Opinion

Six years is enough time for Tipton

I was an original supporter of Scott Tipton for the State Legislature and supported him with time and money to get him elected to Congress. I must admit that sadly it appears tha...

China’s stock crash more than just a bubble

WASHINGTON – China’s spectacular stock crash poses three questions. First, what caused it? Next, will it harm the “real” economy of spending and hiring, inside China and beyond? And, finally...

Land-transfer opponents not hellhounds

I’m sincerely disappointed in Sen. Ellen Roberts for her recent column on public lands issues (Journal, July 7). Her characterization of people within the district that disagreed with her vo...

Marijuana case will erode states rights

Kansas and Oklahoma are most likely going to win the Supreme Court argument against legal marijuana. This means states I have never imagined living in I do now have the right to ...

Trashy yards not liberal or conservative

Nullification, in U.S. constitutional history, is a legal theory (not in the Constitution). The theory of nullification has never been legally upheld by federal courts or the Supreme Court. ...

Conservation easements benefit land

If you are like most residents in Montezuma County, when you hear “conservation easement,” it sounds like a good idea, but leaves you with a lot of unanswered questions. What does it really ...

City is now warehousing its children

I am horrified to learn that the city of Cortez is now condoning warehousing of our children! Montessori Kiva elementary students will attend school in two 1950s warehouses where...

Public lands position based in history, reality

It’s been an interesting start to my summer. Responding to a reporter’s question of whether I’d be thinking about running for the U.S. Senate during the interim, I answered honestly that I’...

Greece is a good example of the global debt trap

WASHINGTON – We have the Greeks to thank for an elementary tutorial in what ails the world economy. Greece’s central problem is that it has too much debt and too little economic growth (none...

The worst agreement in U.S. diplomatic history

WASHINGTON – The devil is not in the details. It’s in the entire conception of the Iran deal, animated by President Obama’s fantastical belief that he, uniquely, could achieve detente with a...

Cortez puts East Coast liberals to shame

Republicans in Cortez put East Coast liberals to shame when it comes to big government, and big government spending. I moved here from “liberal” Vermont several years ago and am shocked at h...

Cultural Center a key part of community

The Cortez Cultural Center is an integral part of the community. How can you let it go by the wayside? There is surely some business person that can go in there and get it back on its feet. ...
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