Opinion

Rodeo Big event of the summer is this weekend

This is a weekend to which some folks around Southwest Colorado look forward for a whole year. The Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo, with world-class riders and stock, begins tonight at the Montezuma...

DATE: June 9, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Education Employers demand better-prepared workers

For years, pundits have been citing an eighth-grade final exam from 1895 as proof that the state of education in the United States is dire indeed. It must be; after all, how many modern students...

DATE: June 7, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Pedestrians Walkers, drivers must be aware of one another

As demonstrated by new snow on mountain peaks on Memorial Day, weather is an unreliable indicator of the coming of summer.Traffic, however, is sure giveaway. Toward the middle of May, drivers...

DATE: June 4, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Clean water Regulate, but don’t block mine cleanup efforts

As the snowpack melts, much of Colorado’s water rushes across rocks and still-frozen ground, collecting in streams that pour from the high country. On the way, it picks up evidence of everything it...

DATE: June 2, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Speculators Role in oil pricing should be investigated

The Atlantic magazine recently offered a guide to the factors that go into determining the pump price of gas. It was a clear and persuasive exposition that, in part, dismissed the role of...

DATE: May 31, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Graduation Earning an education is a long trip with many companions

Congratulations to the area’s graduates.In late spring, quite a few young people move up a rank, graduating from preschool, middle school or high school, or earning college degrees and vocational...

DATE: May 28, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Heedless choices California prisons case shows some results

The United States Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state of California’s must dramatically reduce overcrowding in its prison system. The 5-4 decision was immediately decried by those concerned...

DATE: May 26, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Disasters FEMA isn’t perfect, but thank goodness it’s there

Earthquakes followed by tsunamis followed by nuclear disasters will require decades of cleanup, and the affected area may not be inhabitable in the foreseeable future.Widespread flooding has...

DATE: May 24, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials

‘Extremists’ National coverage will not accurately illuminate issues, identity

Anyone who has relocated to a small community knows that figuring out who’s who and what’s what is no quick task. The Southern Poverty Law Center writers who came to Southwest Colorado to write...

DATE: May 21, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Voting on taxes Ballot measure may mean money for schools

To convince Colorado taxpayers to dig deeper into their pockets at this moment in the economy and against the current political mood requires both an appealing public need and well-considered...

DATE: May 19, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Tax amnesty Useful revenue tool carries a mixed message

Coloradans who have neglected to pay their state taxes may have an opportunity to come clean this fall thanks to a bill that would waive penalties for those who pay in full between Oct. 1 and Nov....

DATE: May 17, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Debt limit Playing dangerous games with the U.S. economy

Speaker of the House John Boehner gave a talk Monday to the New York Economic Club in which he outlined his demands for agreeing to raising the federal deficit limit. It was good theater and...

DATE: May 12, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials

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