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Leonhardt: A summer project to nourish your political soul

Righteousness comes easily in these polarized times. We all have reasons for our opinions, and we tend to be surrounded by people who hold similar ones. The more we talk politics, the more c...

DATE: Jul 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

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 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Newlywed’s world caves in when truth comes out

DEAR ABBY: I dated the perfect man for two years. When he asked me to marry him, I had to say yes. He was kind, gentle, attentive, easygoing, full of dreams, great sense of humor, an exc...

DATE: Jul 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Finn: Mar-a-Lago, my old man and me

In early June, my dad and I stood on a Palm Beach sandbar staring at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf club and resort. My dad didn’t dress up much for the trip. He was wearing his quintesse...

DATE: Jul 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Kristof: A solution when a nation’s schools fail

BUCHANAN, Liberia – Imagine an elementary school where students show up, but teachers don’t. Where 100 students squeeze into a classroom but don’t get any books. Where teachers are sometimes...

DATE: Jul 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Aunt seeks right approach to help niece

DEAR ABBY: I am concerned about my niece. She’s 18 and a senior in high school. Her father – my younger brother – is incarcerated and has been for 13 years. Our families have been aliena...

DATE: Jul 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

James: ‘Outlaw’ horses, skinny dogs and love as a verb

Every so often, someone brings me a horse that, at no real fault of its own other than the passage of time, has gotten big and strong and is used to doing whatever it wants, whenever it want...

DATE: Jul 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Krauthammer: Collusion was incompetent, but it was very real

WASHINGTON – The Russia scandal has entered a new phase and there’s no going back. For six months, the White House claimed that this scandal was nothing more than innuendo about ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Neighbors bring drivers up to speed with signs

What’s up with the red yard signs along North College Drive? They say, “Drive Like Your Kids Live Here.” Maybe they could have other signs, such as “Drive Like a Person from Sun City, Arizon...

DATE: Jul 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Did your great fare suddenly disappear? Blame ‘dynamic pricing’

You probably know what Melanie Frazier felt like when she recently tried to book a flight from Portland, Maine, to Atlanta. She found a $257 fare – not a bad deal – but by the tim...

DATE: Jul 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Holes-in-one a family affair for Trollans

I have reported on local golf activity for more than 36 years and, if my recollection is still in tact, this is a first for my column. We know how rare a hole-in-one is, and there are some y...

DATE: Jul 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

Brodhead: Neighbors, do the right thing and cut down those trees

Row upon row of blackened trees stood in front of it, burnt trunks to the right and left. There it stood as if nothing had happened. As I looked at the scorched earth beneath my feet, it see...

DATE: Jul 15, 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.