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Douthat: Why not Mike Pence?

A few days ago, which is to say an eternity in our Trump-dilated time, there was a story on NPR about anxious evangelicals’ seeking a meeting with the president. The subject of th...

DATE: Apr 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Teen struggles with alcoholic mom

DEAR ABBY: My mom is a recovering alcoholic. Her alcoholism has caused emotional distress and damaged our relationship to the point that I am aloof and terse toward her. She’...

DATE: Apr 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Brooks: The failures of anti-Trumpism

WACO, Texas – Over the past year, those of us in the anti-Trump camp have churned out billions of words critiquing the president. The point of this work is to expose the harm Pre...

DATE: Apr 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Son’s cross-dressing startles mom

DEAR ABBY: My son’s girlfriend confided to me that my son, age 35, is cross-dressing. I knew his life was in flux and that his appearance had changed, but it stunned me. He hasn’t mentio...

DATE: Apr 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Kristof: Choosing animals over people

BAYANGA, Central African Republic — The cutest primates on earth may be Inguka and Inganda, gorilla toddler twins who playfully tumble over each other here in the vast Dzanga Sangha rain for...

DATE: Apr 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Samuelson: Children versus grandparents

WASHINGTON – To those paying attention, the recent strikes for higher teachers’ pay in West Virginia and Oklahoma are a harbinger of things to come. You can attribute the strikes to the stin...

DATE: Apr 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Tingey: Reauthorize the lottery, continue funding our way of life

Colorado’s public lands have enormous influence on our state’s culture and economy, and the state’s place of adventure is also why I’m proud the business my husband and I own, Alpacka Raft, ...

DATE: Apr 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Couple splits after acting class

DEAR ABBY: When I was 70, I started taking drama classes twice a week (I still do). My wife was against it and insisted that because none of our friends or relatives were doing it, neith...

DATE: Apr 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

A broken system forces forensic pathologist to resign

In December, Dr. Bennet Omalu, the forensic pathologist who first described concussion-related brain damage in professional football players, resigned his position as forensic pathologist fo...

DATE: Apr 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

County sets it straight with leaning flagpole

What’s with the listing flagpole at the La Plata County Administration Building at East Second Avenue and 11th Street? The flagpole has been that way since the building opened. Does it imply...

DATE: Apr 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Harrop: Nature’s great bird migration under threat by you-know-who

You could call it the Nebraska bird eclipse. At the first dart of morning light, so many sandhill cranes take off from the banks along the Platte River they darken the sky. This primeval spe...

DATE: Apr 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Each landscape presents its own demands to gardeners

A couple of weeks ago, I traveled across the Western Slope of Colorado, giving talks to multiple Master Gardener classes about backyard vegetable production. Same talk with 270 P...

DATE: Apr 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.