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Peace Corps plan gets thumbs down

DEAR ABBY: Our 23-year-old daughter, “Alexa,” has a wonderful, well-paying corporate job with good benefits and a flexible schedule. She has low expenses, no debt and banks a respectable...

DATE: Dec 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Work of 4-H Ambassadors team builds crucial life skills

The 2018-19 La Plata County 4-H Council Ambassadors team is excited for the year ahead. This team will represent our 4-H program at local, regional and national events. The team consists of ...

DATE: Dec 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

America’s post-Christian future

Here are some generally agreed-upon facts about religious trends in the United States. Institutional Christianity has weakened drastically since the 1960s. Lots of people who once...

DATE: Dec 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Don’t let our altitude foil your favorite holiday recipe

At this time of year, many people are baking more than usual. People are often frustrated to find that a recipe that works at sea level is a disaster at this altitude. Whether you...

DATE: Dec 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

For Trump, it could be the presidency or prison

Donald Trump – or, as he’s known to federal prosecutors, Individual-1 – might well be a criminal. That’s no longer just my opinion, or that of Democratic activists. It is the find...

DATE: Dec 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Surviving the sugar this holiday season

It’s the most wonderful time of the year ... when loads of sweet treats and desserts make it into our mouths. Despite us all knowing better, the average American eats a whopping 1...

DATE: Dec 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Man deploys new rules in marriage

DEAR ABBY: My husband of 10 years is in the process of retiring from the military and is now re-evaluating “procedures” and “policies” of everything – including our marriage. I’m trying ...

DATE: Dec 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

What would a presidency without humor look like?

As with September’s memorial services for John McCain, expressions of mourning for George H.W. Bush – extolling the 41st president’s humility, loyalty, temperance, decency, bravery and devot...

DATE: Dec 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Bots and artificial intelligence are taking over now

Try to imagine the last 11 minutes of Lion Air Flight 610 in October. The plane is a new machine, Boeing’s sleek and intelligent 737 Max 8, fitted with an advanced electronic brai...

DATE: Dec 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Tim Egan

Making criminals out of the homeless won’t work

Henry Ford observed, “Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than trying to solve them.” Homelessness is a problem. It is a complicated problem. The Homeless...

DATE: Dec 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Predicting foul weather can be a chancy job

As the one who answers pesky practical questions, please tell us what the “chance of precipitation” means. Thursday evening’s forecast was for 40 percent snow. Does that mean it will snow 40...

DATE: Dec 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Conservation fund needs to be revived, saved, now

Considering the amount of time I spend on public lands fishing, communing with wildlife, hiking, mountain biking, and spending time with friends and family, I figured it was time for me to e...

DATE: Dec 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns