Columnists - The Durango Herald

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

Visit Durango embarks on new initiatives for 2019

The Visit Durango tourism office has embarked on several big initiatives this year: refreshing the Durango brand, rebuilding the Visit Durango website and redesigning the travel planner. ...

DATE: Jun 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Couple battles over who pays bills

Dear Abby: My newly retired husband and I lead a nice life and are in good health. Our two girls are grown and established. Our battle is over my husband “taking back” some of the duties...

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Snapshots of daily life at the Pine River Library

In Jeffrey Kluger’s article, “How telling stories makes us human,” he writes: “Storytelling is a powerful means of fostering social cooperation ... and it pays valuable dividends to the stor...

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Shelf Life

In the event of an emergency, is your family prepared?

Although emergency preparedness and response may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about services that San Juan Basin Public Health provides, it is a crucial one. ...

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Niceness to headline Rasta Stevie benefit

Reggae is a genre of music that takes hold of some people and refuses to let go. These are people who eat, sleep and breathe reggae, people like Gracie “Bassie” Kruse, “Rasta” Stevie Smith o...

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Fake meat will save us from climate change

I plopped down in the sports bar last week to watch World Cup soccer and eat my first fake meat burger. I don’t mean to slight the surging U.S. women’s team, but the plant-based p...

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Maybe, at long last, China is the paper tiger

NEW YORK – Two weeks ago, according to organizers, about 2 million people marched in a Chinese city to protest an extradition bill that they labeled Chinese “tyranny.” If accurate...

DATE: Jun 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Is dairy really good for you?

Whether or not you should consume dairy products can be a hot topic of debate, and one that touches upon widespread potential health issues. Almost everyone would feel better in s...

DATE: Jun 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nourishing Morsels

What ‘Chernobyl’ teaches us about Donald Trump

I binge-watched HBO’s “Chernobyl” this week. It made me think of Donald Trump. My Trump Derangement Syndrome has not spiked to on the ideological dosimeter. And no, I don’t think ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

I want to live in Elizabeth Warren’s America

It’s early, but this much is true: Elizabeth Warren is running the most impressive presidential campaign in ages, certainly the most impressive campaign within my lifetime. I don’...

DATE: Jun 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns