Columnists - The Durango Herald

GOP leaders never really cared about deficits

Lehman Bros. failed 10 years ago. The U.S. economy was already in a recession, but Lehman’s fall and the chaos that followed sent it off a cliff: Six and a half million jobs would be lost du...

DATE: Sep 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Paul Krugman

Are consumers tired of gratuitous gratuities?

Tipping is a hot topic again, thanks to a controversial ballot measure raising the minimum wage for restaurant workers in Washington, D.C., and recent social-media campaigns, such as the #ti...

DATE: Sep 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

We need the Antiquities Act Established in 1906, the act is by no means obsolete

Representative Scott Tipton believes that the Antiquities Act of 1906 is obsolete. In July, I sent him a request to sign on as a co-sponsor to a bill, S.2354, the Antiquities Act...

DATE: Sep 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Simple strategies to save for your next vacation

My partner, Cheri, texted me a page from a Life Hack daily calendar with the premise that if Americans weren’t too lazy to cook, we could afford plane tickets to exotic travel destinations. ...

DATE: Sep 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Fires and droughts should set off alarm bells

Our beloved Animas River has taken a shellacking the past few years, the most recent insults a combination of record low flows and wildfire induced mudslides. The Animas might be the blaring...

DATE: Sep 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Durango School District committed to supporting students who face challenges

Last month, I shared information on our continued Personalized Competency Based Learning work, which is designed to ensure every student in the district gains the same benefit of being well-...

DATE: Sep 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Durango School News

Bicycles and automobiles or is it automobiles and bicycles?

Colorado is a bicycling state, so you either ride a bicycle or at least see bicycles often. You’ll see the casual riders, weekend riders, bike-to-work riders, and there are also...

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Single mom’s frustrations, pain boil to the surface

DEAR ABBY: About 20 months ago, after I found out I was pregnant, I was abandoned by the father of my child. My mother had passed away a month before. So I was grieving, shocked to disco...

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Triumphant return of Tri the Rim triathlon

From 1988-2014, the Fort Lewis College Department of Housing organized the “Tri the Rim” triathlon each year in April. The event quickly became a popular initiation into triathlon season, an...

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: On the Run

Rankin: Our schools are moving in the right direction

School is underway, and a highlight of the August State Board of Education meeting was to review students’ achievement measures from last year and to assess how teachers might proceed to mov...

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Joyce Rankin

Iran’s gambit in Syria can still be stopped by U.S.

The Trump administration has made clear that its top priority in the Middle East is to thwart Iran’s nuclear and regional ambitions. So why is it so reluctant to lift a finger against Tehran...

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Grandparent feels family slowly drifting apart

DEAR ABBY: Two years ago, my son and his family moved a couple of hours away. He’s my only child. I know he’s busy with his wife, two children and his job, but I would like to hear from ...

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby