Columnists

Plenty of sideshows at the Brett Kavanaugh circus

Anyone tuning in to the first Senate Judiciary Committee hearings earlier this month surely thought they had flipped to a…

September 27, 2018

David Leonhardt

The Supreme Court is coming apart at the seams

The court is housed in a marble temple with soaring columns, and it has made some of the most consequential…

September 26, 2018

Guest Columns

America needs to hear from Christine Blasey Ford

Last Monday, when Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, the Republican head of the Judiciary Committee, announced that a hearing on…

September 24, 2018

Action Line

Annual festival’s artsy typeface can lead cats astray

At the Durango Arts Center, flourishes in the typeface for “Arts” can be interpreted as “Cats,” recalling a different typographic…

September 24, 2018

Dear Abby

Man afraid to be alone starts affairs with married women

DEAR DAD: If you are smart, you’ll stay out of this mess. Hasn’t it occurred to you that if your…

September 24, 2018

Frank Bruni

This amputee showed us how to win

This wasn’t because he was crazy but because he was all too sane and understood correctly that the dysfunctional appendages…

September 23, 2018

The Travel Troubleshooter

Your rental car is damaged. Now what?

Mark DiBello’s experience stands out. As a young man in the 1990s, he dozed off behind the wheel of his…

September 23, 2018

Writers on the Range

Get used to the new normal: The West is burning

The Thomas Fire that destroyed parts of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties last December established a disconcerting new reality: a…

September 22, 2018

What's Up Downtown

Let’s make conference & events center a reality

The Durango Business Improvement District (BID) has been an active member of the current group working to solve this puzzle.…

September 22, 2018

Adventures in Motherhood

Emotions are nothing to be afraid of

The interior of our outbuilding – floor rugs, furniture, bed – is covered with a layer of dirt. “I get…

September 21, 2018

Dear Abby

Dance puts teen in awkward position

My girlfriend grew up in a bigger school where homecoming is much more important. She’s convinced I’m going to be…

September 21, 2018

Creating Community

A look at what’s new in health insurance options

O'Connordu1-i-syn That’s why San Juan Basin Public Health provides information and enrollment assistance for both private health insurance through Connect…

September 21, 2018

Guest Columns

A tax for public safety? City council is confusing the issue

David Holub/Special to the Herald Durango resident Two years ago, the Durango City Council unanimously voted to support the $100…

September 21, 2018

From the Mayor

Invest in Durango; vote YES on 2A

Marburydu1-i-syn I’m voting in support of 2A for the police department and for street infrastructure. What do we get for…

September 21, 2018

David Leonhardt

We’re measuring the economy completely wrong

Leonhardtdu1-i-syn The unemployment rate is lower than it was before the financial crisis began. The stock market has soared. The…

September 21, 2018

Kathleen Parker

Could Kavanaugh’s be a case of mistaken ID?

Sen. Orrin Hatch, the Utah Republican and a member of the Judiciary Committee, reiterated this notion, saying that perhaps the…

September 21, 2018

View from the Center

Community support helps keep DAC an artistic hub

Special to the Herald As a homegrown Durangoan, I have experienced, participated, volunteered and worked many of the limitless festivals…

September 20, 2018

Dear Abby

Accident ends couple’s plan to have children together

I planned to have his child, but was involved in an accident and now can no longer have kids. He…

September 20, 2018

Healing Nutrition

5 simple steps to thrive in a ‘toxic’ world

Today, you’ll learn the basics of how this happens (trust me, it’s impossible to avoid toxins in our lives these…

September 19, 2018

Dear Abby

Mom wants to shield kids from relative’s new lifestyle

I have two small children I don’t really want around her, but I’m not sure how to handle the situation.…

September 18, 2018

Frank Bruni

Bruni: The most contrarian college in America

Let your collegiate peers elsewhere design their own majors and frolic with Kerouac. For you, it’s Kant. You have no…

September 17, 2018

Action Line

Wildlife agency has no vested interest in deer garb

Increasing the profile of deer would certainly take the “car” out of carcass. But it’s not the only strategy out…

September 17, 2018

Dear Abby

Wife is blindsided by news of husband’s past romance

I recently learned through another parent that Bill dated Marla for three years before we got married. This parent informed…

September 17, 2018

Paul Krugman

GOP leaders never really cared about deficits

Still, we didn’t experience a full replay of the Great Depression, and some have argued that the system worked, in…

September 16, 2018