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Can family member skip gatherings?

Dear Abby: Something has been bothering me for a long time. When I attend family functions, I become extremely bored. Whether they are birthday parties or Christmas Eve celebrations, the...

DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

How can the library help students, teachers going back to school?

The scent of freshly sharpened pencils, a new box of crayons, clean notepads at the ready. The anticipation of a new classroom, new friends and new possibilities. Alas, this will all be diff...

DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Shelf Life

Asta Bowen: Why are we in such a rush to go back to school?

As a longtime teacher who has heard every complaint under the sun about how horrible school is, how boring, arbitrary, irrelevant and unfair, I find myself somewhat taken aback by the fierce...

DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Music available through art vending machines

Vending machines aren’t just for snack food anymore. A staple in office buildings or schools, they’ve been a great place to alleviate hunger, and even those of a certain age bracket will lik...

DATE: Aug 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Father-in-law has religious expectations

Dear Abby: My husband and I are trying to have children. He was raised Catholic, but is now agnostic. I’m also agnostic. My deeply religious father-in-law insists that our fu...

DATE: Aug 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Bret Stephens: This Biden blunder alone could sink his chances

If Joe Biden isn’t careful, Donald Trump might have a new nickname for him: “Shutdown Joe” – after the former vice president’s biggest blunder in the campaign thus far. I’m referr...

DATE: Aug 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Karen Kedrowski: Carrie Chapman Catt and the 19th Amendment

The Aug. 14 editorial in Carrie Chapman Catt was president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association from 1900-1904 and 1915-1920. She is the author of the “winning plan” that le...

DATE: Aug 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The art of letting go of excess weight

Letting go of anything – old habits, a relationship, that favorite pair of blue jeans – is uncomfortable, even if it’s for our own good. And the same goes for letting go of excess...

DATE: Aug 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Man debates merits of keeping virginity

Dear Abby: I’m a 28-year-old male who is still a virgin. I always wanted to be intimate with a virgin female for my first time, but I have never met one. I’ve had opportunities for sex b...

DATE: Aug 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Use Jedi whammy for free hotel stay

Dear Action Line: With the chaos on Camino del Rio the past eight months caused by the Holiday Inn construction, why don’t the owners make amends by offering every resident in Durango and th...

DATE: Aug 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Getting a flu shot is especially crucial this year

In a normal year, around this time I begin preparing for influenza season by recommending vaccination. In a normal year, I reflect on the decades-long proven safety of the flu vaccine. In a ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Farhad Manjoo: How to Fix America: Spend. Spend. Spend.

As a respite from a spring spent under quarantine, my family booked a weeklong vacation last month in a cozy, remote house in the California desert. While the kids cannonballed in...

DATE: Aug 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns