Columnists

Daughter disturbed by noisy intimacy

My dilemma: I am smitten, to say the least, with an attractive, supportive and very loving man. I have invited…

July 10, 2019

From the Extension Office

White House has point about excessive regulation

This is not because anyone is hiding it. The real reason is more mundane: Deregulation is obscure, because it’s genuinely…

July 9, 2019

A wet, cool year isn’t all good news for gardens

But really, as gardeners, or farmers, or landowners, so much of our success is based on if Mother Nature is…

Coroner's Report

Working alone can leave one blind to possibilities

Most forensic pathologists view solo practice as undesirable for a variety of personal, financial and professional reasons. Only a small…

‘Cancel culture’ of left is a lot like Trump’s politics

Our conversations, always on background, were exceptionally candid. He almost surely sought me out because my pro-Israel stance represented, in…

Mike Littwin

Hickenlooper, not own best messenger, stumbles

A source close to the campaign has confirmed to me that the Politico story is accurate. The source also said…

Action Line

State’s left-lane drivers are never in the right

Windshield decals offer not-so-subtle message that clueless left-lane squatters must travel in the right lane.Courtesy of LeftLaneDrivers.org Since when does…

Remembering baby an annual ritual

My daughter, Evelyn, was born at 21 weeks gestation and died at birth. She would turn 7 this fall. I…

Frank Bruni

Oh, to be Ivanka and go on all these adventures!

Only Ivanka has keepsakes from the Demilitarized Zone. It must have been wild, finding herself next to an egomaniacal autocrat…

July 7, 2019

What's Up Downtown

San Juan Brewfest turns 21

The Brewfest started at Purgatory in 1999. In 2008, Purgatory moved the event to Downtown Durango. Purgatory chose United Way…

July 6, 2019

Robert Samuelson

Dem candidates more like students than leaders

All seemed articulate and intelligent. All had a good grasp of the classroom material – in this case, the programs…

July 6, 2019

Authentic Aging

The uncertainty in our lives

They’ve been prodded and poked, had all the X-rays, MRIs and ultrasounds, gone through other tests and lab work and…

July 6, 2019

Woman hesitates in new relationship

Lately, I have been tempted to cheat. That sounds awful, I know, but for some reason, I feel it’s my…

July 5, 2019

Downtown Lowdown

FY5 brings Americana to music festival

Liggettdu1-i-syn Look beyond the most common aspect of Music in the Mountains. Up front and on paper it’s a music…

July 4, 2019

How not to live liberal values in an illiberal age

We were discussing a Harvard law professor, Ronald Sullivan. He had been pushed out of his secondary job as head…

July 4, 2019

Can President Trump beat the economy in 2020?

The current economic expansion has become the longest in U.S. history. Previously, the record was the decade from March 1991…

July 4, 2019

Healing Nutrition

Enjoying a healthier barbecue

Grilling is a great way to enjoy the outdoors with your friends and family over this holiday weekend. Meats, veggies…

July 3, 2019

Joe Biden doesn’t look so electable in person

It was just a couple of weeks after he’d reversed his longtime support for the Hyde Amendment, which bans federal…

July 2, 2019

Tear up the economics textbooks and start over!

But the 61-year-old’s authority does not stem from advancing an arcane scholarly finding. Mankiw’s power derives from his position as…

July 1, 2019

Action Line

Shrubbery-free paths are the city’s holy grail

Some people are so busy living “The Durango Lifestyle” that they forget that Durango doesn’t allow “The Durango Lifestyle” to…

July 1, 2019

Man tired of dating ready to quit

I’m a very open, understanding guy. I believe communication is key to success in any relationship, and that together, there…

July 1, 2019