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David Brooks: Can elephants learn from failure?

The Republican health care bill failed because it was a bad bill that had almost no authentic public support. It took benefits away from tens of millions of vulnerable people to give tax bre...

Donald, this I will tell you

We’ve known each other a long time, so I think I can be blunt. You know how you said at campaign rallies that you did not like being identified as a politician? Don’t w...

Residents enjoy spring birthdays and anniversaries

By Ann Butler Neighbors columnist It’s winter in the mountains and spring down below for the birthdays of: Samuel Brown, Virginia Rohr, Shirley Drover, Mary ...

Did a foreign power collude with a presidential campaign?

The greatest political scandal in U.S. history was not Aaron Burr’s shooting of Alexander Hamilton, and perhaps wasn’t even Watergate. Rather it may have been Richard Nixon’s secret efforts ...

The federal budget is a massive national slush fund

WASHINGTON – There was bound to be a political commotion when the Trump administration released its 2018 budget. After all, it isn’t every day that the White House proposes deep cuts in agen...

Music in the Mountains offers fun fundraisers

By Ann Butler Neighbors columnist I know spring just started, but summer will be here before you know it. And one of the highlights of summer is Music in the Mountains....

When is it time to replace the city’s asphalt?

With all this talk of repeal and replace, at what point does the city decide to replace asphalt rather than repair with streaks of tar in the pattern of an Afghan? See my attached photo of t...

Leadership La Plata ponders health and human services

By Ann Butler Neighbors Columnist The March session of Leadership La Plata addressed the sector of health and human services. In a class designed by Rachel B...

Our poop-prone PUPS AND US

When I’m 90, I’ll probably still be haunted by memories of bins overflowing with the remnants of hiking snacks and thinly wrapped dog turds, left to bake for a week in small plastic bags. ...

Schools, horses, camels and coal

The first day of spring has arrived and the legislative session is more than halfway over. This week, we had our first late night of debate on the Senate floor. We have already had some late...

Be careful when walking at night downtown

This month’s column has almost nothing to do with human population. It details an event that was life-changing for me, and could have been life-ending. However, getting bumped off by a carel...

How to tip the airline scales in your favor

Airport luggage scales lie. It’s not an uncommon allegation. And sometimes, it’s actually true. Ticket counter weights in Phoenix, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Seattle have been f...