Columnists - The Durango Herald

Dad wants appreciation for helping pay bills

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married just over a year. It’s the second marriage for both of us. Since our wedding, my father-in-law continually “reminds” us that he helped my wife ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Wife with sketchy memory depends on husband

DEAR ABBY: When my wife was 17 (she’s now 54), she was in a car accident. She and her three friends were high and drunk. She suffered two skull fractures, which have affected her memory....

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Mistress still mourns years after man’s death

DEAR ABBY: I don’t know what to do. I was having an affair with the most wonderful (married) man. I’m sure that he and I were the only ones who knew. He passed away unexpectedly a few ye...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Man ready to shop for new ‘latte’ source

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married for 17 years. For the first 16 years, my wife would make me lattes without being asked. Last year, she announced she would no longer make any m...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Friedman: Self-driving people, enabled by Airbnb

Roughly a decade ago two new “platform” companies burst out of California. The one that dominated the headlines was called Uber, which created a platform where with one touch of your phone y...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Stromberg: Trump insults everything the Boy Scouts stand for

I don’t blame the Boy Scouts of America for inviting President Donald Trump to speak at the National Scout Jamboree. But I would blame the BSA’s leaders if they ever invited him back. ...

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

Samuelson: How health care controls us more than we control it

WASHINGTON – If we learned anything from the bitter debate over the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) – which seems doubtful – it is that we cannot discuss health care in a way that is at once...

DATE: Jul 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Krauthammer: What to do for little Charlie Gard

WASHINGTON – One cannot imagine a more wrenching moral dilemma than the case of little Charlie Gard. He is a beautiful 11-month-old boy with an incurable genetic disease. It depl...

DATE: Jul 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Traversing north Main makes pedestrians quite cross

I was waiting to cross at the 19th Street and Main Avenue crosswalk. One driver stopped. I waved him on because there was too much traffic. Instead, he said, “Step out – make those other car...

DATE: Jul 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Aspiring to travel the world? Read this first

Nothing changes you like travel does. I know, because after 26 years of suburban stability, I recently sold my house, pulled up my stakes and hit the road. I’m a different person ...

DATE: Jul 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Rosenberg: It is time to end secrecy around private prisons

In May, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Those prisoners will have to be incarcerated somewhere, which is perhaps the reason for the attorney general’s February memo reversing an O...

DATE: Jul 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Egan: The last best empty place in America

At dawn, the woodpeckers start in, hammering heads against tree trunks, and you wonder if there’s a better way for a bird to make a living. Oh, the avian migraines. Twilight lingers till nea...

DATE: Jul 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

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.