Columns, Opinion

Editor’s Column: Appeals to emotion effective, but not always accurate


Nothing gets folks riled up like horses, especially “wild” ones.

We’ve been inundated with letters and comments regarding the BLM gather of wild horses from the Piceance/East Douglas Herd Management Area.

Interestingly, none of the letters have come from people who actually live here, or people who see the horses or the conditions of the range on a daily basis, or people who make their living working on and with the land and have done…