Columnists

A practical approach to dating?

First: I am not looking for a ready-made family. Second: I’m not in a position to analyze her last relationship,…

Serving Veterans

Take time in the new year to review your benefits

Disability benefits: These are called compensation benefits if you are at least 10 percent disabled because of your military service.…

Shelf Life

Together, we can keep our communities resilient

Walchakdu1-i-syn Many physical bookstores, like Borders, have already succumbed to Amazon. Many people prefer electronic books instead of paper books.…

From the Extension Office

I’m preparing to begin a new chapter in my life: Retirement

Feb. 2 will be my last day employed by Colorado State University as family and consumer science extension agent in…

Flies & Lies

It’s a new year … now what?

We don’t have world peace, hunger is still around, happy political parties are still a fiction, I think Denver fell…

From the Mayor

Our Durango will capture your heart

We all may have had difficult days, and now let’s look forward to healthier and happy times. Is your cup…

David Brooks

It’s the year of the wolf – and not in any good way

On his deathbed, Pavel tells the story of how they came to emigrate there. Many years before, back in Russia,…

January 3, 2019

The Travel Troubleshooter

Man refuses to talk about marriages

My husband loves to tell stories about everything he’s ever done, but he never says a word about those earlier…

January 1, 2019

David Brooks

Awards for long-form ideas journalism, continued

In one striking part of the essay, which appeared in The Atlantic, Julian shows that fewer young people are having…

January 1, 2019

Action Line

Shovel your hovel? Some folks flake out after storm

Action Line was wondering when a Gentle Reader would inquire about neighbors getting a handle on shovels. Apparently, it takes…

December 31, 2018

Dana Milbank

Trump finally found conspiracy he doesn’t believe

“Are you still a believer in Santa?” Trump asked an unsuspecting 7-year-old, Collman Lloyd, when she called in to the…

December 31, 2018

Readers describe their best, worst trips of 2018

Lots of beer. Tupper, who writes guidebooks with his wife, Elaine, says their visit to “la Dotta” was among their…

December 30, 2018

From the U.S. Senate

How Coloradans scored breakthrough on hemp

Over the next four years, Colorado’s hemp industry boomed. From 2014 to 2018, our hemp cultivation increased six-fold. As the…

Guest Columns

No one deserves citizenship

On what moral grounds can we deny others rights, privileges and opportunities that we did not earn ourselves?

Dana Milbank

We’re unable to take your call, we’re dysfunctional

“We apologize, but due to the lapse in federal funding we are unable to take your call. Once funding has…

Money Savvy

Here’s the money advice I’d leave to my grandkids

It has been one of my gigs since November 2009. After more than 100 columns, today is the final one…

Stewards of the Land

Looking for adventure? Try winter backpacking

Winter backpacking can add a little adventure to the colder months.Courtesy of MK Gunn Aside from the right clothing, all…

Husband takes expenses to extremes

It bothers me that if we’re on a family excursion, and he’s driving my minivan and we get low on…

Creating Community

There are many ways to give back to the place you call home

Often, people thank me for the work I do for the good of the community, but I cannot help but…

Guest Columns

Trump is bad for Israel – and the entire Mideast

These past few weeks haven’t exactly validated your faith in the man, have they? You can track the performance of…

Unromantic man irks his girlfriend

I always have to take the initiative and suggest he do romantic things like send me cards or flowers, take…