Columnists

‘Paws’ for thought for avoiding giving pets as gifts

At animal shelters across the country, we discourage people from adopting pets as gifts for a number of reasons. Animals…

December 14, 2018

Dear Abby

Peace Corps plan gets thumbs down

The issue? Alexa wants to quit her job and join the Peace Corps! Must we just say OK to chucking…

December 14, 2018

From the Extension Office

Work of 4-H Ambassadors team builds crucial life skills

Ambassadors team members have made a commitment to work together and share leadership roles throughout the year. We hope this…

December 14, 2018

Ross Douthat

America’s post-Christian future

Institutional Christianity has weakened drastically since the 1960s. Lots of people who once would have been lukewarm Christmas-and-Easter churchgoers now…

December 14, 2018

From the Extension Office

Don’t let our altitude foil your favorite holiday recipe

People are often frustrated to find that a recipe that works at sea level is a disaster at this altitude.…

December 14, 2018

Guest Columns

For Trump, it could be the presidency or prison

That’s no longer just my opinion, or that of Democratic activists. It is the finding of Trump’s own Justice Department.…

December 13, 2018

Healing Nutrition

Surviving the sugar this holiday season

Despite us all knowing better, the average American eats a whopping 168 pounds of sugar per year. That’s more than…

December 12, 2018

Dear Abby

Man deploys new rules in marriage

His latest rule is that I need to be covered when getting ready in the morning (“It’s not proper to…

December 11, 2018

Guest Columns

What would a presidency without humor look like?

The sharpest one, I thought, came in Alan Simpson’s splendid eulogy at Washington National Cathedral. “He never lost his sense…

December 11, 2018

Tim Egan

Bots and artificial intelligence are taking over now

The plane is a new machine, Boeing’s sleek and intelligent 737 Max 8, fitted with an advanced electronic brain. After…

December 10, 2018

Guest Columns

Making criminals out of the homeless won’t work

Homelessness is a problem. It is a complicated problem. The Homeless – seniors, adults, men and women, students, children, without…

December 10, 2018

Action Line

Predicting foul weather can be a chancy job

Here’s your Action Line forecast: Today, you’ll be alit with a little alliteration, with 100 percent chance of intermittent puns.…

December 10, 2018

Guest Columns

Conservation fund needs to be revived, saved, now

du1-i-syn So, I went to Washington, D.C. to talk to Colorado’s Congressional delegation about the significance of the places I…

December 9, 2018

The Travel Troubleshooter

Bigger fines might help airlines focus on service

The Aviation Consumer Protection Division of the Department of Transportation, which enforces federal consumer protection regulations, has issued only 16…

December 9, 2018

Guest Columns

No mystery in the failure of that city tax increase

du1-i-syn From information published in the Herald, it seems you are confused as to why your tax increase proposal failed.…

December 8, 2018

Guest Columns

Colorado deer, elk are safe for now

du1-i-syn CWD has slowly spread over the last few decades, and some hunters are worried it will decimate deer populations…

December 8, 2018

Money Savvy

To achieve your goals, you need to build habits that work

Personally, the practices I’m building are: Reading at least two chapters of personal finance books each week to keep my…

December 8, 2018

Gulliford's Travels

Mancos mapmaker chronicles John Wesley Powell’s epic 1869 journey

Our patriarch is the one-armed Maj. John Wesley Powell, who launched four wooden boats in May 1869 down the Green…

December 8, 2018

What's up in Durango Skies

Mars landing a remarkable feat of space flight

NASA’s Mars InSight lander is designed to study the interior of Mars. InSight stands for interior exploration using seismic investigations,…

December 8, 2018

Durango Nature Studies

Understanding nature is critical in this changing world

His blog, durangoweatherguy.com, is bookmarked on all my devices, and he is frequently referenced among the Durango Nature Studies’ team…

December 8, 2018

Creating Community

Festival of Trees a special annual holiday celebration

Kienedu1-i-syn There are many reasons to attend the Festival of Trees. It’s beautiful, fun, gets you into the holiday spirit…

December 7, 2018

Dear Abby

Drunk driver’s wife has warning

Wives who tolerate their husband’s refusal to stop drinking need to be aware of the economic hammer the law could…

December 7, 2018

Flies & Lies

What I want for Christmas

Since I have plenty of fly rods, and reels to match, I’m not going to ask for those, So, first…

December 7, 2018

Guest Columns

The real China challenge: managing its decline

Its economy, the magazine suggested, would soon overtake that of France or the U.K. as the world’s fifth largest. São…

December 7, 2018