Columnists - The Durango Herald

Drain Lake Powell to gain water supply security

Recently a Denver Post front page story warned of water shortages and climate change facing the Colorado River, which supplies water to much of Colorado and its 5.6 million residents. Other ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Afghanistan shows security cost in hostile world

WASHINGTON – The Afghan War – really, the war against terrorists and their allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan – has elements of a Greek tragedy. It was unavoidable, but seemingly unwinnable....

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Michael Gerson

This presidency itself is a very rogue operation

WASHINGTON – Adel al-Jubeir, the Washington playboy cum Saudi foreign minister, on Sunday finally delivered the phrase we’ve all been expecting: They were rogue operators. “This w...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

Cleaner takes stab at interior design

DEAR ABBY: I am wondering if anyone else has ever asked about this. I have had the same cleaning woman for three years. She does an excellent job and works hard. I got her the last six o...

DATE: Oct 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Wife’s close friend gets too close for husband’s comfort

DEAR ABBY: My wife, “Grace,” and I have been happily married for 48 years. We’re retired and enjoy an active sex life. Grace has a female friend, “Ricky,” we have known more than 45 year...

DATE: Oct 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

What Khashoggi’s deaths says about America

NEW YORK – The apparent murder of Jamal Khashoggi tells us something important about Saudi Arabia. But it also tells us something important about America. First, Saudi Arabia. As ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Fareed Zakaria

Durango is an enchanting place for television

Another election year and again local citizens are well informed on the candidates running for New Mexico offices. How long are we going to tolerate no Colorado news on the free TV channels?...

DATE: Oct 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

You’ll never believe what passengers steal from planes

What do passengers steal from planes? Anything that isn’t bolted down. Among the items snatched from commercial flights: coffee mugs, cutlery, blankets and life jackets. ...

DATE: Oct 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Liberalism pierces its tongue again and again

Michael Kelly, the legendary journalist who died covering the invasion of Iraq in 2003, once wrote that the “animating impulse” of modern liberalism was to “marginalize itself and then enjoy...

DATE: Oct 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Energy dominance comes to national forests

The Trump administration unabashedly promotes energy dominance above all else on America’s public lands. But even knowing that, it’s hard not to be astonished by the latest onslaught to prio...

DATE: Oct 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Immigration problems and possibilities

Americans realize that immigration is an important issue. The nation’s security, economic strength, demographics, global competitiveness and much more are all influenced by U.S. immigration ...

DATE: Oct 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Move along to where? Durango must look to other cities for ways to answer the question

I read with great dismay in the Herald about the Durango City Council’s decision to close the temporary campsite for the homeless without providing a new one. Where are these folks supposed ...

DATE: Oct 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns