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New Council and fresh restart for city

Spring has arrived in Durango and change is in the air. Mother Nature delivered both negatives and positives this past year, with a devastating drought and a wildfire that raged f...

DATE: Apr 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

What caused the financial crisis? Our success

WASHINGTON – It is astonishing that even though the global financial crisis occurred a decade ago, we do not yet have a clear and convincing explanation of its basic cause. Theori...

DATE: Apr 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Girl’s severe allergies cause strain with animal-loving aunt

Dear Abby: My 8-year-old daughter is seriously allergic to most animals, including cats and dogs. Even a little fur sets her off. She was recently sent home from school sick after she ha...

DATE: Apr 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Ranky Tanky uses music to teach history

A Ranky Tanky concert provides two outcomes. One being what you’d expect from a concert: You dance, you’re entertained, you leave the venue musically satisfied. The other outcome appeals to ...

DATE: Apr 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

On the border, for Trump, the Pottery Barn rule

WASHINGTON – President Trump is right. There’s a crisis on the southern border. The existence of the crisis is as obvious as its cause: Trump. He didn’t single-handedly create thi...

DATE: Apr 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

Wife discovers trail left by adulterer

Dear Abby: My husband went to his 45th class reunion a state away and hooked up with a classmate. Over the next few months it went from talking and texting to her sending him nude pictur...

DATE: Apr 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Managing your stress: The eternal energy drainer

Are you stressed? You’re probably thinking, “Ha! Who isn’t?” You’re right. Stress in our lives is constant. It’s been around since the beginning of life as we know it, and it’s no...

DATE: Apr 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Welcome to the millionaires club, Sen. Sanders

“I wrote a best-selling book. If you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire, too.” With those words, Bernie Sanders acknowledged that he has joined the ranks of the “...

DATE: Apr 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

New intersection takes a turn for the worse

Here’s a photo of the renovated 22nd Street and Main Avenue intersection. Across the intersection is a two-way street, Alamo Drive. If I obey the posted signs, I can only turn left in the le...

DATE: Apr 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Politics puts abrupt end to friendship

Dear Abby: In the last presidential election, I had a friend who voted differently than I did. We didn’t try to persuade each other to vote “our” way, but I did share on social media som...

DATE: Apr 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Federal control of education has failed ... Next?

WASHINGTON – You can count on one familiar refrain in the 2020 presidential campaign: Fix the schools. Faith in education is one of the nation’s bedrock values. Better schools wou...

DATE: Apr 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Intoxicated passengers make for unruly skies

Incidents involving unruly airline passengers have been rising in recent years. In 2017, airlines reported one altercation for every 1,053 flights, up 35 percent from the previou...

DATE: Apr 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

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