Columnists - The Durango Herald

Harrop: Michael Moore and the Democrats’ burden

Michael Moore’s one-man show on Broadway is at times hilarious, at times tedious. While theater critics found “The Terms of My Surrender” greatly wanting, the liberal audiences seemed gratef...

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Parkinson’s patient uneasy about diagnosis

SHARING NEWS OF DIAGNOSIS IS DIFFICULT FOR PARKINSON’S PATIENT DEAR ABBY: I’m an active, 60-something wife, mother and grandmother who was recently diagnosed with early stage Parkin...

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

September brings exhibits, shows to Fort Lewis College

September is an exciting month: Students are filling the halls, the leaves are starting to turn and the cultural arts engine at Fort Lewis College is revving up for a semester full of music,...

DATE: Aug 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: View from the Fort

Dearth of fruit derails Apple Days, but you can donate excess produce for the needy

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your...

DATE: Aug 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Get Growing

Friedman: Many shades of the U.S. at war

I’m just back from visiting all of our key air bases in Iraq, Afghanistan and along the Persian Gulf, and I find myself wrestling with two stark contrasts: the contrast between what is happe...

DATE: Aug 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Bruni: America’s worst (and best) places to be gay

All my life I’ve loved Texas: those big skies, big steaks and big attitudes. I’m there several times a year. But Texas doesn’t love me back. Certainly its lawmakers don’t, and lat...

DATE: Aug 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Mom wants to trust recovering addict ex

DEAR ABBY: My ex is a recovering drug addict. We have a two-year-old son together. I realized he was using drugs when I was seven months pregnant and all our money was gone. ...

DATE: Aug 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Collins: Time is right for bipartisan bail system reform

One of my fond childhood memories is going to the amusement park in Cincinnati on Republican Day. My grandfather, who was a bail bondsman, organized the outings so I could ride on the rides ...

DATE: Aug 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Son wants family to know transgender fiancée

DEAR ABBY: I moved to the Philippines five years ago. While I was there I met “Emma.” After a few months, I realized I was in love with her, and last year we became engaged. I took her t...

DATE: Aug 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Douthat: Our house divided

Summertime, sweltering and stressful, makes our cold civil war feel hot. The madness and violence of last year crested in the summer, with the shootings of cops in Dallas and Baton Rouge. No...

DATE: Aug 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Keillor: Never been here before

Anxious times in America. There was a news story a few weeks back, “Interrupted Sleep May Lead To Alzheimer’s,” and next to it, a wine review with the line “vivacious and well balanced, with...

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

Readers react to usher’s ‘proposals’

DEAR ABBY: Regarding the letter from “Dumbstruck in the East” on April 22, whose nine-year-old daughter has been getting “proposals of marriage” from a church usher in his 70s. An old ma...

DATE: Aug 29, 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.