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Online series targets real issues, such as contraception

There was an omission in my last article about the effectiveness of the media on teen pregnancy rates. Bill Ryerson, one of the world’s most effective population activists, kindly reminded m...

Save fingers: Teach dog to take treats gently

Not all dogs are born with a “soft mouth.” Breeds like the golden retriever or cocker spaniel have a genetic advantage in this area because they have been developed to pick up and carry bird...

Bluegrass band takes musical mission overseas

The media needs more watchdogs who single out positive government programs. Our federal government makes so many decisions and policies that are ridiculed, playing out like bad t...

County fair stokes memories of grandma’s roses, pickles

Way back when, perhaps as far back as the late 1970s, I remember going to the fair with my grandma. And while my memories are a bit hazy, I seem to recall her taking me to see two things: he...

Don’t let agencies break promises about new wells

Have you ever been played for a fool? Go to that place with me. Which was worse: the anger that dawned on you upon realizing you’d been had or the shame in admitting you had let i...

Clubhouse Porch

I am not a gambling man. Once, however, I did get in on an office World Series pool where you put your name in a square among hundreds of squares, and they cross reference your ...

City should rethink pot, vacation-rental rules

By Brieanne Stahnke It’s nice to go downtown to forget all your troubles and forget all your cares. There’s music, shopping and fun downtown. It’s where all the lights are bright....

Knowledge put to test to benefit arts center

It wasn’t the “What did you know? And when did you know it?” kind of grilling but the fine points of geography, literature, sports and history that were involved in Super Ted’s Super Trivia ...

Warning: Don’t make the same mistakes I did

Alaina Tweddale, of the personal finance website Wise Bread, recently interviewed me about how my wife, Cheri, and I paid off $165,000 in debt and saved $20,000 in just 15 months. ...

Voyeurism and deceit dominate ‘The Stone Boy’

Some of the European press have mentioned Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 “Rear Window” when effusing about Sophie Loubière’s new book, The Stone Boy. It’s a simplistic comment but not a bad insinua...

Bringing the past into the present

Durangoan returning to help native Nepalese village

Drive is on for park that seems to be stuck in neutral

Memorial Park looks more and more like a war zone. Four blocks of good, lush, green grass are dead. Big piles of dirt, equipment and tattered orange fences make it impossible to walk through...