Mom’s wild stories cause her grandchildren distress

DEAR ABBY: My mother insists on telling my three youngest children that my husband is not their father. The oldest girl is the spitting image of him, and she’s upset about it. Mom also c...

DATE: Oct 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Long-married couple wonders if being ‘swingers’ is for them

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married for years. We married young, and I’m the only man she has been with. Although we seem to have a good sex life, she’s now saying she wants more....

DATE: Oct 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Are you too busy to eat healthy?

I get it – you’re busy, I’m busy, we’re all busy. It’s almost as if the word ‘busy’ has become a badge of honor for us to feel like we’re important. But this busyness can be disastrous to yo...

DATE: Oct 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

We saw two human beings flayed – and for what?

WASHINGTON – In the end, everything – every blasted thing – gets sucked into the polarization black hole, never to emerge again. That now includes the U.S. Supreme Court. It is no...

DATE: Oct 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Michael Gerson

America’s role in Yemen’s misery is outrageous

The news about Brett Kavanaugh is addictive, but spare just a moment for crimes against humanity that the United States is supporting in far-off Yemen. President Donald Trump didn...

DATE: Sep 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

A year abroad helps to define more clearly who you are

We are back in the United States. By living in another country, we opened a door that can never be closed. We will be forever changed. This is what I wanted for me and my kids – ...

DATE: Sep 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: An American in Spain

Beware: Drip pricing is designed to get you to pay more

The quoted rate for an “amazing” three-bedroom condominium in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, looked too good to be true. The unit, which featured flat-screen TVs, beds with “lush, warm comforters,” a...

DATE: Sep 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Mom sees lonely life ahead for easily wounded daughter

DEAR ABBY: My daughter, “Roxanne,” married right out of high school. Eleven years later, she finally woke up and realized the man of her dreams was a deadbeat. She has now been divorced ...

DATE: Sep 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Trump steamrolls the West

Our air is imperiled by regional methane emissions. Now this administration seems to wants more. But why?

DATE: Sep 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Durango City Council: Our new tax is essential

“Take care of what you have” is the primary message from citizens to the city of Durango during a nearly year-long civic engagement effort. The response is the “Back to Basics” ballot issue ...

DATE: Sep 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Lodgers tax should be used to promote Durango

Tourism is an industry based upon travel and fun, and is an integral part of our economy, both here in Durango and La Plata County, as well as our state and nation. In 2017, the travel indus...

DATE: Sep 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Depression is common, but there is effective treatment

Depression is one of the most significant public health problems facing our nation. From 1992 to 2002, according to the National Institutes of Health, the prevalence of depressio...

DATE: Sep 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

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