Ad

Looking at crises beyond reality TV’s ‘Duck Dynasty’

WASHINGTON – I’m just back from a week out of the country, and it appears I missed some major happenings. Political news sites report a significant development in the Pajama Boy c...

Science, humanities mixed together makes for good reading

The highly prestigious Sidney Awards go out to some of the best magazine essays of the year. This year, many of these essays probed the intersection between science and the humanities. ...

Durango Reading Club goes social for holidays

For most of the year, socializing takes a back seat to learning for the Reading Club of Durango. But three times a year, members have a chance to catch up on news, share travel s...

Even friends won’t tell you about bad breath

Welder’s burns, arc burns, flash burns and snow blindness result from direct exposure of the eye’s cornea to ultraviolet light. There is a tendency for those with welder’s burns ...

Mercurial approach to news may be quite cosmic

What’s the deal with all these “Mercury” headlines? First, there was the guy spilling actual mercury all over. Second, the wonderful Katz family – of Mercury – gives tons of cash to 9-R and ...

What can you do when an airline offends you?

Nothing could have prepared Jeff White for the shock he got after printing his boarding pass for a recent Delta Air Lines flight from Pensacola, Fla., to Albany, N.Y., by way of Atlanta. Rig...

Freedom across the Americas

Defending freedom of expression, defending democracy

Private water rights still at risk for ski areas, others

With great foresight, the founders of this nation endeavored to protect private property from the federal government. In the West, we know that this protection extends to privately held wate...

Remembering 2013

Saying goodbye to an eventful year that nonetheless sets the stage for better times

N.C. band Toubab Krewe finds inspiration from West Africa

American music festivals have their share of First World problems. Beer sponsors that aren’t PBR; idiots who hold their phones up so their friends on the other end can hear a muff...

Mother Nature can deliver challenges, glory

It’s the day after Christmas. My belly is full of my mother’s baked goodies – date-nut bars, fudge bars, caramel corn and pecan tossies. My legs are sore from skiing. We have a living room f...

What to tell our kids about our warming world?

“Words are also seeds, and when dropped into the invisible spiritual substance, they bring forth after their kind.” – Charles Fillmore, American theologian “What kind ...