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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

Bigger fines might help airlines focus on service

What if airlines could do almost anything they wanted, knowing that they would probably get away with it? As 2018 comes to a close, critics say that’s already the case. The reason? Lax gover...

DATE: Dec 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

No mystery in the failure of that city tax increase

I have opted to write an open letter to Durango City Council instead of attending one of its scheduled community sessions, in hopes of directly sharing my thoughts and perspectives about bud...

DATE: Dec 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Colorado deer, elk are safe for now

Much ink has been spilled about Chronic Wasting Disease, which affects deer. CWD has slowly spread over the last few decades, and some hunters are worried it will decimate deer po...

DATE: Dec 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

To achieve your goals, you need to build habits that work

Right now, I’m leading a month-long Whatever It Takes program designed to foster habits that lead to goal achievement. Personally, the practices I’m building are: Reading at leas...

DATE: Dec 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Mancos mapmaker chronicles John Wesley Powell’s epic 1869 journey

In the Southwest, river runners and river rats have the same great, great grandfather. Our patriarch is the one-armed Maj. John Wesley Powell, who launched four wooden boats in M...

DATE: Dec 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Mars landing a remarkable feat of space flight

Greetings, Stargazers. NASA’s Mars InSight lander is designed to study the interior of Mars. InSight stands for interior exploration using seismic investigations, geodesy and heat...

DATE: Dec 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies