33°
Name:
Screen name:
Email:
Tyler Talbot Rathjen, a La Plata County 4-H member who worked for months on his swine project, had a very sad 2009 fair experience.Tyler came into the fair excited, nervous and ready to compete.He...
DATE: Aug. 14, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Roads exist for motor vehicle traffic. They are built and maintained with taxes from the sale of gasoline and vehicle registration. Bicycles use no gasoline and don't require registration.Cyclists...
DATE: Aug. 13, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I have been reading with interest the letters about Gates vs. Crowley. I think white people need to know what is really going on in America. I am a white woman whose sister married a black man in...
DATE: Aug. 12, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The president's logjam issue on health care is this: The extremist Republicans don't want to make the insurance industry angry. They also think that upsetting insurance executives would go against...
DATE: Aug. 12, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
A community divided will fall. In an effort to be fair, local businesses have the right to hire whomever they choose to do their work. However, to give local work to out-of-state companies is...
DATE: Aug. 11, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I'm writing because of Rep. John Salazar's connection with the Blue Dog Democrats standing in the way of affordable health insurance for all of us.As things stand, America is in trouble because of...
DATE: Aug. 10, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
This is in response to the news article ("U.S. 550 barrier a problem for wildlife," Herald, July 30) which quotes the "need to make the highway safe for people." In our river town, we continually...
DATE: Aug. 9, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The crisis in health care is not here yet, but if the current bill is passed, it will be.In order to pay for what would become a vast, new federal entitlement, taxes will be raised. Few care now...
DATE: Aug. 9, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Is there a common denominator between (1) the officer Crowley, Professor Gates and President Obama situation, (2) Justice Sotoamayor, and (3) the likes of Sen. Tom Daschle, Secretary of the...
DATE: Aug. 7, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I can understand the anxiety that all Americans have concerning health-care reform. We need common sense, not the smoke screen and scare tactics that are being used to turn voters against...
DATE: Aug. 6, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Science teaches by measurement, then replication and repetition of measurement to reinforce or deny theoretical results. Who can measure God?Most major religions have confined their belief in God...
DATE: Aug. 5, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I teach international water law and international environmental law overseas. When I come home to Colorado, I come home to a state that has more than 20 active Superfund sites, nine of which...
DATE: Aug. 4, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor are limited to 250 words. You will not be able to submit your letter if you exceed this limit. Please include your full name, where you're writing from and a contact phone number.
PLEASE INDICATE IF THE SUBJECT IS TIME-SENSITIVE.
We reserve the right to edit letters for length and clarity and to eliminate libelous or tasteless material.
**Opinion columns can be sent to letters@durangoherald.com. Opinion columns must be 750 words or less. Indicate in the subject line if the submission is time-sensitive.
