Columnists

Dear Abby

Mom drags feet pursuing romance

She goes over to his place for romantic dinners, they talk on the phone at least once a day and…

December 25, 2018

Paul Krugman

America! Here is your case for practical socialism

I’m never sure what the interviewers have in mind; neither, I suspect, do they. I don’t think they’re talking about…

December 25, 2018

David Brooks

Good tidings: There’s a new center being born

I’m optimistic. I say that because there have been many moments in our history when old ideas and old arrangements…

December 24, 2018

Action Line

Yuletide doggerel unleashed as poetic license expires

The moon sits atop Durango’s Christmas tree in Buckley Park in 2017.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file Events of the past year…

December 24, 2018

Dear Abby

Mix-up causes invitation confusion

Well, when I called, she told me that our having been included on the e-vite was a mistake! She said…

December 24, 2018

La Plata Health Watch

Flu season arrives; it’s just the beginning

It’s not a visit from Scrooge. It’s not the Grinch. It’s influenza. Colorado hospitals and medical providers are starting to…

December 23, 2018

The Travel Troubleshooter

Language apps help travelers – up to a point

That’s probably not an option if you want to learn a language before your next international trip, but there are…

December 23, 2018

Guest Columns

Do not equate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism

That made her the second incoming member of Congress to publicly back BDS, after Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota Democrat who…

December 22, 2018

Population Matters

Can panel control population?

What could happen if the United Nations formed a similar organization to slow population growth? I probably don’t need to…

December 22, 2018

Guest Columns

The new farm bill is a success for every one of us

In today’s political climate, this kind of thing doesn’t happen very often but when it does, it should be newsworthy.…

December 22, 2018

Dear Abby

Quilt may bring back sad memories

She and her husband divorced, and she has since remarried. They haven’t had children, nor do they want any. They…

December 21, 2018

Guest Columns

Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism

It’s a call for the elimination of a state and all its Jewish people

December 21, 2018

Guest Columns

An antidote to idiocy in new Churchill biography

Left-wing Twitter went berserk, and Kelly felt obliged to grovel. “Did not mean to offend by quoting Churchill,” he wrote.…

December 20, 2018

Dear Abby

Sparks fail to fly for single mother

She really likes him and would love for this to work and feels conflicted because she doesn’t know how to…

December 18, 2018

Guest Columns

Shutting down government is a sham, not a game

The most recent threat to stop public services is about funding the expansion of the border wall with Mexico. But…

December 18, 2018

Guest Columns

Now’s the time for action to restore national parks

Important legislation will be considered over the next two weeks that, if passed, will provide desperately needed resources to address…

December 17, 2018

Action Line

Free downtown parking, for a limited time only

When it comes to parking enforcement, the city gives no quarter. Until now. So here’s your moment of minimal municipal…

December 17, 2018

Dear Abby

Affair earns sister’s disapproval

She refers to him as her “honey,” and he buys her things. (She has always been materialistic.) She stays in…

December 17, 2018

Thinking Green

Change confronts rural electric co-ops

She would end her bit with the line, “We don’t care, we don’t have to, we’re the phone company.” It…

December 16, 2018

Kathleen Parker

Cats and dogs finally get a break – in the farm bill

The farm bill will do more for animal rights – and therefore for humanity – than any previous legislation in…

December 16, 2018

The Travel Troubleshooter

On social media, airlines discover the block

Blocking accounts on Facebook or Twitter is common among social media users. But airlines do it, too. Based on interviews…

December 16, 2018

Michael Gerson

The face of Michelangelo’s David could guide us

Here a Botticelli. There a Donatello. A single room at the Uffizi that would reward a lifetime of study gets…

December 15, 2018

Guest Columns

Can we learn to live with wolves again?

He states that the last wolf in Colorado was killed 70 to 80 years ago. That’s long enough for people…

December 15, 2018

Serving Veterans

Fly-fishing program offers classes, outings for members of armed forces

The mission of PHWFF is to assist in the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active duty personnel and disabled…

December 14, 2018