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Why you too will love Mayor Pete BOOT-edge-edge

Pete Buttigieg has some kind of magic right now. His campaign bio, “Shortest Way Home,” was the 25th-best-selling book on Amazon. That put him just a few dozen places behind Miche...

DATE: Apr 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Size matters, especially with parking spaces and trucks

Here’s my pet peeve: oversized parked trucks that stick out into the street. Why aren’t these hazardous monstrosities ticketed? You have to drive in the oncoming lane or scrape the entire ri...

DATE: Apr 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Action Line

For medical examiners, veterans’ death certificates are complicated

America owes military veterans a lot – perhaps enough to fudge their death certificates a little. Most medical examiners have been asked by the next of kin of a deceased veteran t...

DATE: Apr 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

It’s spring! Celebrate Earth Day and more

Last weekend while canyoneering with friends and talking about the ongoing opportunities to snowshoe, one friend emphatically declared that spring had started March 21, intimating that she w...

DATE: Apr 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Durango Nature Studies

Mom acts against daughter’s boyfriend

Dear Abby: I am 26. My mom recently got my boyfriend sent to jail. We met six months ago. After a month, he started verbally abusing me, which progressed to physical abuse. Each time, I ...

DATE: Apr 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

A restaurant for elders

The best place to dine out when you’re over 50 is where love refreshes you

DATE: Apr 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni

LGBTQ asylum-seekers find a double whammy

In January, I traveled with four Fort Lewis College professors to Tijuana, Mexico, to learn more about the migrant caravans traveling from Central America to the United States. As...

DATE: Apr 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Look beyond the hype before booking a vacation rental

With staged photos and flowery language, the vacation rental descriptions you find online often promise everything you could possibly want. But the rentals don’t always deliver. I...

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

Opening the door to dependence

I have entered new territory. The door has just opened for me into the world of dependence as I age. Hiring my neighbors to help me shovel the snow in February feels like it’s ju...

DATE: Apr 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Oil and gas bill meets all our needs

I voted against Proposition 112 in the last election, a sweeping regulation on all oil and gas drilling in Colorado. It would have hurt the industry. But I did vote for...

DATE: Apr 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the State House

What is a Destination Marketing Organization?

Since I arrived here in February, from the “Great North” ... Grand Junction, aside from being warmly welcomed, I have consistently been asked, “What does a destination marketing organization...

DATE: Apr 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Behavior more than woman can take

Dear Abby: I cannot stand my husband’s sister. She thinks way too much of herself. She “had” to get married to a foreigner (who never works), and her three grown sons still live at home ...

DATE: Apr 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby