Columnists - The Durango Herald

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

Most people unfamiliar with concept of ‘ableism’

A guy walks into a bar sets the stage for many a bad joke. But it’s no joking matter if you are one of the 15% of people on this planet with disabilities for whom entry to the bar is, well, ...

DATE: Sep 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Surprise changes strain friendship

Dear Abby: I have a serious issue with my best girlfriend. We make plans together, adult plans, and then at the last minute, her kids drop the young grandkids off for her to babysit, cur...

DATE: Sep 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Radio show travels back in time to 1918

They may be two of the biggest history buffs in Durango behind retired Fort Lewis College history professor Duane Smith. Judith Reynolds is a local writer and political cartoonis...

DATE: Sep 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Dealing with ex-girlfriends tough

Dear Abby: What is acceptable after a breakup occurs? Several years ago, I reached out to an ex-girlfriend. We had dated for six months but she broke up with me to take a job in another ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Bret Stephens: How will a post-Trump Republican Party look?

If Donald Trump stages a come-from-behind victory in November, the Republican Party will become an oddity for the Trump Organization: the only entity it owns but does not brand. N...

DATE: Sep 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

If you plan to can, use a trusted and tested recipe

I’ll venture to guess there are some newbies to food preservation this year. It would be tough to argue the pandemic did not bring a heightened awareness to our reliance on large-scale food ...

DATE: Sep 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Bret Stephens: The unwitting progressives who bolster Trump

As Donald Trump was about to accept the Republican nomination from the South Lawn of the White House with warnings that “No one will be safe in Biden’s America,” NPR was doing its part to ma...

DATE: Sep 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Nightshades and arthritis are often connected

This is the time of year when fresh produce is at its peak. The farmers markets and grocery stores are an abundance of nature’s glory. Fruit is literally falling off the trees. Ho...

DATE: Sep 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Nourishing Morsels

Attention paid to ex still angers wife

Dear Abby: My wife and I were married 30 years when we ran into an old girlfriend (and ex-fiancee) of mine. I spent a good part of the evening dancing with her and ignoring my wife. My w...

DATE: Sep 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Kirk, Spock dictate county votes

Dear Action Line: A recent letter to the editor wanted to make sure everyone knew they can vote for all county commissioners regardless of which district they live in. Why even have district...

DATE: Sep 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Action Line