Columnists

Grandma caught in middle of feud

My other children decided the hospital was overmedicating me and that most of what I was babbling was nonsense. I…

February 19, 2019

David Brooks

How the American left fell in love with elitism

Over the past 10 years, American capitalism has produced 20 million new jobs. The productive dynamism of capitalism is truly…

February 19, 2019

David Leonhardt

How words become weapons, forms of cowardice

Billionaire was a neutral word, grounded in math: Such a person could spend $10 million a year for 100 years…

February 18, 2019

Action Line

Roads could be fixed with tax on trikes, skateboards

John Phillips, left, Ken Gallegos, center, and Trent Durnen with the Durango Street Department fix potholes in the Sky Ridge…

February 18, 2019

New mom can’t let go of tragic story

The issue I’m having is I read a news story about a tiny baby who was scalded to death years…

February 18, 2019

The Travel Troubleshooter

Iran has languished in darkness for 40 long years

History hasn’t been kind to their sympathy. “The depiction of him as fanatical, reactionary and the bearer of crude prejudices…

February 17, 2019

Thinking Green

Land conservation overcomes congressional gridlock

A contentious debate about the future of wild desert canyonlands in Utah’s Emery County was resolved in a massive 662-page…

February 17, 2019

Don’t get caught in the travel chaos of spring break

The annual rite for sun worshipers, which runs from February to mid-April, isn’t just a stampede toward warmer weather. Many…

Abolish billionaires

Eliminating excessive wealth may be an ideawhose time has come for America

From the State House

Our bill will keep Colorado waters clean

It wasn’t always easy. Or pleasant. But I’d made a promise to my parents, and I begrudgingly kept it. And…

What's Up Downtown

Save the date for these events

The North Main District Clean Day will be held on May 3. This event was held for the first time…

Creating Community

ROAR coalition a way to promote connectedness, resiliency in community

Our 25- year-old prevention collaborative has recently adopted a research-based prevention framework called Communities That Care that allows us to…

Woman reluctant to reveal marriage

I am now 20, divorced and finally feel ready to move on. But how do I go about dating at…

On the Run

Green completes Coldwater Rumble 100

That all changed after she read some articles about the Western States Endurance Run and the Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run…

What is happening to the quality of life here?

There will be a public “Neighborhood Meeting” at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 at the Durango Public Library to hear…

Downtown Lowdown

The Infamous Stringdusters return to Durango

Liggettdu1-i-syn If you lived anywhere in town around the early 2000s, you could have lived next to any of the…

February 14, 2019

Fareed Zakaria

American left must find its voice on Venezuela

It must pursue a foreign policy that helps usher out the odious regime of Nicolas Maduro without triggering a backlash…

February 14, 2019

Romance trips on question of kids

When we are out together, people often stare at us. She’s very attractive and turns heads. I tell her everyone…

February 12, 2019