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Poem: Hiking Feet

Toes up, heels down. Toes up, heels down. Dusty ankles left, dusty ankles right. Pesky pebbles, prickly pine needles. Toe stub, heel rub. Frigid wade in mountain creek. Toes down, heels up. ...

‘Dems inching closer to police state’

The Democrats started the game of “lawfare,” as it came to be called, with the serial indictments of Republican Tom DeLay. Basically, if you get a Democrat prosecutor to empanel a bunch of D...

‘Rule to force’ people to buy EVs

Showing the Democrat administration’s bent toward authoritarianism, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new rules governing tailpipe emissions. The new rules are not proposed be...

‘Vote like rights depend on it’

A local meeting was supposed to be a community discussion about gun violence. It turned into a “patriots” circle jerk. They took over the meeting. The patriots are very much about freedom fo...

‘Why do those in power fear Trump?’

When will this madness stop? The Manhattan district attorney indicted former President Donald Trump on charges that at least two left-leaning federal and state prosecutors previously passed ...

‘Higher risk’ living near wells

Published on April 5 in The Durango Herald, George Sharpe said, “There is absolutely no evidence that people living near those wells are in any danger whatsoever.” He has no information othe...

‘Make abortion safe and legal’

Over 20 years ago, the FDA approved the use of mifepristone, a very safe drug used in more than half of U.S. abortions. On Friday, a single Trump-appointed judge, Matthew Kacsmaryk, issued a...

Drag shows ‘modern minstrel shows’

Minstrel shows are outlawed because they depict a minority group in what some claim is an unflattering way. Professional sports teams are spending big bucks to have mascots that mimic minori...

Sunrise on Sleeping Ute Mountain

White winter slumber Offers peace to all of us When we stop to feel Pat Rauscher Cortez ...

‘Problem not the weapon’

Assault rifle by definition: a rapid-fire magazine-fed automatic rifle designed for infantry use. An AR-15 is not an assault rifle. Just to educate the unknowing, AR does not stand for “assa...

‘Laws only affect law abiding people’

When politicians and others call out for more gun laws, they seem to forget the simple fact that laws only affect law abiding people. If laws stopped people from doing bad things, there woul...

Don’t raise age to buy gun

Our right to keep and bear arms is clearly stated in our U.S. Constitution. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and be...
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