Columnists - The Durango Herald

Sovereignty or profit, it’s ‘complicated’

This past February I went to the Southern Ute reservation to attend a joint staff meeting. I had been Durango’s attorney for nine months. The tribe’s attorney sitting across from me stayed l...

DATE: May 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Cicero on politics: ‘Soon now cycle will begin to turn’

America is poised in 2024 to stain the history of the democratic republic our ancestors made considerable sacrifices to create. Both of our august political parties are promoting the candida...

DATE: May 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Biden searching for vaccine that would keep RFK Jr. off as many presidential ballots as possible

In case you missed it, the anti-vaxxer, conspiracy-theorist scion of the totally embarrassed Kennedy family was in Colorado recently to launch his bid to appear on the Colorado ballot for pr...

DATE: May 25, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

A game of chicken over Colorado property taxes

There are smart ways to figure out tax policy, and there are dumb ways. Colorado seems to be trying to find the worst way. Several factors in recent years resulted in spiking property taxes....

DATE: May 25, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Which collar or harness is right for your dog?

Choosing the right collar or harness for your dog can be challenging. There are dozens of options available, but which is right for you and your dog? Prong collars are metal collars with sti...

DATE: May 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

BLM’s Public Lands Rule – A win for the American West and Colorado

April marked a historic paradigm shift for the Bureau of Land Management with the enactment of the Public Lands Rule. The rule ensures the BLM’s multiple-use mission balances conservation, c...

DATE: May 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Friendship’s decline doesn’t stop cash ask

DEAR ABBY: My friend “Gene” and I have been friends since elementary school. We're now in our 50s. We were inseparable best friends all those years. When we were about 30, I started noticing...

DATE: May 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

The Sadies return to Durango

Canadian surf and garage rock, cosmic-country and punk band The Sadies made their Durango concert debut on Nov. 5, 2013. That night, music lovers of Durango were treated to a solid blast of ...

DATE: May 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

‘Voting just the beginning of responsibility in a democracy’

Democracy is defined as that system of government where as many people as possible are enfranchised (empowered) to participate in all the civil rights society has to offer, including voting ...

DATE: May 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Wife worries about grieving man

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 42 years. Three months ago, I started seeing changes in my husband’s behavior. He had lost two good friends within two months, so I attributed it to that. ...

DATE: May 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

This week’s question comes from the trenches

Dear Action Line: When are the city’s contractors going to fully repave the parts of the street where they cut into the concrete with that massive saw blade earlier this spring? As I car...

DATE: May 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Wildlife quid-pro-quo: ‘Something to still think about’

The wildlife quid-pro-quo. It was a proposition advocated more than a half century ago by Willard D. Klimstra, then director of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Cooperative Wildlife...

DATE: May 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns