Columnists - The Durango Herald

Schultz: Those who believe others are not really human

Before I started attending Kent State in the fall of 1975, I was a kid living in small-town Ashtabula, Ohio, on the northern edge of a county by the same name, which had lost 26 servicemen i...

DATE: Sep 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Wife can’t get over past affair

DEAR ABBY: About 12 years ago, I made a terrible mistake and had an affair. My husband loved me enough to forgive me, and our marriage has been fine ever since. The problem i...

DATE: Sep 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Friedman: Folks, we’re home alone

Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson wrote a famous memoir, “Present at the Creation,” about the birth of the post-World War II order — an order whose institutions produced six decades of ...

DATE: Sep 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Gerson: Wielding both ignorance and malice, Trump further divides the country

WASHINGTON – It is often difficult to determine if Donald Trump’s offenses against national unity and presidential dignity are motivated by ignorance or malice. His current crusade against s...

DATE: Sep 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Mother regrets allowing abuse

DEAR ABBY: I got pregnant very young and married the father. It was in the 1960s and things were different then. I didn’t realize my husband simply did not like children. I attributed it...

DATE: Sep 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Brooks: Sam Francis predicted the coming war on business

The only time I saw Sam Francis face-to-face – in the Washington Times cafeteria sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s – I thought he was a crank, but it’s clear now that he was at that ...

DATE: Sep 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Man is not father after 8 months

DEAR ABBY: My son and his live-in girlfriend were expecting a baby. My daughter planned the shower, and it was a wonderful eight months of excitement. I was included in the ultrasounds a...

DATE: Sep 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Krugman: Trapped by their own lies

On Saturday, pretty much the entire medical sector — groups representing doctors, hospitals, and insurers – released an extraordinary open letter condemning the Graham-Cassidy health bill. T...

DATE: Sep 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Dionne, Mann, Ornstein: How Trump is helping to save our democracy

We say this even though we believe that Trump poses a genuine danger to our republican institutions and has done enormous damage to our country. He has violated political norms, weakened our...

DATE: Sep 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Alcoholic gets sober after wife leaves

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 17 years to the love of my life. I met her 40 years ago while we were growing up in the same neighborhood. Last year she decided our marriage was over....

DATE: Sep 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Roy: FLC - Division II school has Division III facilities

Whalen Gymnasium sits on the north side of the Fort Lewis College campus and has done so since it was built in 1971. Whalen has been a staple on the historic campus since its con...

DATE: Sep 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Son is too personal while online dating

DEAR ABBY: My 40-year-old son signed up with an online dating site. He has a 17-year-old son and has never been married. During his initial contact with one woman, she mentioned she had ...

DATE: Sep 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

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.