Columnists

Zakaria: Amid Trump’s chaos, a post-American world emerges

Fareed Zakariadu1-i-syn A sadder sentiment came from a young Irish woman I met in Dublin who went to Columbia University,…

July 29, 2017

Dear Abby

Dad-to-be looks for push gift on a budget

We have already been spending a lot of extra money to decorate a nursery. In addition, the delivery will be…

July 29, 2017

Stewards of the Land

The next generation of wilderness defenders

Teen WISes learn about aquatic macroinvertebrates with Ben Perry from Backcountry Experience.Courtesy The Wilderness Information Specialists in training started throwing…

July 28, 2017

Creating Community

Nurse-Family Partnership helps give young families healthy start

Popedu1-i-syn A number of studies have proved a mother’s stress can present in her children as well; women with higher…

July 28, 2017

Dear Abby

Guilt meets grief after boyfriend’s death

Aside from my sadness and guilt, I’m struggling with the fear that I’ll never live down my infidelities or be…

July 28, 2017

Froma Harrop

Harrop: Not enough exercise, too much: Americans polarized here, too

Portrait of Froma Harropdu1-i-syn She looked to be in her 40s and in the bloom of health other than the…

July 28, 2017

View from the Fort

As summer winds down, concert hall offers some great shows

Blaylockdu1-i-syn FLC is getting ready to welcome back our students and begin preparing for a grand year of art, theater…

July 27, 2017

Dear Abby

Stay-at-home dad wonders if he’s judged

My question is, do women (and men) think stay-at-home dads are lazy people who leech off their wives? I have…

July 27, 2017

Dear Abby

Irresponsible boyfriend only earns woman’s anger

Now that he’s back, he stays out all night. He won’t get a job to help support our family. He…

July 27, 2017

Dear Abby

Teen looks for clarity after mom’s mixed messages

I feel betrayed. When I told her I was gay, she rejected my sexuality, and now she’s possibly wanting relationships…

July 27, 2017

Dear Abby

Son’s drug habit causes mother’s marriage crisis

I know Kyle is a liar who steals anything not nailed down. Yes, he has a drug habit, but he…

July 27, 2017

Dear Abby

Parents grin and pay for man’s upscale appetite

One thing that continues to bother us is that whenever we invite them out for dinner, Brody will order the…

July 27, 2017

Dear Abby

Dad wants appreciation for helping pay bills

I have offered to write a check and pay him back for all he did for her during that time,…

July 27, 2017

Dear Abby

Wife with sketchy memory depends on husband

DEAR UNSURE: In successful marriages the division of labor is usually “each according to his ability, each according to his…

July 27, 2017

Dear Abby

Mistress still mourns years after man’s death

How do I mourn for him without giving it away? He was cremated, so there’s no grave to visit. I…

July 27, 2017

Thomas Friedman

Friedman: Self-driving people, enabled by Airbnb

Thomas L. Friedman<br><br>(CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times)du1-i-syn The other was called Airbnb. It created a trust platform so efficient…

July 27, 2017

From our Congressman

Stromberg: Trump insults everything the Boy Scouts stand for

Stephen Stromberg photographed in The Washington Post studio on June 07, 2016 in Washington, DCPhoto by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post…

July 26, 2017

Robert Samuelson

Samuelson: How health care controls us more than we control it

Robert Samuelsondu1-i-syn If you go back to 1962, the earliest year with the data, federal health spending totaled $2.3 billion,…

July 25, 2017

From our Congressman

Krauthammer: What to do for little Charlie Gard

Charles Krauthammerdu1-i-syn He is a beautiful 11-month-old boy with an incurable genetic disease. It depletes his cells’ energy-producing structures (the…

July 24, 2017

Action Line

Traversing north Main makes pedestrians quite cross

Title 42 of the Colorado Revised Statues is clear: If you are a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk, everyone must…

July 23, 2017

The Travel Troubleshooter

Aspiring to travel the world? Read this first

I know, because after 26 years of suburban stability, I recently sold my house, pulled up my stakes and hit…

July 23, 2017

From our Congressman

Rosenberg: It is time to end secrecy around private prisons

Those prisoners will have to be incarcerated somewhere, which is perhaps the reason for the attorney general’s February memo reversing…

July 22, 2017

From our Congressman

Egan: The last best empty place in America

Timothy EganAmanda Koster for The New York Times When the sun is high, you swing from a rope tied to…

July 22, 2017

Population Matters

Grossman: Ask one key question

Obviously, this takes a special relationship with a woman. That relationship is assumed with a doctor or other health care…

July 22, 2017