Columnists - The Durango Herald

Jack Turner: Both political parties practice voter suppression

There is great media focus on the Republican-dominated legislatures determined to unfairly reduce, restrict or eliminate likely Democratic Party voters – just look at the Major League Baseba...

DATE: Apr 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Man wants to quit trying for more kids

Dear Abby: My husband and I have had a total of six miscarriages – one before our miracle son and five since we began trying for a second child more than two years ago. I alw...

DATE: Apr 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Soleil Gaylord: CPW Commission needs balance

Under Colorado law, one of the 11 voting members on the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission must be a member of a nonprofit organization that promotes the “conservation and enhancement of...

DATE: Apr 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Rotary Park ‘upgrade’ and a new jungle gym?

Dear Action Line: What is up with the Rotary Park “upgrade”? It appears the parking lot was redesigned to hold FEWER and smaller vehicles than it used to. The new curved walkways probabl...

DATE: Apr 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Nicholas Kristof: Oregon loggers, environmentalists collaborate

JOHN DAY, Ore. — One of the most venomous battles in our polarized nation is the one that has unfolded between loggers and environmentalists in timber towns like John Day, in the snow-capped...

DATE: Apr 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Paul Krugman: America needs to empower workers again

Labor activists hoped that the unionization vote at Amazon’s Bessemer, Ala., warehouse would be a turning point, a reversal in the decades-long trend of union decline. What the vote showed, ...

DATE: Apr 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

States pursue competing energy visions

Colorado and Wyoming are on rapidly diverging paths to distinctly different energy futures. Colorado’s Legislature next week will contemplate further greenhouse gas emissions red...

DATE: Apr 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Dealing with stress when it crops up in the workplace

No matter what facet of our lives we examine, it would seem as though stress is unavoidable. Maybe we experience stress at home, maybe we experience it at work, and maybe we exper...

DATE: Apr 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local First

Steve Mandell: Western Slope Democrats shouldn’t assume GOP losses are their gains

Three recent events say a lot about where the 3rd Congressional District is heading: Republicans embarrass themselves and shed supporters. Changes in voter registration since the...

DATE: Apr 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Barbara McLachlan: Civics must be taught more thoroughly

If you watch enough national news, it’s easy to think that Democrats and Republicans rarely speak, always argue, refuse to compromise and have nothing in common. Fortunately, in C...

DATE: Apr 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Local libraries host virtual wilderness program

In celebration of Earth Day, Fort Lewis College professor Andrew Gulliford will present a virtual program, “Wilderness and America,” from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday on Zoom. In 1964, C...

DATE: Apr 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community Voices

Local residents grateful for vaccine

Thank you, Karen Zink, Anne Markward, Doug Walker, Charley Kier, Karen Midkiff and the 300 to 400 volunteers who saw the need and organized the COVID-19 vaccination program at the fairground...

DATE: Apr 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community Voices