Columnists - The Durango Herald

Who do you call at 3 a.m.?

When it comes to foreign policy capabilities,<br/>Democratic candidates have some explaining to do

DATE: Mar 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Independent businesses an ecosystem’s native species

The word resiliency can be used to describe both an ecosystem and an economy. Resiliency is the ability to bounce back or recover from a shock, or the ability to avoid the shock a...

DATE: Mar 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local First

Fur flies over travel industry pet cleanup charges

Two weeks after Kim Bruno returned his rental car in San Francisco, he received a surprise $285 charge from Budget. The reason? “Pet hair,” says Bruno, a lawyer in Washington, D.C...

DATE: Mar 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Rwanda has come quite far with planning

A friend told me about the International Conference on Family Planning to be held in Rwanda, and asked if I planned to go. I responded: “I am ambivalent about Rwanda; the country ...

DATE: Mar 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Sales tax increase is necessary for city’s future

April’s election will bring change to Durango City council with two new councilors and hopefully new sales tax revenue, the benefits of which, though dedicated to street improvements, are mu...

DATE: Mar 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Pianist Adam Swanson plays for silent films

Hanging out with Adam Swanson is the closest you’ll ever come to time travel. The local musician, who has been a regular performer of ragtime music in the Diamond Belle Saloon mos...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Spring cleaning your nutrition

We all get stuck in food ruts when we eat the same thing day after day, leaving us feeling bored and unmotivated with our meal plan. Even though we’re bored, sometimes it’s easie...

DATE: Mar 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

We can’t afford to turn down this sales tax hike

As the mayor of Durango, I have a positive outlook on issues that make a difference to the residents of my hometown. Historically, our town has burned many times and, like a phoen...

DATE: Mar 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

Ilhan Omar, AIPAC and me

I’m a Jew from her hometown but I’m an American first – and I can’t see<br/>how the congresswoman is trying to promote peace in the Middle East

DATE: Mar 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Puppy ad is the black sheep of the classifieds

In the classifieds on Wednesday, the section for Livestock and Pets had an unusual offer. Under a large headline for “sheep” was an ad for “beautiful black lab and kelpy mix and pitty an...

DATE: Mar 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Decisions loom about local electric supply

Spring is in the air, and with it comes potentially big changes for our electric power supply. Leadership changes abound at both our local rural electric cooperative, La Plata Ele...

DATE: Mar 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Rigging college not new for wealthy

One of the funniest stories I ever heard about the college admissions madness came from an independent consultant who was paid handsomely to guide families through it and increase the odds t...

DATE: Mar 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni