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It’s summer and time to enjoy our recreational assets

Hooray for summer! Now that it’s finally here, this is a good time to highlight our Parks and Rec Department. They have a lot going on, and the facilities and programs they oversee add much ...

DATE: Jun 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

Samuelson: Trump is not destiny

WASHINGTON – It’s time to take a brief break from Donald Trump. Whatever you think of him, there’s no denying that he dominates the news cycle. We seem to assume that the nation’s future dep...

DATE: Jun 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

A search for truth: Albert Pfeiffer, Kit Carson and the Long Walk

Roadside plaque tells only part of the story of Albert Pfeiffer, Kit Carson and Navajos’ Long Walk

DATE: Jun 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Trump’s tweets come direct, unfiltered, from the id

WASHINGTON — Having coined “Bush Derangement Syndrome” more than a decade ago, I feel authorized to weigh in on its most recent offshoot. What distinguishes Trump Derangement Syn...

DATE: Jun 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Samuelson: Progress is the culprit of what really happened to coal

WASHINGTON – The coal-mining jobs that President Trump thinks were destroyed by government regulation – adopted to combat air pollution and global warming – were actually lost to old-fashion...

DATE: Jun 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Krauthammer: If it came to it, would we really die for Estonia?

WASHINGTON – So what if, in his speech to NATO, Donald Trump didn’t explicitly reaffirm the provision that an attack on one is an attack on all? What’s the big deal? Didn’t he af...

DATE: Jun 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The road to impeachment? We are not there yet.

WASHINGTON – I am not a big or even a little fan of President Donald Trump. Many of his policies strike me as undesirable, some in the extreme. His background and temperament have not prepar...

DATE: Jun 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Grantham: Colorado legislators found creative, bipartisan ways to notch wins

My takeaway, looking back on the first half of the 71st meeting of the Colorado General Assembly, is that a political deadlock doesn’t have to mean gridlock if lawmakers from both sides of t...

DATE: Jun 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Attempts to solve Arab-Isreali conflict misguided

WASHINGTON – The quixotic American pursuit of Middle East peace is a perennial. It invariably fails, yet every administration feels compelled to give it a try. The Trump administration is no...

DATE: May 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Congratulations graduates, may you soar and succeed!

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the 133 graduates from Montezuma Cortez High School and Southwest Open School. I am incredibly proud of all of the hard work that our st...

DATE: May 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education Update

Harris: Water markets can help the Dolores River, boaters, communities, fish and agriculture

The beautiful, red rock Dolores River Canyon is seeing the big spring runoff of which river-runners have long dreamt, thanks to unusually high seasonal snowpack. This spring’s melt is expect...

DATE: May 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Samuelson: Anti-globalization fervor pits politics against economics

WASHINGTON – Globalization has gotten a bad rap. The Trump White House associates it with all manner of economic evil, especially job loss. The administration has made undoing th...