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Superintendent’s logic does not follow

In the Nov. 17 Journal, I read two stories about Re-1’s Superintendent Alex Carter, and I’m still confused. When did it become necessary for anyone to paint Kinder Morgan as villain just because...

DATE: Dec. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Raffling guns is a bad idea

Recently, our living room was filled with the light of the TV as we sat on the edge of our chairs, tuned in to the news of yet another mass shooting. Are you kidding me? Do you really think just...

DATE: Dec. 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Imagining cybergeddon: Hacking U.S. power grid

WASHINGTON – When it comes to cyberwar and cyberterrorism, we need to think the unthinkable, says veteran TV journalist Ted Koppel. And for Koppel, the unthinkable is this: Someone hacks into the...

DATE: Dec. 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Ahab party on another quest to sink Obamacare

WASHINGTON – Nearly six years have elapsed since Obamacare became law. The Supreme Court has upheld the foundations of the law – twice. Lawmakers tried dozens of times to repeal the law – and...

DATE: Dec. 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

With Pfizer move, drugmakers add insult to injury

The drugmakers’ crowning achievement was getting a Republican-controlled Congress to write a Medicare drug benefit law to their specifications. It’s one thing for Pfizer to renounce its U.S....

DATE: Dec. 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A stitch in time can actually save seven

Lately, as a result of viewing the Democratic Party debates, I have become curious as to the effectiveness of some of the social programs, such as the social benefits of investment in the...

DATE: Dec. 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Reactions to refugee crisis were wrong

I am absolutely appalled at the reaction of state Rep. Don Coram, R-Montrose, and U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, to the Syrian refugee crisis. This kind of fear-mongering and race-baiting is...

DATE: Dec. 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Unaffiliated voters shut out of caucuses

Just a reminder to those voters who are registered as unaffiliated: In order to participate in nominating either a particular presidential candidate (Democrats) or a delegate to the national...

DATE: Dec. 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

U.S. could benefit from some generational warfare

WASHINGTON – An enduring puzzle of our politics is why there isn’t more generational conflict. By all rights, younger Americans should be resentful. Not only have they been tossed into the worst...

DATE: Nov. 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tipton voted against the budget act

I am writing to correct the record after the Journal ran a factually inaccurate letter from William H. Taylor on November 13 claiming that U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, voted for the Bipartisan...

DATE: Nov. 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Support Mali’s people, but not the hippo

I recently watched a documentary on the current social and political structure of Mali, a few weeks before the latest atrocity. In it the people were lamenting their position. Catering to wealthy...

DATE: Nov. 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tipton did not vote for budget bill

In the Nov. 13 Journal, William Taylor wrote a letter to the editor titled, “Congress, White House need overhaul.” The letter states that on Oct. 26, “the GOP in the House approved a budget that...

DATE: Nov. 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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