Columnists - The Durango Herald

People We Know release new album

It’s not rare for informal jam sessions to give rise to a band. You have a loose configuration of people who get together to play music in a no-pressure environment with no concr...

DATE: Dec 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Ready to make the perfect cookie? Welcome to cookie chemistry 101

One for me, two for you and plate of carrots for the reindeer. The carrots are easy, it’s the cookies that can be finicky. Once you get past the challenge of deciding on a style,...

DATE: Dec 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

As passenger dissatisfaction soars, airline fines hit a historic low

This year, the government is on track to issue the lowest number of airline fines in history. Federal regulators insist they’re just doing their job and that the numbers represen...

DATE: Dec 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Michelle Goldberg: The thrilling shock of the movie ‘Queen & Slim’

I left a recent matinée of “Queen & Slim,” the mesmerizing new outlaw romance directed by Melina Matsoukas, astonished on two levels. The film kept me rapt; I cried through the end and left ...

DATE: Dec 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Finding relief from holiday heartburn

When you’re dealing with acid reflux, heartburn or gastroesophageal reflux disease, it can make your favorite meals ... unenjoyable. The pain associated with these conditions is s...

DATE: Dec 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Climate change a threat to Durango’s community forest

I had the pleasure this past week of attending a daylong workshop about climate change and how it could potentially affect Durango’s community forest. I have to say, the organizin...

DATE: Dec 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Trish Pegram; The 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage arrives

Most of us now believe it is the right and duty of all citizens of the U.S. to register and vote. But this has not always been so. As originally written, our Constitution gave mos...

DATE: Dec 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Lines on La Posta Road are a black-and-white issue

What’s up with the black line painted on La Posta Road (County Road 213)? Is this a new traffic feature that drivers need to be aware of? – Larry Zauberis Generally speaking, driv...

DATE: Dec 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Frank Bruni: Thinking of building a wall? Jared is on the case!

Jared Kushner just got a promotion. Another one. And it’s perfect. The pallid princeling is now responsible for speeding construction of the border wall. Josh Dawsey and Nick Miro...

DATE: Dec 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni

Watching the Mercury transit and seeing our fragile condition

Fort Lewis College professor Charlie Hakes, who writes the astronomy column for The Durango Herald, set up a solar telescope with two different viewing lenses and filters in the third-floor ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

There are ways to make your trips eco-friendlier

Whether you’re feeling flight-shamed, hotel-shamed or just plain shamed for being a traveler, chances are you’re probably wondering how to reduce your carbon footprint when you travel. Even ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Ross Douthat: At least a President Sanders might leave us alone

The Democratic Party needs a nominee, but right now, it has a train wreck instead. The front-runner seems too old for the job and is poised to lose the first two primary season contests. The...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat