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Here in Southwest Colorado, our public lands are one of our most valued assets. We all relish our opportunities to get outside and enjoy them, which is why it is disappointing that our state...
DATE: May 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Two writers’ recent rants and insults against everyone they don’t agree with and against our county commissioners are laughable and show a stunning ignorance of reality. What a marvelous example of...
DATE: May 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – The trouble with our trade debates is that people assume that they’re only about economics. Since World War II, U.S. trade policy has also been a pillar of U.S. foreign policy. In the...
DATE: May 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The governor of California recently signed a law ushering in an era of the most serious restrictions on water use ever in that state. He says that the law will cut water use in California by 25...
DATE: May 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The Journal (April 28) quoted district attorney Will Furse thusly: “I won’t enforce a law that is unconstitutional.” Please ask Furse to clarify his remark. Former Sheriff Spruell lost credibility...
DATE: May 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – If New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has his way, the unfolding presidential campaign will focus on generational fairness. It will seek to curb spending on the elderly – mainly Social...
DATE: April 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
It’s almost hard to believe that in two weeks the legislative session will be over and I’ll be happily settling back in at home, not having to return to the Capitol at the end of each weekend. ...
DATE: April 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – In December, President Obama said that he wished to see Iran ultimately become a “very successful regional power.” His wish – a nightmare for the Western-oriented Arab states – is...
DATE: April 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Has anyone yet discovered that the Colorado Department of Revenue no longer provides paper versions of its state tax publications and forms? The state now requires all of us to file our state tax...
DATE: April 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Though it saddened me to see James Lambert get elected with his racist and anti-Semitic writings, I got over it. I even laugh when I read where he still believes that the United Nations is going to...
DATE: April 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Not surprisingly, Montezuma County commissioners have joined the American Lands Council which promotes transferring ownership of federal lands to the states. Certain radicalized members of Congress...
DATE: April 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON — Fifty years ago, in mid-April 1965, the trade magazine Electronics published an article by an obscure scientist making a seemingly preposterous prediction: The number of electronic...
DATE: April 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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