Columnists - The Durango Herald

For the unlucky, motion sickness starts when the cruise ends

For Katy Breuer, the symptoms start as soon as she steps off a cruise ship. She feels dizzy and disoriented, can’t eat and can’t find her land legs. “It’s debilitating,” says Breuer, an exec...

DATE: Nov 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Julie Westendorff: It’s budget season – and we’re not strapped!

It is hard to believe that the end of the year is approaching, but the chilly temperatures, snow on the mountains and the fact that we are in budget season for 2020 all prove that it’s true....

DATE: Nov 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Chair

4-H County Council to collaborate on community events

I am excited to announce the 2019-20 La Plata County 4-H County Council officer team. The team will take on leadership roles for our entire county program. In addition, members will act as o...

DATE: Nov 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Brendan Shafer launches Kickstarter campaign

On paper, Brendan Shafer is a musician. A banjo and fiddle player who does time in two different bands: The Six-Dollar String Band, Durango’s old-time outfit that explores acoustic music tha...

DATE: Nov 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

David Leonhardt: Big business is overcharging you

When Thomas Philippon moved to Boston from his native France 20 years ago, he was a graduate student on a budget, and he was happy to discover how cheap American telephone use was. In those ...

DATE: Nov 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Leonhardt

Timothy Egan: Democrats are insulting the voters they’ll need

Among the people I love is a sibling who works at Walmart cleaning toilets at night in a thinly populated part of eastern Oregon. She’s been there more than 25 years and has trouble saving a...

DATE: Nov 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Tim Egan

Diabetes: Are you at risk?

November is National Diabetes Month, and this year’s focus is on the connection between diabetes and cardiovascular disease. According to the National Institute of Health, adults ...

DATE: Nov 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Holiday train, icebergs don’t need to be polarizing

Climate change has had little or no effect on the icebergs leading to the Polar Express “North Pole” Village owned by the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. They are the same size as...

DATE: Nov 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Lance Waring: Air Quality commission right to cut methane

In response to recent federal rollbacks of air quality safeguards, Colorado must act boldly and swiftly to adopt the next generation of methane and air pollution standards to protect air qua...

DATE: Nov 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Frank Bruni: Why does Donald Trump hate my dog?

Reaching for verbs to describe Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s final moments, President Donald Trump grabbed hold of “crying,” “screaming” and “whimpering.” Reaching for nouns, he said tha...

DATE: Nov 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni

Cory Gardner: It’s time to remake NAFTA

In 1994, Disney’s “The Lion King” was in theaters and on its way to become one of the most popular films in the world. Today, 25 years later, “The Lion King” is still in theaters,...

DATE: Nov 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Lesson from Durangoans: Make every day count

As I originally set out to write this, I was reminded by the quote from the sage prognosticator Ferris Bueller: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around, you’ll miss it.” ...

DATE: Nov 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber