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Our Durango will capture your heart

Happy New Year in 2019! 2018 is now in our rearview mirror. We all may have had difficult days, and now let’s look forward to healthier and happy times. Is your cup half full or h...

DATE: Jan 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

It’s the year of the wolf – and not in any good way

In Willa Cather’s novel “My Antonia,” there are two kind Russian farmers named Peter and Pavel who have settled on the Nebraska prairie. On his deathbed, Pavel tells the story of ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Man refuses to talk about marriages

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together for 34 good years. He’s a little older than I am and was married twice before we met while in our 20s. (They were very brief marriages.) Wh...

DATE: Jan 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Awards for long-form ideas journalism, continued

In her essay “ In one striking part of the essay, which appeared in The Atlantic, Julian shows that fewer young people are having the kind of relationships that lead to sex. In 1995, 74 per...

DATE: Jan 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Shovel your hovel? Some folks flake out after storm

I know this is a yearly request, but last week’s storm demonstrated Durango’s utter cluelessness when it comes to snow, inability to drive notwithstanding. Could you please once again inform...

DATE: Dec 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Trump finally found conspiracy he doesn’t believe

WASHINGTON – So President Trump finally found a conspiracy theory he doesn’t believe. “Are you still a believer in Santa?” Trump asked an unsuspecting 7-year-old, Collman Lloyd, w...

DATE: Dec 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

Readers describe their best, worst trips of 2018

Bob Tupper’s summer vacation in Bologna, Italy, was his best trip of the year. It included a visit to the famous markets in the Quadrilatero district, touring the oldest university in the we...

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

How Coloradans scored breakthrough on hemp

In 2013, I received a call from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell asking me, as a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, to support a pilot program to allow farmers to grow hemp. Knowing ...

DATE: Dec 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the U.S. Senate

No one deserves citizenship

On what moral grounds can we deny others rights, privileges and opportunities that we did not earn ourselves?

DATE: Dec 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

We’re unable to take your call, we’re dysfunctional

WASHINGTON – Calls to the White House switchboard during this Christmas holiday are greeted by the following message: “We apologize, but due to the lapse in federal funding we are...

DATE: Dec 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

Here’s the money advice I’d leave to my grandkids

We are living in the gig economy. Many of us work part time or on projects, provide a service or own a small business. Each of these is temporary, but they shape who we are. Writing Money Sa...

DATE: Dec 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Looking for adventure? Try winter backpacking

Many outdoor enthusiasts in Southwest Colorado aren’t kept inside by cold weather. As the old adage goes: “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing.” Undoubtedly, there are fo...

DATE: Dec 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land