Columnists - The Durango Herald

Health care careers offer many rewards

This month and especially this weekend were to have been a time for celebration for our graduates. To the class of 2020, congratulations on the accomplishment of completing your studies! As ...

DATE: May 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Andrew Romanoff: Prescription for the pandemic is Medicare for All

If you go outside at 8 p.m. on any given night, you can hear people howling. I often join in, too. We’re voicing our support for health care providers and other heroes – the women...

DATE: May 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Mental floss in time of COVID-19

I still find it difficult to get my brain around what we’re living through. Those who know me know I’m a pretty jovial, social guy, but I’m sorry, folks. It’s gotten to the point ...

DATE: May 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber

What to do when disaster strikes on vacation

Celeste Gray used to travel without a plan, which allowed her “plenty of room for spontaneity.” But when she found herself stranded in Spain on Sept. 12, 2001, she discovered the importance ...

DATE: May 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Parents try to heal son’s broken heart

Dear Abby: My son, a high school senior, was in a relationship with a young woman who broke up with him and began dating his best friend. He was heartbroken. She played him into being fr...

DATE: May 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Michael Fields: Is this the time for another Colorado comeback?

As Colorado begins to open back up, we know we have a big economic hole to dig out of. Unemployment claims are over 420,000, businesses have shuttered and a lot of Coloradans have...

DATE: May 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Bruce Babbitt: Retire some ag lands to save the Colorado River

It is no exaggeration to say that a mega-drought not seen in 500 years has descended on the seven Colorado River Basin states: Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Califo...

DATE: May 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Jerry Brady: They want us to open everything now? Really?

Open a business now and or stay the course? Sacrifice lives or sacrifice jobs? The issue is almost as fraught as the simple choice facing all of us: Do we wear a mask to protect others or go...

DATE: May 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Man wants to know his family

Dear Abby: I recently found out who my biological father is/was. Apparently, my mother and this man had an affair more than 50 years ago. There’s only speculation as to why. ...

DATE: May 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

It’s been a long road for Bruce Allsopp, local musician, luthier

Longtime locals who have traveled East Animas Road (County Road 250) will remember the sign that read “Canyon Music” hanging roadside by a driveway leading up to a typical homestead. ...

DATE: May 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Spring cleaning: From the inside out

Every person’s health and well-being is dependent on how their body removes and purges toxins from the body. With environmental pollution, toxic body care products and processed f...

DATE: May 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Nourishing Morsels

Focus on fitness hard for friend

Dear Abby: I’ve been friends with “Lorraine” for 30 years. Actually, the friendship is kind of one-sided because she bugs the hell out of me. She’s a super-skinny health nut ...

DATE: May 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby