — When you dance with the devil, the choreography...

DATE: Jan. 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Is the stock market signaling a recession?

WASHINGTON – It’s hard not to wonder: Is the stock market telling us something? True, the market’s record in forecasting recessions is horrendous. Stocks often move according to whim or fad. But...

DATE: Jan. 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Wasteful plow behavior was inexplicable

What a waste of gasoline! Wednesday, Jan. 7, I was outside in my driveway thinking how thankful I was that the snow was melting and noticed a city truck with a snowplow on the front of it driving...

DATE: Jan. 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Website advertising is just too much

We have stopped reading your website due to the overwhelming advertising which blocks our reading and takes control of our web browsers. It is offensive. Nate Seeley Cortez

DATE: Jan. 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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