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Do not take our unique oasis for granted

Recently, while I was walking down my street, I met a lady from New Hampshire. This athletic senior and her husband drove across country to ride in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic. ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

PERA reform

State’s pension plan is getting worse, and teachers are suffering the most

DATE: Jun 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Chain pharmacy pricing: a tough pill to swallow

If Wal-Mart tried charging five times more than local grocers for bread, milk and bananas, its customers would promptly start buying locally. Yet a new report from the Consumers Union shows ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Your Greyhound bus is late – what can you do about it?

Jason Levitis emailed me recently from Greyhound bus No. 2559 from New York to Washington, which was supposed to arrive at 11 p.m. The problem? It was 12:25 a.m. and the motor coach was crui...

DATE: Jun 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Others’ expectations stand in the way of people with disabilities

On Tuesday, the Durango community hosted a fun, informational, free event that you probably missed. For the past two years, San Juan Board of Cooperative Education Services has ex...

DATE: Jun 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Harrop: Immigration policy both nasty and ineffectual

President Trump’s sound and fury on immigration has delivered close to nothing. Trump never lets up, thundering against “illegal aliens” as a criminal class while pushing his enforcers to tr...

DATE: Jun 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Woman wants to end friendship

DEAR ABBY: I have a friend who brags nonstop about her boyfriend, her job, her new car, etc. She only comes out of the woodwork every so often to text me things like, “Roy just got a $13...

DATE: Jun 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Don’t let fear of carbohydrates cut into vegetable consumption

It is the season for corn, fresh vegetables and wonderful fruits. When I hear someone say, “Corn isn’t a vegetable! It’s all starch, I don’t eat it” or “I don’t eat anything white – it’s bad...

DATE: Jun 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Thiessen: Shame on Google for treating U.S. military as evil

WASHINGTON — Giving in to pressure from its workforce, Google recently announced that it is pulling out of Project Maven, a groundbreaking Pentagon program to harness artificial intelligence...

DATE: Jun 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Marc Thiessen

Widow gets emotional over fake flower

DEAR ABBY: My brother-in-law died a month ago and was cremated by the local affiliate of a prominent funeral home. To make it easier for my sister, I accompanied her to the mortuary to p...

DATE: Jun 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Milbank: Bill Clinton sowed the seeds for Donald Trump

WASHINGTON – We didn’t know it at the time, of course. But in Bill Clinton were the seeds of Donald Trump. With 20 years of hindsight, it is clear. To see the former p...

DATE: Jun 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

Blow: Trump leading Republican Party to ruin

In one way, Donald Trump’s presidency has been a raging success: He stole a political party. Among most of the people who we used to call Republicans, among the people who like Tr...

DATE: Jun 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns