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Only the truth can save us now. Let’s try to find it.

The day before Thursday’s endless, grueling, moving, infuriating hearings, which mostly provided an exhibit in the case for the dissolution of our Senate, I argued that we would all probably...

DATE: Sep 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Low sperm: A concern?

A solution has been found for overpopulation! Unfortunately, this is not a reason for celebration. This essay is another in my all-too-long series of bad ways to control populatio...

DATE: Sep 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Plenty of sideshows at the Brett Kavanaugh circus

WASHINGTON – If the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process has revealed anything, it is that there’s an antidote for disaffection toward Republicans: Give Democrats the upper hand for about fi...

DATE: Sep 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Kathleen Parker

The Supreme Court is coming apart at the seams

The Supreme Court is an unusual institution because it somehow manages to be both majestic and intimate. The court is housed in a marble temple with soaring columns, and it has ma...

DATE: Sep 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Leonhardt

America needs to hear from Christine Blasey Ford

In amoral political terms, Senate Republicans have been skillful in handling Christine Blasey’s Ford’s allegations that the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when ...

DATE: Sep 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Annual festival’s artsy typeface can lead cats astray

My husband saw the printed program in the paper and wondered aloud about the “Durango Autumn Cats Festival.” The word “Arts” was spelled with flourishing letters, making it look like “Cats.”...

DATE: Sep 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Man afraid to be alone starts affairs with married women

DEAR ABBY: My son has taken it upon himself to get romantically involved with two different married women. He’s newly divorced after a long marriage and hates the idea of being alone. He...

DATE: Sep 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

This amputee showed us how to win

When he was 4 years old, his mother found him in the kitchen with a knife. He was summoning the nerve to slice off his own fingers. This wasn’t because he was crazy but because h...

DATE: Sep 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni

Your rental car is damaged. Now what?

When it comes to rental-car damage, you wouldn’t believe what I hear. They’re true stories with unhappy endings, for the most part. Mark DiBello’s experience stands out. As a youn...

DATE: Sep 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Get used to the new normal: The West is burning

California’s apocalyptic fires are a side effect of modern life – megafires, firenados, constantly drifting smoke. The words seem to come straight out of the latest apocalyptic superhero fli...

DATE: Sep 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Writers on the Range

Let’s make conference & events center a reality

I last wrote about an arts, conferences and events center in October 2017, nearly a year ago. A group has been meeting for nearly 18 months to create a plan for this type of facility for Dur...

DATE: Sep 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Emotions are nothing to be afraid of

We arrive at our farm-stay by late afternoon. We’re going to stay on a farm, we’ve told the kids with the kind of enthusiasm that works on toddlers, or like we’re impersonating telemarketers...

DATE: Sep 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood