Columnists

Who have been the influential women in your life?

Here is this woman who has done so much for women’s rights during my lifetime. She won five gender discrimination…

August 4, 2018

How to end financial chaos and worry

The survey illuminated that: 66 percent of American adults do not have a three-month emergency fund.46 percent don’t have any…

August 4, 2018

From the Chair

Lachelt: Fire is contained, but effects are not

Gwen Lachelt, La Plata County Board of County Commissionersdu1-i-syn There is a dark side to the precipitation, though, and many…

August 4, 2018

Dear Abby

Hormones could explain mood swings

My doctors figured out my problem was caused by a hormonal imbalance. Since the body makes many different types of…

August 4, 2018

Guest Columns

How Trump won re-election in 2020

Bret Stephens, The New York Times (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)du1-i-syn This time, however, it was the Republican incumbent, not…

August 4, 2018

David Leonhardt

Leonhardt: How Trump lost his re-election in 2020

David Leonhardt, New York Timedu1-i-syn In an era of deep national anxiety – with stagnant wages, rickety health insurance and…

August 4, 2018

Judith Reynolds Cartoon

Editorial cartoon

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August 3, 2018

Flies & Lies

The Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock

Joe Brooks was one of the pioneers of modern-day fly fishing, and the hour and a half program seemed to…

August 3, 2018

Creating Community

Are our furry friends welcome in restaurants?

MacPhersondu1-i-syn However, there are clear rules dogs and their handlers need to follow when retail food is being served. As…

August 3, 2018

Shelf Life

Your local public library checks out more than just books

Viningdu1-i-syn I often, almost on a daily basis, encounter people who don’t know what modern libraries are about. Hence, today’s…

August 3, 2018

Dana Milbank

Milbank: Say hello to the new Bigfoot Party

du1-i-syn The Republican candidate in the race, Denver Riggleman, was discovered to have posted images of “Bigfoot erotica” on Instagram,…

August 3, 2018

Dear Abby

Mom fearful as daughter leaves for school

Rationally, I know she’ll be fine and can take care of herself, but I am terrified that something will happen…

August 3, 2018

Robert Samuelson

Samuelson: Productivity boom? Think again

du1-i-syn To answer that question, the Senate appointed a commission, headed by Stanford economist Michael Boskin, to weigh the evidence.…

August 2, 2018

Dear Abby

Mom uses police to discipline child

I was having lunch the other day with two other officers. Sitting across from us was a young mom whose…

August 2, 2018

David Brooks

Brooks: Denver leads the way on Constitutional localism

du1-i-syn Those are questions we won’t be able to answer for a few years. If the Democrats nominate somebody like…

August 1, 2018

Dear Abby

Family torn apart by brother-in-law

Although my sister said she intended to divorce him, she never did. She also didn’t report it – so he…

August 1, 2018

Dear Abby

Infant plays favorites in day care

One baby has become extremely attached to me, to the point that I can’t take a break or go to…

July 31, 2018

Action Line

Glass recyclers are in the clear with open containers

It’s a sobering thought. Could recycling result in legal woes? For serial recyclers, the new slogan might be: Reduce, Reuse,…

July 30, 2018

Dear Abby

Wife’s travel spoiled by man

My husband retired six years ago. His daily routine is visiting his mother (every day) in an assisted living facility.…

July 30, 2018

Watch Yore Topknot

On ICE, aka ‘La Migra’

Tom Jamesdu1-i-syn ICE, of course, stands for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It seems like these boys and girls have…

July 29, 2018

Guest Columns

Our food system isn’t broken, but the farm bill is

Morgiana Petersen-Rockneydu1-i-syn The broken food-system narrative implicitly blames them for problems like environmental degradation, obesity, so-called “food deserts,” and the…

July 29, 2018

An American in Spain

After a year in Spain, there is so much I’ll miss

It is true that as one gets older, time moves faster. I know that for our kids, our year in…

July 29, 2018

The Travel Troubleshooter

The mystery of the missing hotel trash cans

They’re disappearing from some hotel rooms lately. Guests such as Jon Martin want to know why. “There seem to be…

July 29, 2018

Dear Abby

Wife overlooks husband’s conspiracies

We have been married two years now, and I’m trying hard to reconcile the fact that I’m married to a…

July 29, 2018