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No snow? Why not try ice skating in the high country?

As I write this in Durango on Dec. 14, it is so dry that the light breeze blows dust along the blue sky. The extended weather forecast does not call for any precipitation. Where ...

DATE: Dec 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Gerson: A healthy Republican party can only be built on the ruins of this one

WASHINGTON – I find myself wandering in an unfamiliar place. As a pro-life conservative, I am honestly happy – no, positively elated – that pro-choice Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama’s Senat...

DATE: Dec 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Mental illness worries father

DEAR ABBY: I have a 14-year-old daughter I raised alone. Her father has never been in her life, nor has he been in the lives of his other children with other women. He has a long history...

DATE: Dec 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

How to say goodbye with style

DAC stages a theatrical farewell

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Being decisive has its drawbacks

Recently a friend sent me a link to an episode of John Lienhard’s radio program “Engines of Our Ingenuity” on which he addressed the topic of decisiveness. While Lienhard is an engineer, his...

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

On social media, speculation can run wild; seek trusted sources of information

The digital age and the addition of so many social media channels has created a significant challenge in effectively communicating with our stakeholders. Our focus, historically...

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Durango School News

Friedman: Alabama says no to Trump’s tribalism

There are so many things I could say right now after watching Doug Jones defeat Roy Moore in the Senate race in Alabama, but for me it comes down to just two words: “Thank you.” T...

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Littwin: Will somebody please tell Cory Gardner that Republicans lost in Alabama?

Excuse me if I take the local angle on the huge national story, in which Democrat Doug Jones shocked the political world by getting himself elected in, of all places, Alabama. But...

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Mike Littwin

Christmas babies share stories

DEAR ABBY: This letter is in response to “Blessed in New York” (Aug. 4), the mom who gave birth to her precious daughter on Christmas Day and wondered if maybe she should have timed her ...

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Gangloff: Trump and Zinke, a pair of fact-free ‘Bad Santas’

President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke came to the West last week like “Bad Santas” bearing a sack of coal for residents of Utah and Colorado. They came to annou...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Wife uneasy of ‘business partner’

DEAR ABBY: My husband met a gal 33 years younger than he is at a doctor’s office. It seems they “became close,” so they went off and bought real estate together in another state. They sp...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Maintain – don’t gain – this season

What does your social calendar look like this holiday season? Over the next three weeks, is your social calendar packed full of dinners, cocktail parties and office socials? ...

DATE: Dec 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

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