Columnists - The Durango Herald

Charlie Henry keeping things diverse

Local bass player Charlie Henry is still finding plenty of musical things to do, even though the uninvited guest that’s refusing to leave is still staining the industry. He’s bee...

DATE: Sep 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Ross Douthat: Let’s talk about what isn’t President Trump’s fault

Recently, I wrote a column arguing that the blundering of the Trump administration, while real and deadly, may not be responsible for the bulk of America’s coronavirus fatalities. ...

DATE: Sep 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Fad diets: Let’s talk about Keto

Today let’s jump into the second fad diet in this series “Fad Diet Demystified.” Today’s fad diet – the ketogenic or “Keto” diet – promises quick weight loss and lower total-body inflammatio...

DATE: Sep 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Early lesson helps overcome shyness

Dear Abby: When I was a young adult, I had difficulty speaking with strangers. I recall, some years later, attending a party in honor of someone I truly admired. Most of the people there...

DATE: Sep 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Blue boxes ready to accept your mail – and ballots

Dear Action Line: With all the mailboxes being removed in the United States, can you find out where the mailboxes are found in Durango and the surrounding area? – U.S. Male Dear U...

DATE: Sep 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Richard Grossman: ‘Natural’ disasters even more destructive in Africa

When I last wrote about the mega-drought in southwestern North America, we were in “extreme drought.” The rain started toward the end of July, although the drought hasn’t ended. Unfortunatel...

DATE: Sep 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The passing of a Pueblo elder: Remembering Peter Pino

He deepened the understanding of Mesa Verde’s past

DATE: Sep 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Jupiter and Saturn are the stars of September’s night sky

Greetings, Stargazers. September is the month when daylight hours shorten faster than any other month. Even though autumn doesn’t officially begin until the equinox early on the m...

DATE: Sep 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

David Brooks: Seeing what must be done when a heart is empty

On Dec. 26, 2004, French author Emmanuel Carrère and his girlfriend were vacationing at a cliff-top hotel in Sri Lanka. Their relationship was dying, and, feeling out of sorts, th...

DATE: Sep 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Dave Marston: If the water disappears, the desert comes back in

Paonia, a small town in western Colorado with mesas rising above it, wouldn’t green-up without water diverted from a river or mountain springs. The lively water travels through irrigation di...

DATE: Sep 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Starting from the bottom

Unless you’ve had the luxury of hibernating up in the mountains camping somewhere, you certainly can’t have avoided all the election hyperbola. Are we over it? Well, not yet, but we’re close...

DATE: Sep 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber

For young ‘explorers,’ learning comes naturally in the outdoors

By Mike Bienkowski San Juan Mountains Association It is early June, and we are five minutes into our first day of San Juan Mountains Association’s “San Juan Ramblers” n...

DATE: Sep 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land