Opinion

Support Obama’s call to ban weapons

I was glad to read your coverage of the president’s visit to Hiroshima and his reaffirmation of the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons. As the country with the largest nuclea...

Without screens, kids find much more

On average, teens spend nine hours a day looking at a screen. As a high school teacher, I have observed many of my students immersed in their phones and computers. At times, it feels like an...

Administration doesn’t work for majority

I am so tired of this administration catering to just two or three percent of the people in this country. “We the people” now bow to this two or three percent. We bow to same sex marriage; b...

Fed report shows good news for the middle class

WASHINGTON – Maybe the middle class isn’t quite so stressed anymore. We in the media are rightly criticized for a pessimistic bias. We cover the unfortunate, the grim and the trag...

A dose of realism to go with the arrow of history

WASHINGTON — How do you distinguish a foreign policy “idealist” from a “realist,” an optimist from a pessimist? Ask one question: Do you believe in the arrow of history? Or to put it another...

Recognition long overdue in Dolores

The Grave Yard Guard Authority of Dolores needs recognition. They say, “We’ll help you indeed, just tell us your need! Want to sell back your plot? We’ll help you a l...

Medications Access Act needs support

The triage, treatment, and transport emergency medical service practitioners provide can often be the difference between life and death in a medical emergency. The unique nature of emergency...

EPA methane rules will benefit all of us

The hydraulic fracturing process releases significant amounts of methane that are leaked into the atmosphere during production, storage, processing, distribution and transportation of natura...

Online lending reminds some of subprime debacle

WASHINGTON – Could online lending cause the next financial crisis? While the odds seem overwhelmingly against it, the recent turmoil at LendingClub – a leading online lender – ma...

First Amendment alive and well in county

In response to Neal Cantin’s letter to the editor (Journal, 5/18) there are a lot of problems we should address, but I don’t believe the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Department is one of our p...

Assurance from EPA is not reassuring

The recent article (Journal, May 6) saying the Environmental Protection Agency says there is no threat of a blowout from the mines at Rico is sure to make everybody feel good after their per...

How did we end up with Donald Trump?

It seems that the Republican establishment will grudgingly have to accept Donald Trump as their presidential nominee. How did this happen? Why is the Grand Old Party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosev...
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