Columnists - The Durango Herald

FY5 brings Americana to music festival

A beautiful aspect of the long-running and local classical music festival Music in the Mountains is its ability to step outside the classical music box and bring something different. Not tha...

DATE: Jul 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

How not to live liberal values in an illiberal age

My daughter and I were tossing a football back and forth while also flinging around arguments about free speech, sexual assault, youthful intolerance and paternal insensitivity. W...

DATE: Jul 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Can President Trump beat the economy in 2020?

WASHINGTON – We are now passing a significant milestone. The current economic expansion has become the longest in U.S. history. Previously, the record was the decade from March 19...

DATE: Jul 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Enjoying a healthier barbecue

July Fourth is the No. 1 grilling holiday in America. Thursday, 87% of Americans will fire up the outdoor grill or smoker in celebration of our country’s independence. Grilling i...

DATE: Jul 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Joe Biden doesn’t look so electable in person

Last week, Joe Biden was one of 20 presidential candidates to speak at a Planned Parenthood forum in Columbia, South Carolina, held right next door to the state’s Democratic convention. ...

DATE: Jul 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Tear up the economics textbooks and start over!

WASHINGTON – Harvard professor N. Gregory Mankiw is one of the most influential economists in the United States. But the 61-year-old’s authority does not stem from advancing an ar...

DATE: Jul 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Shrubbery-free paths are the city’s holy grail

This year’s above-average moisture is a welcome change compared with last summer, but it has caused city vegetation to go crazy. Whose responsibility is it to trim bushes and trees encroachi...

DATE: Jul 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Man tired of dating ready to quit

Dear Abby: In the last few years I have had a string of failed relationships. Nothing bad happened, and there were no fights or arguments. The ladies tell me I’m great and an amazing per...

DATE: Jul 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Southern Utes can protect wildlife corridors

Protecting wildlife migration corridors has become one of the hottest topics in the conservation movement. But the idea actually goes back thousands of years to when indigenous pe...

DATE: Jun 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

To enjoy a staycation, have a clear purpose

Between running a start-up company and wrapping up his graduate degree, Pierre Huguet is too busy to take a vacation this summer. “I don’t have much time to travel around, so I’ve decided to...

DATE: Jun 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

We’re more than OK with community support

Many years ago, our son Dave wrote a letter to the editor of the Herald about the importance of community. As I remember, he praised the new benches in downtown Durango as a way t...

DATE: Jun 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Animas River Trail a glorious work in progress

What a wonderful time of year to be in Durango! City council has worked hard throughout June and made significant progress on a number of important projects. I’m very optimistic t...

DATE: Jun 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns