Opinion

We’ll walk hand in hand together someday

The words in the title are from the second verse of “We Shall Overcome,” which I learned in the jailhouse in Selma, Ala., where I ended up while marching with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965....

DATE: Jan. 14, 2012 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

What to watch for in 2012

The political pundits and psychics — which most assuredly are almost the same if you look at many pundits' actual track records — are now making self-assured predictions or poking fun at psychic...

DATE: Jan. 10, 2012 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

The best circus in Iowa

This year we’ve seen it all. Protest movements have swept the world, as people from Cairo to Cleveland have stood up against oligarchy and its kissing cousin venality. Osama bin Laden, the...

DATE: Dec. 31, 2011 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

Yes, Virginia, there is a center

DEAR COLUMNIST: I am 8 years old.Some of my little friends say there is no political center in America.Papa says “If you see it in that Cagle column, it’s so.”Please tell me the truth: Is there a...

DATE: Dec. 22, 2011 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

MVI should push for water lease

Every Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company shareholder should consider the economic benefits of the proposal to lease water to the Colorado water Conservation Board. We have an opportunity to use...

DATE: Dec. 20, 2011 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Shopping small can make a big difference

For the third consecutive month, NFIB’s Small Business Economic Trends report, a key economic benchmark used by Federal Reserve officials and congressional leaders, showed an increase in...

DATE: Dec. 20, 2011 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

The Occupy Movement is on target

I’d like to clarify who are the “Occupy Cortez” participants. You may have seen us holding signs on Fridays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the corner of Main and Market. The person who started the...

DATE: Dec. 17, 2011 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

The absence of faith

There’s a controversy swirling around Denver Broncos’ quarterback, Tim Tebow, who has been taking the opportunity to thank Jesus Christ during football games. It should be noted that Tebow is doing...

DATE: Dec. 13, 2011 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

Wilderness: a romantic, impossible idea

For the past 60 years I have been enjoying the luxury benefits from the ingenuity and hard work of my father, grandfather and those before them. I have no desire to return to the “good ole days” of...

DATE: Dec. 10, 2011 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Remember Pearl Harbor

As veterans of foreign wars, we have seen firsthand the tremendous cost of freedom. For that reason, we pay tribute to those who have paid so dearly for our freedom. Seventy years ago Wednesday...

DATE: Dec. 6, 2011 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

CMS band seeks instrument donations

My name is Andrew Campo and I am the new band director at Cortez Middle School. At the middle school, we are growing at a great rate. We are bursting at the seams! This exciting situation has...

DATE: Dec. 1, 2011 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Who’s in charge here?

The Congressional Super Committee of Twelve has failed to put together a plan to save the country’s fiscal butt before the January 2013 deadline. Despite having specially mandated super powers to...

DATE: Nov. 29, 2011 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

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